Spackler V - Photos

Camden Lakeside, May 2008

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Spackler V - Report

Camden Lakeside, May 2008

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As part of our build up to Spackler XIII we look back at the very first Spackler event held at Camden Lakeside, Spackler V. Here’s the report by AD. The man loves his exclamation marks.

Camden Lakeside was the lucky recipient of the Carl Spackler Social Groups 5th invitational event and proved to be a most popular venue, as the facilities provided practice range, practice greens and more importantly a half way stop for a sausage banger!!

For the first time in Spackler history we didn’t have the defending Champ in the field, Greeny’s father in-law had been very ill in the last few months and unfortunately he lost his battle, our condolences go out to Greeny and his wife Daina.

I must admit it was most interesting to arrive at Camden to find the majority of players either on the range hitting warm up balls or practice putting, this is not a normal state of affairs for a Spackler event, but shows how seriously the guys are about winning the jacket and having their names on the jacket pocket, some may call this start to an event cheating, but what it probably really shows is that old bones take longer to get into gear then young ones!

Standing on the first ready to go, the only problem we seemed to have was, where were Duncan and Timo? Well Duncan made it in time to play in the 4th group and Timo made it to tee off with the last group, no warm ups there! The other absentee was Darryl Tweedale who apparently could not resist the temptation of more beer and a bevy of beautiful girls after the rugby the night before, this didn’t deter a few others with Merce sighted at The Clock Hotel in the wee hours and Schmude turning up looking like he’d just finished a bottle of whiskey in the car on the way!!!

Anyway, we were off, with newcomers, Greg Seisun and Darren Brownlee taking their chance to hit off before the majority of the gallery had time to get to the tee so they didn’t have to perform in front of the sledging hoards, so the rest of the day turned out like this:

At the turn it was a stacked leader board with AD and Ben leading the way with 21 points followed by Schmude 19 and Merce 18, Rudi 16, James and Paddy both 15and the rest of the field needing big scores to feature or just trying to regain confidence for the next tournament!

A couple of highlights from the front nine include Deano not scoring a point over the first 4 holes, only to be bettered by Mike, who didn’t score a point over the first 5 holes, AD knocking in a bird on the 2nd, and Ben wasting a big scoring opportunity on the par 3, 9th where he didn’t record a point even though it was a two shot hole for him! Mike had the highest gross score after nine of 66, while Schmude had the lowest with a 39!

After stopping for a sausage banger after the 9th, it was back to business. Could Ben and AD continue their red hot form? Now Schmude had sobered up would that affect his back 9? Would the short price favourite (The Swede) be able to conjure up a fight back? Could Mike go even higher? Was James really seen in the corner with all his wedges pleading with them to let him chip onto a green? Would Deano try and go for 5 holes without a point on the back to match Mike? Where is Darryl Tweedale (hope she was worth it?!)? What the hell is that group in front of us doing?! What was the ratio of kransky to sausage sandwiches for Spackler golfers and what does it sound like when a dove cries??

Another 3 holes down and it looked like this, Ben flying adding a further 9 points to be clear leader on 30, followed by Schmude 28, AD 27, Merce 26, James 23, Paddy 21.Through two more and Ben still led by two over AD and Schmude with Merce another two back!

With just two left to play and they being index 1 and 3 anything could still eventuate, Benled by one over AD. Schmude looked to have blown his chance by putting a ball into the drink on 16 and only scoring three points over the previous three holes, while Merce was still in there with a shot. The big news though was Garrick was two under for the back nine after birdies on 11 and 15.

The two leaders both received two shots on the final two holes, so it would come down to whose game would stand up under the pressure!

On 17, Ben had a 5 for three, while AD three putted his way to 6 for two. Schmude went 4 for three, while Merce was gone having a 5 for two leaving him five off the pace. This left Ben with a 2 point break heading to the last hole. Any points would see him win with AD and Schmude needing big points! Meanwhile Garrick was still two under heading to the last and looking at a remarkable turnaround from his front nine 14-over 50!

What transpired was AD triple bogeyed the last with a three putt for one point, total 41 points, gone! Schmude, needed a birdie or what would be a 3 for 4 points, what he got was a par which gave him 3 points for a total of 41 points, gone! Merce needed an eagle, but didn’t even get close with a triple bogey and no points for a total of 38, gone! Ben did exactly as he had to, any points would do, and he managed a triple bogey for one point, leaving him a clear winner on 43 points!

Oh and what about Garrick you ask, well he just needed par or bogey to stay under the card for the back nine, guess what happened…………triple bogey to finish 2 over for the nine!!! It’s a cruel game!!!

Great work Ben, it was only time before he smashed his handicap and took the jacket, but can he defend it next time????

Some curious stats
Mike sets a record for most holes without scoring a point (5).
Greg Bible had six 7’s in a row (record).
Ben led from the first hole, to record a wire to wire victory!
Garrick won both longest drives, apparently smashing his balls to somewhere around the 300m mark.
Paddy and Timo won a Nearest the Pin each.

We’re also introducing our version of the FedEx Cup, called the Spackler Cup, it’ll be an accumulation of your points over the year, so this year there’ll be four events with your best three included as your points total, it gives you the benefit of dropping out your worst score or doesn’t penalize players who didn’t get the chance to play all four events.

Cheers AD

Spackler V - Results

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Camden Lakeside, May 2008

In the lead up to Spackler XIV we take a look back in time to the 5th Spackler Invitational and the first time it was held at Camden Lakeside.

Position	Player	Score
1	Ben	43
T2	AD	41
T2	Schmude	41
4	Merce	37
5	James	36
6	Garrick	33
7	Johan	32
8	Rudi	31
9	Duncan	30
10	Paddy	28
T11	Darren	25
T11	Mike	25
13	Deano	24
14	Tim	22
15	Greg S	20
16	Greg B	19
17	Timo	17

NIP: 4th - Chris M, 11th - Johan

Longest Drive: 1st - Johan, 10th - Johan

Spackler XIII - Photos

Photos

Results

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Spackler Clubhouse: A review

I reviewed the unofficial (or is it official?) Spackler Golf clubhouse recently after a few of us went along to try it out.

I’m right up for doing it again and am keen to find out how to get in this Tin Cup competition.

Inner City Golf review

2010 Spackler Trophy leaderboard

A golfer's best 3 score from the five Spackler events for 2010 contribute to the final total.

	Name	XII	XIV	XV	XVI	XVII	Total
1	Drapper	25					25
2	Coxy	22					22
3	Paddy	20					20
4	Greeny	18					18
5	Angus	16					16
6	Johan	14					14
7	Deano	13					13
8	Matt	12					12
9	Tim	11					11
10	Crapper	10					10
11	Merce	8					8
12	Nick	7					7
13	Jimmy	6					6
14	Herb	5					5
15	Dan	4					4
16	Mudge	3					3
17	Bathwater	2					2
18	AD	1					1
19	Ben	1					1
20	Duncan	1					1
21	Elmsy	1					1
22	Glenn	1					1
23	Mikael	1					1
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34

How do the points work?

Points are assigned at the end of each Spackler Event depending on where you finish. You're best 3 tournament results for the year contribute to your Spackler Trophy points.

Place	Points
1	25
2	22
3	20
4	18
5	16
6	14
7	13
8	12
9	11
10	10
11	8
12	7
13	6
14	5
15	4
16	3
17	2
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1

Spackler XIII - The Field

Greeny – A new dad, but thinks that his golf is not appreciated, maybe it’s not, maybe he’s the Nick O’Hern of Spackler?

Merce – Chris has stopped talking about playing good golf and actually started playing some, geez what’s next?

Herb – As above, but the biggy is can he win the jacket? The weight of the jacket weighs heavily on his shoulders or is it a monkey?

Ben – Remember Joe the camera man said “can’t bowl, can’t throw”, fill in the missing word “can drive, can chip, can’t ____”

Matty – Makybe Kent might just take over from Merce in the talking about good golf stakes, seems right.

Bathwater – Has become an arrogant bore since his winning the trophy last year, culminating in racially abusing other groups at St Michaels!!!! (see blog)

Deano – This could be the year of Dean, made it through his wedding, loss of wedding ring, capsized canoe and more last year, what doesn’t kill you…!

The Super Swede’s – Johan, Martin & Mikael, lets see who’s who, a Volvo safe and reliable, Saab the car company GM don’t want or Koenigsegg super car, super fast, super expensive, will the weekends results tell us?

Elmsy – ran off with the jacket at Glenmore, no I really mean ran off, took the jacket and left without shouting a beer…….strange lad!

Paddy – the renegade, was so determined to play the last round last year that he nearly started a breakaway tour by organising his own group!

Glen – shared the spoils of the weekend away by taking apart The Vintage, wants the jacket more then anything.

The cricket fraternity – Dan, Nick & Jimmy, lets compare them to the Waugh brothers, one will go down as a great, another as elegant & stylish who should’ve scored more and the other one still trying to crack grade cricket……you mean there’s a third? Who will be, Steve, Mark & Dean?

AD – a pioneer of Spackler golf, but like all good pioneers seems to be lost in the golfing wilderness, oblivious to the fact he’s lost! What?

Angus – Herb says he’s good bloke, that raised the first flag, then said he’s member of Pennant Hills, well they let all sorts in there, my brother for one!

Coxy – a new dad, again, has come close to a win, but just can’t crack it, oh well there’s always next year?

Duncan – a Spurs fan & once missed indoor cricket to go to the movies, what else can I say.

Cr*pper – won his first time out, but since then his golf has resembled his nickname!!!

Drapper – younger sibling of Cr*pper, son of Murapper & Darapper, hopes to emulate his big bro’s first up win……..tell him he’s dreamin.

Mudge – twice a year Wakeling makes his regular early year appearance before disappearing into a waratah’s black hole, then reappears at Glenmore ever year.

Tim – no relation to the great Bozo of Many Sea Eagles fame, but can grow a moustache like no one’s business….bring it back, c’mon?