The Cypress Lakes Classic    (back to Tournament Directory)
Sunday  - 10 May

The 11th Hunter Tour commenced under the type of perfect blue sky that is only seen in Australia. In a break with tradition the group played twice at Cypress Lakes, once at The Hunter Country Club and once at The Vintage with Ricky ( the machine ) Butler taking out the 3 day trophy for excellence leading up to the Classic.

Special mention should be made of the efforts of Peter (the robot) MacDougall who recorded an incredible 44 points at The Country Club before dashing back to Terrey Hills to record the worst round in his career in the club Championships!!!! Rob Lowndes will doubtless like it to be noted that the game is random, even for a robot!!

The Cypress Classic was played in perfect weather and the field of 10 recorded the highest scores ever seen in this event. Each team had a winner with Steve Figgis carrying team 1 with a huge 22 on the back9, Peter Burns bearing the weight of team 2 with 22 on the front 9 and the overall winner, Rick Chadwick recording a staggering 41 points for Team 3, including 25 on the back 9.

Once again the Team event was won by the only team without a Phantom, defying the logical thinking of most of the assembly.

Other notables who could be excused for believing that they had a chance were Peter T with 40, Ricky B with 39 and Peter Mac with 38. The rest of us really just made up the numbers and provided balls!

Thoughts of the group were with Kenny and Sharon Miller as Ken went to the extraordinary lengths of a spell in Intensive Care to avoid sharing a room with another Smerg----- we all wish you a speedy recovery Ken.

Thanks to all who made the Tour
Cheers, Nick

 2010 Results:

Group

 Player

Handicap

Front 9 Stableford

Back 9 Stableford

Total Stableford

1

  Nick Hillyard 21 17 13 30
 (87 points)  Gary Skulander 24 14 17 31
   Steve Figgis 45 11 22 33

2

  Peter Macdougall 14 17 21 38
 (91 points)  Peter Thornton 32 20 20 40
   Peter Burns 36 22 15 37

3

  Rick Butler 14 20 19 39
 (93 points)  John Webb 23 14 21 35

 

  Rick Chadwick 24 16 25 41

  

 Rob Lowndes 27 16 14 30

The Prizes:

 Overall Winner  Rick Chadwick
 Front Nine  Peter Burns  Back Nine  Steve Figgis
 NTP 12th  Rick Butler  Longest Drive 9th  Peter Macdougall
 Best Team  Team 3  The Croc and Bradman Award    Nick Hillyard, Rob Lowndes

 

The Photos