Handicap Day Results May 4 2008 - Growling Frog

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BRG Handicap Day - May 4 2008 - Gallery & Results

The third Bushranger Golf Handicap Day for 2008 was held at the Growling Frog Golf Course in overcast conditions with the breeze getting up on the back nine. With a svelt display of ball-striking, new member Wade Jones put on an absolute clinic and took the bikkies with a powerhouse display that left the rest of the field in his wake. He racked up 44 stableford points on a day when many well-credentialled Bushrangers struggled to post competitive totals and nerly all players struggled to master the challenging putting surfaces at The Frog. Tt was daylight in second place, closely follwed by another new member, Peter Fox, on 37 points and BRG Player of the Year leader David Regespurger rounding out the podium with 35 points. The final results are below and the standings for the BRG POY have been updated.

Placing	Player	S/ford Pts	Placing	Player	S/ford Pts
1st	Wade Jones	44	= 13th	Maurice Belcher	26
2nd	Peter Fox	37	= 13th	Wayne Schimmelbusch	26
3rd	David Regenspurger	35	= 13th	Gary Reid	26
4th	Andrew Jennings	34	16th	Jean-Max Joly	24
= 5th	Richard Fellner	32	17th	Greg Cairncross	17
= 5th	Paul Toll	32	18th	Ron Francis	13
= 5th	David McAdam	32	19th	Doug Francis	12
= 5th	Patrick Newport	32	Social	Robert Hall	34
9th	Mick Van Raay	30	Social	Matthew Thomas	33
= 10th	Roger Brown	29	Social	Louise Tornérhielm	27
= 10th	Steve Cross	29	Social	Stuart MacNamara	25
12th	Pablo Armes	28	Social	Rob Lugton	17

Nearest the Pin: 5th hole	Pablo Armes	Nearest the Pin: 12th hole	David Regespurger
Longest Drive: 11th hole	Maurice Belcher	Nearest the Pin: 12th hole	Richard Fellner

1st Place Prizes: A bottle of Bushranger Shiraz 3 Bushranger Golf balls A Golf Clearance Outlet voucher	2nd Place Prizes: A bottle of Bushranger Shiraz 2 Bushranger Golf balls A Golf Clearance Outlet voucher
3rd Place Prizes: A bottle of Bushranger Shiraz Bushranger Golf ball A Golf Clearance Outlet voucher	Nearest the Pin & Longest Drive Prizes: A Bushranger Golf ball A Golf Clearance Outlet voucher

The next BRG event will be the 5th Handicap Day for the year at Goonawarra Golf Club in Sunbury on Sunday May 25. For more info, watch out for news items and keep an eye on the Event Schedule and the Handicap Day page. Below is a small gallery of images with some of the special highlights of the day at Growling Frog - the venue for the first round of the 2008 Victorian Social Golf Club Championships.

Matt, Mick, Richard and Roger get the big dogs lined up on the first tee.

Louise gets ready to blast her drive down the first at The Frog.

Big Mick sends his divots flying from the right-hand rough as he approaches the first green.

The fourth group (Dave, Rob, Louise & Pablo) on the first green.

Matt watches as his monster triple-breaker on the fourth green takes its final roll into the cup!

View of the third fairway from near near the fourth green.

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Our winner Wade lines up his putt on the fourth. Gary, Peter and Wayne can't bring themselves to look.

Matt clears the hips and looks in good shape as he approaches the moment of truth on the tee of the par 3 fourth.

The final group, Paul, Stuart, David and Rob, basking in the sunshine at the fourth green.

Big Mick takes his putt on the fifth green as a can looks on.

The second group, Patrick, Maurice, Andrew and Jean-Max on the tee of the long par 4 sixth hole.

Big Mick lines up his drive between the big red guns flanking the sixth fairway.

Quigley watches as Arbeige makes a beautiful splash out of the sand greenside on the difficult sixth hole.