With only three players left with a mathematical chance of winning the Massey and Jimmy a whopping 7.5 pts ahead of Glenn and a big chance for the double (inc. Match Play!). But will he struggle with a jarred thumb received during yesterday play - we headed off to Lonsdale GC.

At the half way mark (back nine played first) The scores were:
Fussy 23, Scoot 20, Robbo 19, Murph & Gooey 18, Henry & Q 17, Mike 16, Beano 15, Glenn & Jimmy 14, Schimma 12. Once again the leaders were succumbing to the pressure, and Beano & Glenn need to make up 8 points to catch Jimmy and still had a lot to do with only 9 holes left but Jimmy was seen struggling with his injury.

The Match Play final saw Fussy 5 up at the half after winning the first 5 holes with the monkey on his back getting very restless.
 
Bean struggled to get going coming in with only 14pts for a total of 29, Jimmy clearly battling, managed only to muster another 13 points for a total of 27. However, reminiscent of 08/09, Glenn fought back with 21 pts for a total of 35 to finish fifth on the day which meant Jimmy needed to finish last for an upset. Then as the cards were collated back at the Seaview Cottages lounge / bar it was revealed that history would indeed repeat for Glenn as he brought home his second Massey title from a long way back - this time by 0.5 points but no play-off required.

Fusspot shot an incredible 43 points to win the round and the Match Play final 6 & 4 over the wounded Jimmy and the monkey was finally off his back which was last seen amongst the bamboo trees of the Esplanade Hotel beer garden waiting for the Rod Stewart (or was it Brian Mannix? - Nar nar not me!) tribute show.

Scores were:
Fussy 43 (23 out / 20 in), Scoot 40 (20/20), Henry 36 (17/19), Robbo 36 (19/17), Glenn 35 (14/21), Gooey 31 (18/13),
Murph 30 (18/12, Q 30 (17/13), Mike 30 (16/14), Beano 29 (15/14), Schimma 28 (12/16), Jimmy 27 (14/13).

Aggregate Stableford results were: RW/MR/SS/IQ 140, JG/MO/SL/MH 131, PW/DM/GM/AS 130.

Overseas to the Bellarine Peninsula for the penultimate & final rounds of the 35th Massey staying in historical Queenscliff where the Seaview Cottages hosted by Helen & John provided us with a real private Massey club house type of feel.

The windswept Thirteenth Beach greeted us for the traditional moving day of the Massey with "No.13" Robbo once again filling the breach (good onya mate!) after Kenny had withdrawn due to work commitments.

At the half way mark the scores were: Murph 22 (39 strokes!), Glenn 19, Mike 17, Fussy 16, Henry, Jimmy & Gooey 15, Bean & Scoot 12, Robbo 11, Schimma 10 & Quinny 9

All scores returned for the day proved how tough the going was with everyone failing to get close to par 36 points. It was Murph & Glenn who tied in first place with 33 pts a piece, Murph with only 11 points coming in and Glenn in with 14. While Henry came in with a 13 for a total of 28 points for third. The Massey leader managed to tie for fifth with 26 points - this was enough for Jimmy to increase his lead over Bean to 8 points. However, Glenn edged into 2nd place but still 7.5 points behind with one round to go. The biggest lead since Glenn overhauled Kenny at The Dunes in 08/09.

Other scores were:

Robbo 27 (11/16), Q 26 (9/17), Jimmy 26 (15/11), Schimma 25 (10/15), Mike 25 (17/8), Fussy 24 (16/8), Bean 22 (12/10), Scoot 22 (12/10) & Gooey 15 (7/8 - what!).

Aggregate Stableford results were: - PW/DM/IQ/MR 115; RW/GM/MH/SS 105; SL/MO/JG/AS 87 (The Match Play Group!).

Mike had a day out to finish the round with a magnificent 49 points (25 out & 24 in) new Massey Record Wow! (refer table below) However, our Massey leader, Jimmy also returned a great round of 43 points (19 & 24) to increase his hold on a potential 6th trophy to come in second. While the other pacesetter, Beano also had a terrific 42 points (20 & 22) to complete the podium. In all 8 out of 11 players bettered or played to their handicap on the very familiar Rosebud track.

Top Ten (All Time) Massey Stableford Scores:

Other scores were:
Kenny 41 (20/21), Schimma 39 (21/18), Fussy 39 (21/18), Glenn 36 (19/17), Q 36 (19/17), Gooey 35 (18/17), Beardy 35 (13/22), Henry 31 (18/13), Murph & Scoot absent

MASSEY RECORD:    M.Hall 49 (prev. K.Baxter/J.Griffiths 48)
COURSE RECORD:    M.Hall 49 (prev. K.Baxter 48)

Quinny (17 in & 18 out) & "The Difference" Robbo (13 & 22!) took the honours with 35's as no one was able to better their handicaps at Leongatha in rather benign conditions. Jimmy built on his slender overall lead with 34 points (15 & 19) to claim third place points. While Beano wasn't far off with 33 pts (17 & 16). We now have eight players within 12.5 points with still three rounds to play. Kenny would have made it 9 if not for his scratching.  

Other scores were:
Glenn 31 (14/17), Henry 30 (15/15), Fussy 30 (15/15), Gooey 30 (15/15), Murph 29 (14/15), Schimma 27 (14/13), Michael 24 (13/11), Scoot 20 (8/12) & Kenny absent

Gooey sealed a maiden Dewars Classic victory with his masterful chipping on display scoring the only sub handicap total of 37 (20 out & 17 in) for the day. While Henry (19 & 16) & Murph (21 & 14) tied for 2nd on 35 points. The 2nd round runaway leaders submitted mediocre scores - Jimmy, Bean & Glenn only just did enough to maintain the top three places on the Massey table which now sees a log jam near the top.

Jimmy is now at number one with 27.5 pts, Beano 2nd on 26.5 and Glenn now equal 3rd with Gooey on 24.5 points. There is now only 5 points separating first and seventh with the rest at least 9.5 points adrift with lots to do to stay in the contest.

Other scores were:
Kenny 34 (16/18), Fussy 33 (18/15), Jimmy 33 (17/16), Q 29 (18/11), Bean 29 (17/12), Schimma 26 (16/10), Glenn 26, Scoot 24 (14/10) & Michael 22 (10/12)

The Dewars Team results were:
D.M/R.W/S.L/I.Q -  37 pts
P.W/M.O/J.G/K.B - 29pts
G.M/M.H/A.S/S.S -  2pts

The Bean got the maximum collect with a super 42 stableford points (24 out & 18 in). Is this the relaunch of another Triple Crown tilt? Fusspot was an unlucky second with 41 (22 & 19), while Henry (18 & 21), Glenn (18 & 21) & Jimmy (22 & 17) also consolidated their overall position with 39's in equal third on a day where half the field boasted sub par scores (36+).

Beano & Glenn are now equal at the top on 21 points with Jimmy 2nd on 20, then we drop to Fussy in 4th on 15 points with some catching up required by the rest.

Other scores were:
Q 37 (16/21), Schimma 34 (18/16), Kenny 31 (19/12), Murph 30 (14/16), Gooey 30 (15/15), Robbo 28 (13/15) & Scoot 21 (15/6). Absent - M.Hall

It was great to see a full Massey field get together for the first hit out for our 30th season.

Glenn got off to a great start to come home with the points with a solid round of 39 stableford (20 out & 19 in) with Jimmy a very close second scoring a handy 38 stableford (19 & 19) from his monster handicap (he's straight in the black book!). Three players finishing equal third on 35 stableford were Murph (17 & 18), Gooey (16 & 19) & Beano (16 & 19). Last years champ, carrying the burden of a massive 4pt penalty (now 10% or minimum 1pt!), managed some handy points coming in with a 31 (16 & 15).

Other scores were:
Schimma 30 (15/15), Henry 29 (12/17), Fussy 29 (17/12), Kenny 29 (14/15), Q 27 (14/13) & Mike 27 (16/11).

With four players left with a mathematical chance of winning the Massey and Scoot now only 1.5 pts behind and a big chance for the double (inc. Match Play!), we headed off to Glenn's home track - The Dunes.

At the half way mark (back nine played first) The scores were:
Fussy 24, Henry 23, Schimma 21, Mike 20, Beardy 18, Murph 16, Gooey 14, Scoot 14, Q 13, Beano 12, Glenn 11, Kenny 9. Obviously, the leaders were feeling the pressure and it was still anybody's to win! The Match Play final saw Murph 2 up at the half.
 
At the end of play scores revealed that Gooey never got going, producing only another 13 points for a total of 27 (gone!) Q fought back with 20 pts for a total of 33 (still a slight chance?), Glenn also dug deep to bring in another 19 pts for a total of 30 (still alive??). Then as the cards were collated it was revealed that Scoot would motor home with a staggering 29 points to finish well clear with a winning total of 43 stableford to win his maiden Massey title and also claim the double by finishing all over Murph in the Match Play final to salute 3 & 1. Fussy & Schimma were 2nd & 3rd on the day with 41 & 40 pts respectively.

It was now very obvious that the Massey equalisation strategy has been a massive success (Murph was not impressed though - hmm unfortunate collateral damage!) In the last six seasons we have seen three maiden Massey winners and another with his first win in 19 years (including the Triple Crown). There is now only one member who has never won the Massey and his football team has not won a flag in Massey history either - can you guess who he is? Not sure we can rig anything to conjure up a victory anytime soon!

Scores were:

Scoot 43 (14 out / 29 in), Fussy 41 (24/17), Schimma 40 (21/19), Henry 38 (23/15), Mike 36 (20/16), Q 33 (13/20),
Beardy 31 (18/13, Glenn 30 (11/19), Gooey 27 (14/13), Kenny 20 (9/11), Bean 18 (12/6).

Nearest the Pin winners were: 13th (played as 4th) Q, 17th (8th) Q, 3rd (12th) Murph, 6th (15th) Kenny.

Aggregate Stableford results were: DM/GM/MO/SS 150, PW/SL/IQ/MH 134, AS/KB/MB/RW 109.

Probably one of the best selection of courses in a season ever with three of the best in the final weekend. (Well done Glenn!) All were in attendance except for Jimmy the Griff who was unfortunately on special duties in Meetung. Jimmy was replaced by "Wal" Beardmore for the weekend as Robbo apparently had more important golfing commitments.

The stage was set with Glenn some SEVEN (yes seven!!) points clear on top with Gooey second, Scoot a further 3 points adrift in third & Q 4th the only other within 10 points. (all others twenty pts+).

Match play semi finalists were Scoot v Gooey and Murph v Glenn

After 9 holes Glenn was equal 9th with 15 stableford points, Gooey equal 7th with 16, Scoot eq 3rd on 19 and Q 1st with 21. In match play Scoot was 1 up on Gooey & Glenn was 1 up on Murph.

At completion of the round The Scooter came in first with 36 points (19 out & 17 in) with Q (21/14) & Schimma (19/16) equal second/third on 35 points. Glenn & Gooey came home equal 7th with 32 points (15/17 & 16/16). This enabled Scoot to get within 1.5 points of Glenn with Q 5 points  and Gooey 7 points off the pace with a round to go.

Other scores were:

Henry 34 (14/20), Beano 34 (15/19), Fusspot 34 (17/17), Murph 31 (16/15), Beardy 29 (15/14), Kenny29 (13/16) & Mike 27 (17/10).

Aggregate Stableford results were: - PW/MB/RW/AS 132; SS/SL/DM/GM 131; IQ/MO/KB/MH 125.