Only three players left with a mathematical chance of winning the Massey. Q now 4.5 pts ahead of Glenn and Jimmy. With Quinny getting way to far ahead of himself the night before with some witnesses saying that he was parading the Massey Trophy round & around the dinner table (pfft!).

At the half way mark the scores were:
Glenn 21, Tubbsy 18, Henry & Jimmy 16,  Murph & Mike 14, Bean 12 & Quinny 11 (o oh!).

The Match Play final had Jimmy 3 up at the half after winning 4 in a row from hole 5 to 8 after Q could only scramble 1 pointers.
 
It was great reward for consistency throughout the year as Glenn never really had a bad round but left his best until last coming home with a 37 (21 & 16) to earn his third Massey title to go with his 9 runner ups. While Q 23 (11/12) was the exact opposite having three excellent rounds to go with 3 equally crap rounds (my doctor says the pain will subside so I think I will recover in time for round 1 of the 17/18 season). Jimmy did enough to maintain third place with 28 points (16/12).

Glenn has now finished 1st, 2nd,1st & 2nd over the last four years! (what happened to the Walter Lindrum rule? Has it been softened too much?)

Scores were:
Glenn 37 (21 out / 16 in), Henry 33 (16/17), Murph 30 (14/16), Tubbsy 30 (18/12), Jimmy 28 (16/12), Bean 26 (12/14),
Mike 26 (14/12)  & Q 23 (11/12).

COURSE RECORDS:    Strokes - P.West 81 (prev. P.West 83 01/02)
COURSE WORST:        Stableford - I.Quinton 23 ( prev D.Murphy 27 12/13)

Aggregate individual weekend total prizemoney went to Glenn with a combined 71 points over Henry 69 others were:
JG 68, AC 67, MH 59, DM & IQ 58 & AS 47.

With only 8 starters including Andrew (Tubbsy) Cameron this years penultimate round is on the kikuyu fairways of the Shepparton GC then onto Yarrawonga for the final round on the Murray Course.

Groups were .... PW/MH/GM/AC & DM/IQ/AS/JG (matchplay group)

Coming into the barriers Q was holding a handy 3.5 point lead over Glenn, 4 points over The Bean & 6.5 over Jimmy. At the half way mark the scores were: Tubbsy 22, Mike, Glenn, & Henry 18, Jimmy & Q 17, Murph 14 & Beano 8 stableford points

At the end of the straight it was Jimmy the Griff greeting the judge with a fine 40 points (17 & 23), then Tubbsy 37 (22/15) & Henry third with 36 (18/18). While Q fought well for 4th spot on 35 (17/18) and Glenn 5th with 34 (18/16). Mike 33 (18/15), Murph 28 (14/14) & in last place Beano 24 (8/16) blew his chances on the first nine holes of the weekend.

So Q now takes a 4.5 point lead over Glenn & Jimmy going into the last round while Bean can't win - 8 points behind with only a field of 8.

Cold & windy conditions on the slopes of Arthur's Seat as we congregated for the time honoured (postponed) Dewars Teams event. However, high scoring was the order of day despite the conditions. Kenny came out on top for his fourth Dewars individual honours with a masterful 46 points (23 out / 23 in), with Q in second spot with 43 (22/21). Guest player Tubbsy (Andrew Cameron) compiled 39 points (19/20) for third place while Beano blew his overall lead coming in last managing just the 31 points (12/19). So it leaves 6 players within 12 points going into the final two rounds at Shepparton/Yarrawonga.

We forgot to thank Jimmy for the supply of the Chivas Regal to the winner which came from his own personal stock. Perhaps we should look at using Massey funds in future to purchase a bottle of Scotch and some sleeves of 3 golf balls to the winner / team. 

Other scores were:
Murph 38 (18/20), Henry 37 (19/18), Glenn 36 (14/22), Jimmy 33 (14/19), Scoot 33 (16/19), Schimma 32 (16/16), Robbo 32 (16/16) & Mike 23 (18/14). Gooey & Fussy absent.

The Dewars Team results were:
PW/RW/GM/MH -  37pts (16/21 -brought ball home) - Won on back nine count back.
DM/ACT/JG/IQ - 37pts (17/20 - brought ball home)
MR/KB/AS/SS -  0pts (Robbo lost ball on 1st)

With only 8 warriors able to participate it was decided at the first tee that the Dewars would be postponed until the next round. On a very fresh & windy day it was Beano who was able to consolidate on his healthy start to gain maximum points with a stellar 43 stableford (27 out & 16 in). Jimmy held it together with a solid 37 (16/21), while Henry (17/19) & Murph (also 17/19) rounded out the placings with 36's. So far this season four players have unfortunately only been able to make it to one or two rounds. Only five players in all have been fortunate enough to be available for all four rounds to date. Back at Camp David statements were being uttered that the Massey was dying. Naaaaay, we said, never, even if there were only two of us the Massey would live on! Meanwhile, The Bean sat in his corner quietly penning his acceptance speech for another Triple Crown. Pity if there is even less players at Carrington Park for the postponed Dewars after he has already unofficially taken out the first leg!!!!

Many thanks once again go to Murph for the great hospitality.

Other scores were:
Scoot 32 (18/14), Glenn 23 (10/13), Kenny 22 (8/14)  & Q 22 (12/10) - Fussy walked just to remind us he was still around

Probably for the first time in Massey history that the first three rounds have been played in temperatures well below 20 deg and probably also the first time since "alternate days" were allowed that only half the field was assembled for round three. Absentees were Murph, Mike, Gooey, Schimma, Henry, Fussy (& Robbo).

The smaller field has enabled yours truly to go back to back, although 46 points (25 out / 21 in) would have been hard to beat! Scoot gave it a good nudge just missing the chocolates with 45 points (17 / 28). Glenn (18/21) & Bean (23/16) compiled a healthy 39 points each to tie for third. A desperately unlucky Glenn shot 85 off the stick but still lost his match 6 &4. Kenny was not far off with a 38 (18/20) and Jimmy was the only one who didn't have his handicap shaved with a round of 33 while still earning a valuable 7 points minimum.

Only Kenny was missing this time on a another cool to mild day with Robbo filling in and making a bit of a difference as well. Fussy also blessed us with a rare appearance.

Starting with the back nine first, Quinny was finally able to play to a 32 handicap and return a winning score of 39 points (18 out / 21 in). While Glenn & Gooey made up the podium with a pair of 36's (19/17 & 21/15). Those who take any notice of the "Chart Form" could have easily selected the Box Trifecta with around 50% placings at the track each. Scoot on the other hand struggled with no feeling in his legs and was forced to retire after 9 holes after accumulating 18 points. Therefore, we have to officially give last pace to Henry who appears to be struggling this year with only 23 points to go with the 20 points in round 1(is that because he new he would be missing round 3 and is tanking for next season!!??).

Our current overall leader is The Bean who has also seen his handicap slip out to a personal worst 40, putting him in a very handy position at this stage of the season.

Other scores were:
Murph 34 (18/16), Robbo "Bit of a Difference" 32 (17/15), Bean 32 (20/12), Schimma 28 (14/14), Mike 27 (14/13), Jimmy 27 (14/13), Fussy 27 (17/10) & Henry 23 (8/15) - Scoot DNF 18 after 9 holes.

For the second year running we only had nine starters for the first of the season with notable absentees/apologies from Fussy, Schimma & Gooey in what was quite cool but calm conditions for golf.

After a mediocre season last year The Bean has got off to a great start to take the big points with a creditable 36 stableford score (19 out / 17 in). Similarly, Jimmy the Grif is also away nice and handy after a lean previous season with a score of 35 (20/15), while Murph did enough on the front nine to hold onto third spot with 30 points (21/9). The rest of us Muppets were at least another 4 points further back with very ordinary scores and no excuses at all!

Last years champ picked a good day to have a bad one picking up a minimum four points while scoring his worst ever return of only 20 stableford (10/10) quickly making up his winners penalty in the process.

Other scores were:
Scoot 26 (15/11), Glenn 26 (12/14), Mike 25 (10/15), Q 21 (12/9) & Kenny 21 (12/9).

Once again we had only three players left with a mathematical chance of winning the Massey. Henry now 7 pts ahead of Glenn and 9.5 pts ahead of Murph. Glenn was very, very optimistic on Friday night of causing another "miracle on the golf course" comeback victory.

At the half way mark the scores were:
Jimmy & Quinny 22, Schimma 21, Robbo & Kenny 18, Murph & Gooey 17, Glenn & Henry 16, Beano 15 & Scoot 13. It seems that the chasers had a window of opportunity there but couldn't take advantage of Henry's mediocre 9 hole total.

The Match Play final saw Schimma 3 up at the half after winning 4 of the first 9 holes.
 
Murph & Glenn both made up ground overtaking many others coming home with 35 (17 & 18) and 34 (16/18) respectively. However, unfortunately for them those others also slipped behind Henry who carded a final score of 33 points (16/17), doing enough to bring home an unprecedented ninth Massey title (out of 31). It was also Glenn's 9th runner's up.

Jimmy shot a magnificent 42 points (new course record) to win the final round with Schimma in second spot with a 39 both having super weekends of golf.

Scores were:
Jimmy 42 (22 out / 20 in), Schimma 39 (21/18), Murph 35 (17/18), Glenn 34 (16/18), Henry 33 (16/17), Q 32 (22/10),
Robbo 31 (18/13, Scoot 29 (13/16), Gooey 28 (17/11), Kenny 28 (18/10) & Beano 27 (15/12).

COURSE RECORDS:    Stableford - J.Griffiths 42 (prev. S.Soutar 40)

Aggregate individual weekend total prizemoney went to Jimmy with a combined 81 points over Schimma 79 others were:
PW 72, DM, GM & KB 68, MR 65, SS 63, IQ 59, SL 55 & AS 46.

F@#king hot conditions welcomed us back to Yarrawonga for our first round at the all new Black Bull GC. Staying at original home of the Massey finals the Yarrawonga GC.
Unfortunately, Michael was a late withdrawal due to work commitments.

Groups were drawn on Thursday night .... SL/SS/DM; JG/KB/PW/GM & RW/IQ/MR/AS (matchplay group)

With Henry coming into the round holding a handy 5 & 6 point lead over Glenn & Murph respectively. At the half way mark the scores were: Henry 22 (35 strokes!), Schimma 22, Jimmy, Kenny & Scoot 19, Glenn 16, Murph & Robbo 15, Gooey 13, Quinny 10 & Beano 9

In stifling heat it was Schimma (22 & 18) & Kenny (19 & 21) who tied in first place with 40 pts a piece, Henry (22/17) & Jimmy (19/20) equal 3rd with 39 pts. Glenn (16/18) & Murph (15/18) could only manage 34 & 33 respectively to drop further behind. An overall lead of 7 points over Glenn & 10.5 over Murph. As we know from recent history Glenn has chased down bigger leads and with Henry's handicap trimmed to 3.9 - who knows?

Other scores were:

Robbo 34 (15/19), Scoot 34 (19/15), Gooey 27 (13/14), Quinny 27 (10/17) & Beano 19 (9/10).

Nearest the Pin winners were: 1st Schimma 0.5m, 3rd Henry.

Beautiful conditions greeted us by the sea, however many disappointing scores might have suggested otherwise. Glenn went out intent on making up ground and played accordingly with a standout 40 points (19 out & 21 in) to beat an improved Beano 38 points (13 out & 25 in - What!) with Murph doing enough with a 37 (17 out & 20 in) to come in 3rd and also make up some handy ground on Henry prior to the final rounds in Yarrawonga.
It now seems like a battle between four (or is it just One!) with Henry taking a 5 point lead over Glenn to the Big Weekend with Murph just one point further adrift and a disappointing result for Gooey seeing him a further 2 points behind Murph and now some 8.5 points off the lead. The rest of the field is 12.5 points + off the pace.

Other scores were:
Mark "The Difference" O'Connor 36 (20/16), Schimma 36 (20/16), Westy 34 (16/18), Robbo 31 (12/21), Q 31 (14/17), Gooey 30 (14/16), Scoot 29 (15/14) & Jimmy 27 (17/10). Mike & Kenny absent.

Play commenced on the back nine with the 9th hole out of play and the "betting hole" played as the ninth. Gooey went back to back in The Dewars Classic with a red hot 46 stableford points (24 out & 22 in - no anchor there!) to earn the big points and keep within striking distance of the little tubby master who also compiled 39 points (19 / 20) to finish on the podium in third spot. While "The Difference" shot a very winnable score of 41 points (15 / 26 wow!) to come home in second place.

Henry now holds a 5.5 point lead over Gooey with three rounds to play with Murph a further 3.5 points further back in third spot overall. While the rest of the field have some catching up to do.

Other scores were:
Q 37 (18/19), Bean 36 (14/22), Kenny 36 (16/20), Murph 35 (17/18), Glenn 31 (14/17), Schimma 30 (14/16), Jimmy 30 (15/15), Mike 28 (15/13) & Scoot 27 (14/13)

The Dewars Team results were:
SL/JG/MH/KB -  33pts (brought ball home)
DM/RW/GM/MR - 32pts (Schimma lost ball on last - ie 8th)
PW/IQ/A.S/S.S -  21pts (Q lost ball on 18 ie 11th)

More controversy surrounded Ray "15 Clubs" Wiseman when he stood accused of playing "Social Golf" by his fellow playing group members - he also lost the "Dewars" after losing the ball on the last hole which saw his team go down by one point. He was put before the Massey Kangaroo Court and subsequently sentence to hang by the neck.

Great to see another full field as Murph and Glenn advanced their chances for Massey glory being the only two to beat par with a 42 & 40 respectively and a share in second place overall. However, Henry was still able to hold a handy 5 point lead by coming in equal 3rd with Schimma, Robbo & Mike who all came in with 35's.

Other scores were:
Scoot & Bean 34, Gooey & Kenny 33, Q 27 & Jimmy 24.

PERSONAL BEST:    Stableford D.Murphy 42 (= prev.)

A nice warm day greeted us at lovely Leongatha for round 2 action where a full field competed with Robbo in for Fussy for the rest of the season.

We started on the 14th hole and only one player, Schimma managed to beat his handicap playing in his first game for the year and took much needed maximum points coming home with a score of 37 stableford (17 front & 20 back). Scoot returned to form to finish 2nd with 36 pts (18 & 18) while Westy (19/16) & Jimmy (21/14) tied third on 35. Westy & Gooey have consolidated there good start and are now sitting clear of the field at this early stage.

Other scores were:
Gooey 34 (19/15), Glenn 31 (15/16), Robbo 31 (15/16), Beano 29 (15/14), Q 28 (14/14), Murph 26 (14/12), Mike 21 (11/10) & Kenny 21 (14/7).

Sadly, only nine were able to take their place in the opening round this year with notable absentees/apologies from Fussy, Schimma & Jimmy on what was not a bad day for golf.

Westy & Gooey have got the best start this season to share the main Massey points with credible returns of 38 stableford (both 19 out & 19 in). With Murph & Michael sharing 3rd on 36 points apiece (Murph 21 out /15 in & Mike 16 / 20). The rest of our intrepid warriors were 5 to 13 points further adrift. Including last years champ Glenn who could only muster 11 points on the back nine for a total of 29 points in 6th place.

Other scores were:
Q 31 (17/14), Glenn 29 (18/11), Kenny 26 (11/15), Beano 25 (13/12) & Scoot 23 (13/10).