Captain's Day Heroes Please Stand Up

Hacker111

As it is that time of the season again I was thinking we should make a log of how boards members performed in their respective Captain's prize...will anyone bring home the big prize??

I'll out this weekend so will let you know soon.

BUACHAILL

Hacker111 wrote: »

As it is that time of the season again I was thinking we should make a log of how boards members performed in their respective Captain's prize...will anyone bring home the big prize??

I'll out this weekend so will let you know soon.

Does society golf count:rolleyes::rolleyes:
I have no chance winning in my club but took home the society one

f22

Joint second place in qualifying (70), played rubblish the second day (78) in the pissing rain. Finished top 20.

Tom Ghostwood

Shot a nett 68 the first day to be in 10th spot, 3 off the lead & net 80 the second day. Ouch.

Mr check raise

70 nett off 10 in the presidents qualifier but im a student and cant qualify. Prob just won the students prize

GreeBo

Not for another 2 weeks and I on holiday next week so there goes my practice time

Hoping I can join the short list of two time winners :rolleyes:

Daithio9

Ours is on this Sunday, I fully expect my 61pts to win, but jic I'll bring my magic pencil and my eraser.

LittleLiam

Daithio9 wrote: »

Ours is on this Sunday, I fully expect my 61pts to win, but jic I'll bring my magic pencil and my eraser.

Surely they don't run the Captain's Day as a stableford?

jimbling

Mine ran as a stableford (they alternate captains and presidents each year...one a stableford and one a stroke).

I achieved a massive 23 points in this years Captains prize. One of the worst displays of golf I ever put in (I was actually lucky to get 23:D)

LittleLiam

jimbling wrote: »

Mine ran as a stableford (they alternate captains and presidents each year...one a stableford and one a stroke).

I achieved a massive 23 points in this years Captains prize. One of the worst displays of golf I ever put in (I was actually lucky to get 23:D)

I'd be gutted if my club demeaned the big ones by making them stablefords. Such a cop out.

Su Campu

Grange Castle Captain's Day:

Winner was 49pts, 2nd place 48pts. More than a bit of pulling going on there methinks....:)

mcgarrett

Over two weekends 14/15th and 21/22nd,

usually 68 and 78 or vice versa

Huntelaar

I realise this is a little bit off topic but in most cases I don't feel the Captain's Prize ends up with a worthy winner and therefore I don't really care for it. This year a guy off 8 won it in my club and he was 7 up on his handicap on the day which clearly deserves to win cos at least he's a good player and played well I'm sure. However I can't remember the last time before that that a guy off less than 20 won it!

Personally I think the Club Championship in a club is the biggest competition of the year and always ends up with a deserved winner on the day.

Daithio9

LittleLiam wrote: »

Surely they don't run the Captain's Day as a stableford?

It alternates between the captains and presidents, one is s-ford and the other stroke, they decide between themselves at the start of the year, anyway just found out the captains is stroke and ours is on tomorrow so 61 should still do the trick I'd say.
Btw OP when I think of the winners of the captains and presidents prizes, hero is not the first word that comes to mind or the second or the third or the ...........

JCDUB

Huntelaar wrote: »

Personally I think the Club Championship in a club is the biggest competition of the year and always ends up with a deserved winner on the day.

Well said, I agree, seeing as though I've won my club championship and not the captain's prize;)

Nah I agree with you to an extent about high handicappers, but usually if it's played over two days strokeplay the wheat will be separated from the chaff.

22 handicappers usually can't sustain 36 holes of consistent scoring off the back stakes with tough pins.

However if it's played over one day stableford anything can happen. That's where most of the high handicappers end up doing well.

ballyk

Finished 4th in the Captains Prize in Ballykisteen a few weeks ago. Very happy considering I only decided to enter a couple of days beforehand!

Hacker111

Well Done ballyK.

Club championship is for elite players only, so hardly the "big" competition for a club. Don't agree with this view.

My club has a two day strokes qualifying with top 99 to play on a Sunday. strokes cumulative over the two days. Thats the best format. One day stablefords are a joke. The 20+ brigade cannot feature over 2 days, back sticks, lightning greens and tricky pins. So the best player normally wins.

I qualified in 10th place overall into Sunday and then proceeded to play terrible on the big day when I really wanted a performance..maybe nerves, but couldn't settle into a tempo at all.. silly mistakes and shots I would not normally hit.. pity... finished 10th overall!! 1 shot off the prizes. worst score over 2 days was a 6 so thats good..... but not enough good golf shots....

soundsham

stableford for capt's prize:eek:..........might as well play off the knickers tee aswell for 4uck sake

Daithio9

soundsham wrote: »

stableford for capt's prize:eek:..........might as well play off the knickers tee aswell for 4uck sake

+1
I agree, but when the club and all it's competitions are been organised and run by handicapped hackers playing off 18+, the end result is a club without ambition and doing what suits themselves best and is as far removed from a "golfers" club as one can get.

PhilipMarlowe

Would love a 36 hole stroke captains but it's always 18 at ours on a Saturday which in fairness allows a good buzz afterwards for the night out / presentation.
Presidents prize is 18 hole stableford.
Some people would even like (some of) the medals to be stableford... :eek:

BUACHAILL

We have 45 holes for the Captains Prize. Strokes.
Round one takes place on the Sat and Sun ( which happens to be this week )
Round 2 see's the field cut in half and takes place the following sunday, better placed you are the later the tee time. When you complete your round you go in for lunch with the top 27 competing in the last 9 holes.

I think this is great, creates a brilliant atmosphere and cuts out all the bandits as you will be found out over 45 holes. On the second week there is a Stableford comp for the first round guys who didnt qualify !!

Everyone tends to stay around to see who wins and there is always lots of support for the final golfers !!

jimjo

BUACHAILL wrote: »

We have 45 holes for the Captains Prize. Strokes.
Round one takes place on the Sat and Sun ( which happens to be this week )
Round 2 see's the field cut in half and takes place the following sunday, better placed you are the later the tee time. When you complete your round you go in for lunch with the top 27 competing in the last 9 holes.

I think this is great, creates a brilliant atmosphere and cuts out all the bandits as you will be found out over 45 holes. On the second week there is a Stableford comp for the first round guys who didnt qualify !!

Everyone tends to stay around to see who wins and there is always lots of support for the final golfers !!

Cracking format there Buachaill, refreshing to see a club take the competition that serious. Our place is an 18 hole stableford, im sure some 26 handicapper will net the big prize...

ballyk

Unlucky Hacker111, although 10th out of a field that size is still good going.

Our club plays 18 holes strokeplay, followed by a 9 hole playoff.

Irishvillian

BUACHAILL wrote: »

We have 45 holes for the Captains Prize. Strokes.
Round one takes place on the Sat and Sun ( which happens to be this week )
Round 2 see's the field cut in half and takes place the following sunday, better placed you are the later the tee time. When you complete your round you go in for lunch with the top 27 competing in the last 9 holes.

I think this is great, creates a brilliant atmosphere and cuts out all the bandits as you will be found out over 45 holes. On the second week there is a Stableford comp for the first round guys who didnt qualify !!

Everyone tends to stay around to see who wins and there is always lots of support for the final golfers !!

If you don't mind me asking Buachaill what club uses this format?

BUACHAILL

Irishvillian wrote: »

If you don't mind me asking Buachaill what club uses this format?

No probs at all Villian, I am a member in Coollattin although I also joined arklow this year too :eek:

Irishvillian

Nice one,Coollattin is a great track love the orchard hole.

BUACHAILL

Irishvillian wrote: »

Nice one,Coollattin is a great track love the orchard hole.

Yeah I have been fortunate enough to be able to join both and have best of links and parkland imo. I rate these two courses as high as any in their own right and not just because I am a member also.

I must get out and play Arklow a bit more havent played it nearly enough this year, plenty of time left though:)