3 captains prize wins in a row!

gorfield

Congrats to Maclock from boards who shot 65 off scr yesterday to win his 3rd Captains prize in a row in Lee Valley in Cork! Unreal!! Well done pal

big_drive

3 in a row is impressive not to mention a 65 gross

Is 65 course record for Lee Valley?

bustercherry

gorfield wrote: »

Congrats to Maclock from boards who shot 65 off scr yesterday to win his 3rd Captains prize in a row in Lee Valley in Cork! Unreal!! Well done pal

He must have been minding the old handicap

Is that 3 in a row all off scratch?

mike12

Well done great to see a low handicapper win. Plus u have none of the bitch1ng that u would have if a 12 handicapper had done it 3 years in a row. Great for it not to be a post about a bandit.

realgolfgeek

Mother of god that is some shooting, and some achievement ..

fair play.

*any chance of a lesson

kiers47

big_drive wrote: »

3 in a row is impressive not to mention a 65 gross

Is 65 course record for Lee Valley?

Not sure what it is but fairly sure Fred couples has it.

Great shooting.

gorfield

kiers47 wrote: »

Not sure what it is but fairly sure Fred couples has it.

Great shooting.

Lee valley has changed greatly since Freddie, old record was my 67 but I'm delighted to see it beaten in this instance!

mag

class!

kiers47

gorfield wrote: »

Lee valley has changed greatly since Freddie, old record was my 67 but I'm delighted to see it beaten in this instance!

Ah right. Great shooting. Well done.

ssbob

Super shooting, well done Maclock, was supposed to be playing Lee Valley this evening but unfortunately can't make it out. Would imagine the course is pristine atm!

big_drive

Did Lee Valley have senior scratch cup this year?

nomunnnofun

gorfield wrote: »

Congrats to Maclock from boards who shot 65 off scr yesterday to win his 3rd Captains prize in a row in Lee Valley in Cork! Unreal!! Well done pal

Some people have all the luck:D

U.P.O.

65 is some shooting in Lee Valley :eek:

PARlance

Fair play Maclock!
(was not expecting this to be a positive thread at all!)

65 strokes.... that's usually my 3rd of the tee on the 12th

John Divney

Surely he gets to keep it after that. Bloody hell.

Maclock

gorfield wrote: »

Congrats to Maclock from boards who shot 65 off scr yesterday to win his 3rd Captains prize in a row in Lee Valley in Cork! Unreal!! Well done pal

Just seen your post Niall. Thanks very much. Thanks to everyone else as well who posted.

Maclock

John Divney wrote: »

Surely he gets to keep it after that. Bloody hell.

The prizes have been 3 of the exact same waterford crystal lamp:D.
If anyone is looking to brighten up their house then give me a shout:p.

DuckSlice

Well done pal.

John Divney

Maclock wrote: »

The prizes have been 3 of the exact same waterford crystal lamp:D.
If anyone is looking to brighten up their house then give me a shout:p.

Oh dear

Next year try and come second for Gods sake!

Rikand

Fantastic achievement!

Fairplay Maclock

dharn

Thats a terrible lack of imagination same prize 3 years ina row, great to have the winning score 3 years in a row must be dissapointing to win the same thing 3 times

dharn

John Divney wrote: »

Oh dear

Next year try and come second for Gods sake!

It will be a waterford lamp for second next year

Benny Cake

mike12 wrote: »

Well done great to see a low handicapper win. Plus u have none of the bitch1ng that u would have if a 12 handicapper had done it 3 years in a row. Great for it not to be a post about a bandit.

You can be a bandit off any handicap, scratch or not....

Rikand

Benny Cake wrote: »

You can be a bandit off any handicap, scratch or not....

Definitely a bandit - he's gone down more than 2 shots since the summer started

Maclock wrote: »

Another mini cut today so have reached my life time goal of 0.0.
It's now time to retire happy:D.

Maclock |1.9 |0.4 |0.0|22/06/2013

Is it wrong if i never play again but still tell whoever listens that i play off 0?:p

He must be +1 now after shooting that 65...

lets see him win next year playing off +3

gorfield

Maclock wrote: »

Just seen your post Niall. Thanks very much. Thanks to everyone else as well who posted.

I called it on Friday on the phone to the Coo, he will confirm haha
Il see you next week

ForeRight

Maclock wrote: »

The prizes have been 3 of the exact same waterford crystal lamp:D.
If anyone is looking to brighten up their house then give me a shout:p.

2 more years you might have 5 lamps...

You know what to do then

Rikand

Maclock clearly loves the lamp!

eagle eye

Congrats to Macklock, fantastic round. Played down there for two days only a couple of weeks ago and I have to say I was impressed by the course. I couldn't imagine anybody shooting 65 around there with the greens.

Maclock

Thanks again for all the posts.
I haven't been able to reply to them all individually as I've been very busy all day with public appearances etc. YA RIGHT.
I know I'm a bit biased but the course is in great nic and so it should be with the interpros being on there next week. The greens weren't very fast as they couldn't cut them as low as planned in case they burnt a bit. Plans are to have them nice and fast for next week I'm told. It'll be nice to see most of the top players in the country playing there.

Paulusmaximus

Maclock wrote: »

Thanks again for all the posts.
I haven't been able to reply to them all individually as I've been very busy all day with public appearances etc. YA RIGHT.
I know I'm a bit biased but the course is in great nic and so it should be with the interpros being on there next week. The greens weren't very fast as they couldn't cut them as low as planned in case they burnt a bit. Plans are to have them nice and fast for next week I'm told. It'll be nice to see most of the top players in the country playing there.

Well done and fantastic achievement, that should really get you onto the interprovincial team instead of some of the blow ins that seem to be representing some of the provinces!! ;-)

Unglika Norse

dharn wrote: »

Thats a terrible lack of imagination same prize 3 years ina row, great to have the winning score 3 years in a row must be dissapointing to win the same thing 3 times

It's never disappointing to win a captains prize, immaterial of the prize.

The committee of this club are in my opinion quite forward thinking in the opting for a standard Captains prize, a club of which I am a member has been giving the same prize for 15 years and only on 1 occasion has it been won by the same person, by the way it is an inscribed silver salver.

This put's this remarkable achievment on an even higher pedestal. Well Done indeed young man,

I think that the current Hon Sec of the GUI has won 5 Captains prizes in his club over the years and the prize was a gold medal afaik.

The idea of the same prize is that it reduces the competition for outdoing the preceding captain and in helps standardise the costs incured by an individual who opts to take on the position of Captain.

gorfield

Paulusmaximus wrote: »

Well done and fantastic achievement, that should really get you onto the interprovincial team instead of some of the blow ins that seem to be representing some of the provinces!! ;-)

This "blow in" has lived in Cork since 2006, and the other "blow in" you refer to is a Kerry born chap that chose his born province. You might read the conditions of the championship to make yourself familiar with eligibility to play.

Paulusmaximus

gorfield wrote: »

This "blow in" has lived in Cork since 2006, and the other "blow in" you refer to is a Kerry born chap that chose his born province. You might read the conditions of the championship to make yourself familiar with eligibility to play.

It was meant tongue in cheek and wasn't meant to offend. I'm well aware of the eligibility criteria and have no issues with it and don't disagree with it.

It was an attempt at humour, apologies if you didn't take it that way and best of luck next week.

Ilik Urgee

dharn wrote: »

Thats a terrible lack of imagination same prize 3 years ina row, great to have the winning score 3 years in a row must be dissapointing to win the same thing 3 times

I think it makes the prize a lot more exclusive and wished a lot more clubs were the same. Some achievement, gonna stand a long time before that's bettered.

dharn

Ilik Urgee wrote: »

I think it makes the prize a lot more exclusive and wished a lot more clubs were the same. Some achievement, gonna stand a long time before that's bettered.

Why would it be exclusive, if it is the same thing every year, I think it is nice where the captain can put there own imagination in to the prize, let the valuation be fixed fine

GreeBo

dharn wrote: »

Why would it be exclusive, if it is the same thing every year, I think it is nice where the captain can put there own imagination in to the prize, let the valuation be fixed fine

Danger there is that some people have atrocious or lets just say "different" tastes. I've seen some awful prizes handed out...

Rikand

GreeBo wrote: »

Danger there is that some people have atrocious or lets just say "different" tastes. I've seen some awful prizes handed out...

like lamps....

GreeBo

Rickylovesuall wrote: »

like lamps....

well I have one of these for first


and then its baby brother the following year for 3rd...



The big guy is proudly on display in the parents house, junior is still in a box in the attic!

Got a nice silver "claret" jug style a few years ago, small, classy, >100 years old and to my mind, a nice 1st prize.
I also like the idea of a special medal.

ForeRight

Pffftt greebo....

Come back when you have 3 firsts in a row.

Stop hijacking the main mans thread