Goooooooood morning kingdom.
Its been almost a year since my last ‘CAP and STAT report. So we have A LOT to get to.
We have now completed our 8th year of history play, and just like a fine wine (insert a good one here Tort/Hammer) History keeps getting better and better with age. 2018 saw 228 matches which was our second highest total ever. We had 4 exciting close MAJORS, another close CK, and a historical competition held at our very own VEEJ.
The year started off with Bobcat putting a BOWcat on a legendary 2017 which included 2 new history lows….63 followed by an even DEEPER Dash 61, his first club championship/history MAJ and captaining a winning CK team. So it was very fitting that he was our 2017 CTMC Champ. He was able to best Mole, Pand and Hound in a very fan friendly fun finale.
Our next MAJ was RK5. This was our closest ever. Heading into the final round (SEATTERS) it came down to Ram and Prince. Prince was 4-0, while Ram was 3-1. Ram/Crane had to defeat Prince/Hound as well as Ram had to make up a 5 stroke deficit. With RC pulling away in the hist match late in the round – it was going to come down to gross tiebreaker. Ram was up 3 in the round on 18 and when he just missed his eagle putt, prince had to get up and down from just off the green for par. It wasn’t a long or tricky chip, but given the circumstances, it was far from a SURE THING. Prince hit a great chip that almost went in and was able to clean up the par to win his second career MAJ.
Our next MAJ was up-island at the infamous Nanners. This was also a very close battle. Eag/Prince were tied for the lead heading into the final round, with Fawn/Eel only 2 strokes back. This is where Eags Nanners prowess kicked in. Level par 72 (which tied the lowest score of the day in the field) helped him pull away and win his 4th straight LEVEL and 6th overall MAJOR.
The last 2018 (calendar) MAJ was our Club Championship. We had 3 of our animals compete HARD for the medalist in the qualifier. Eel was able to come out on top over both Bobcat and Yorkie. (all 3 were dash) In the match play – all 3 made the semis. York was able to exert some 2017 revenge and knock off Bob – despite Bobbie making an ace on 13. Eel edged one of our finest SENORS Marti-gras on 18. The final was an exciting one – Eel holding a lead after 18 – but this is Yorkie season…..York started to York – Putts started to DROP….and Yorkie was able to pull ahead and ultimately clinch his 16th club champ (13 as CD, 3 as York) and win his 4th career Kingdom MAJ.
For the second straight year – we had our Commisioner’s Kup come down to the wire. Going into Saturday Singles – “EELites were up 7 to 5 on Prince’s Parties”. It wasn’t quite “Battle of Brookline” or “Miracle at Medinah” typa comeback – but it was close. For the first time ever, a team came from behind on Saturday to take the CK. Prince’s parties earned 8 out of a possible 12 to win the CK 13-11. WOW.
The history standings were dominated by 3 players all year. Eel, Mole, and Prince. Eel took a commanding lead into the summer and actually had 2 separate chances to tie Eags all time record of +20, but couldn’t quite get there. Into the fall, he came back to the pack to make the finish exciting. Going into the last weekend, all 3 important races were still in doubt. In the end – Eel edged Prince for 1st, Mole edged Moose for 3rd, and paca edged a few animals for 6th.
We’ve had our first leg of the 2018 playoffs already. Hammer beat out 9 other guys to win the PTP. Big par after having to chip out on 15 was the difference. Our PLAYIN came down to the wire and even needed a 19th hole. In the end – Ram was able to edge Alpaca.
Our 8th FINAL has been pushed to March 23rd (perhaps new tradition?????), due to mother Naitch. We have 4 very familiar faces in it. Will it be EEL, PRINCE, MOLE or RAM? Cant wait to find out!!!
Last but not least. I did want to mention one more thing. I don’t usually mention “non-kingdom” events, even though we have so many stud golfers that compete, play well and even win NKE’s. But the VEEJ hosted the Canadian Mid-Am this year and BOY, did our studs play well. Ram, Prince, Bobcat, York, Eagle, and Condo all finished inside the top 20. Amazing! Ram lead the way and had a real chance to win – if it weren’t for “Wildcat” coming out of nowhere in the final round. Real awesome to watch. And just goes to show how lucky we are in the Kingdom to be able to compete week in and week out with some of the best amateur golfers in the country at one of the best courses in the country.
Time to get to the final 2018 stats and last 9 months of ‘caps. Grab a fresh BRONSON (preferably THE GOOD STUFF). Here we go:
Player of the month
Mr. April
Prince edged out Pand. (3-0 with a 73.0 NSA compared to 3-0-1 with a 73.25 NSA)
Mr. May
Prince goes back to back with a 9-2 record. (including winning Rockers and RK…..What a May!)
Mr. June
Eel with his 5-1 record.
Mr. July
Owl edged out Eel (4-1 with a 72.6 compared to 4-1 with a 73.0)
Mr. August
Moose with a 4-0-1 record.
strong>Mr. September
Mole with a 7-1 record.
Mr. October
Eagle edged out prince. (2-0 with a 71.5 compared to 2-0 with a 75.0)
Mr. November
Herron edged out 4 others. (2-0 with a 71.5)
Mr. December
Airedale with a 3-0 record.
Crooked Tree Rounds of the Month (and other under par rounds)
April
Gross
1. Eag – 66
2. Bobcat – 69
Net
Eag – 66
May
Gross
1. Harry – 61 (CH – p67)
2. Harry – 64 (CH – p67)
3. Fawn – 68
4. Ram – 71 (Porters – p72)
Net
1. Fawn – 61 (Net round of the year…one off Net round of history)
June
Gross
1. Eag – 67
2. Eag – 68
Net
Fawn/Hound – 66
July
Gross
1. Eag – 67
T2. HarryX2/BobX2/Ram – 68
T7.Harry/Bob – 69
Net
Moose – 67
August
Gross
1. York – 68
T2.Eag/Giraffe- 69
Net
Beest – 64
September
Gross
1. Ram – 68
Net
Wolf – 64
October
Gross
T1. Yahk/Eag – 69
Net
Yahk – 64
November
Gross
NONE
Net
Mole – 68
December
Gross
1. Eag – 64
2. Eag – 66
T3. Bob/Eag – 67
5. Bob – 69
Net
Eag – 65
Ugly Tree Rounds
April
Gross
Hawk – 93
Net
Hawk – 84
May
Gross
Wolf – 97 (Seatters – p72)
Net
Wolf – 92 (Seatters – p72)
June
Gross
Wolf/Hawk – 90
Net
Wolf – 84
July
Gross
Pup – 88 Eel – 90 (Dragon Ridge – p72)
Net
Eel – 89 (Dragon Ridge – p72)
August
Gross
Pand – 99 (Nan – p72)
Net
Pand – 94 (Nan – p72)
September
Gross
Tort – 89
Net
Pup – 82 (Dova – p 71)
October
Gross
Fawn – 87
Net
Fawn – 80
November
Gross
Pup – 86
Net
Hammer – 81
December
Gross
Hawk – 96
Net
Hawk – 87
GATCHES vs BATCHES + FEDAS vs DOUBS
April
9 GATCHS vs 23 BATCHES
Eag/Poss/Pup/Fawn has a double BATCH on 11
Crane/Hammer/Wolf/Hawk has 2 Double BATCHS!!! (4 and 7)
Beest/York had back to back GATCHS (16,17)
Fawn/Hammer had back to back BATCHS and 3 out of 4 holes (3,5,6)
Doubs beat Fedas 195 to 124
May
13 GATCHES vs 27 BATCHES
Beest/Jav/Crane/Ram had double BATCH on 14 at Salishers
Beest/Wolf back to back BATCHs at Reservers (16,17)
Wolf/Jav had 5 BATCHS in 1 round at Seatters (1,8,11,14,17)
Doubs beat Fedas 251 to 162
June
8 GATHES vs 13 BATCHES
Jav/Hawk/Paca/Herron had a double BATCH on 11
Hawk/Coyote back to back BATCHES (10,11)
Doubs beat Fedas 177 to 132
July
10 GATCHES vs 12 BATCHES
Crane/Ram had 3 GATCHES in 1 round, including back to back (5,16,17) Ties VGC record
FEDAS beat DOUBS 174 to 167!!!!
August
14 GATCHS vs 16 BATCHES
Silv/Grizz back to back at Nanners (2,3)
Doubs beat Fedas 174 to 146
September
4 GATCHES vs 10 BATCHES
Fawn/Hawk/Pup/Hammer double BATCH on 12 at Dova
Doubs beat Fedas 102 to 98
October
3 GATCHES vs 5 BATCHES
nothing of note
Doubs beat Fedas 51 to 44
November
3 GATCHES vs 11 BATCHES
nothing of note
Doubs beat Fedas 77 to 54
December
6 GATCHES vs 14 BATCHES
Bob/Eag 2 point GATCH on 17 to win by 1 (last hole for them)
Doubs beat Fedas 145 to 120
Parking Lots
April
Eel/Mole over Owl/Fawn after 12. Win D + No
Turtle/Pand over Peck/Hawk after 11. D + No Halved
Eag/Moose over Eel/Hound after 14. Lose D + No
Eel/Mole over Bob/Jav after 12. Lose D + No
May
Harry/Peck over Wolf/Herron after 12. Win D + No.
Pup/Giraffe over Turtle/Peck after 14. Win D + No.
Fawn/Paca over Harry/Pand after 12. Win D + No.
Harry/Hound over Beest/Wolf after 13 at Reservers. Win D + No.
Mole/Beest over Jav/Wolf after 13 at Seatters. Win D + No.
June
Mole/Hound over Pand/Paca after 14. Win D + No.
Hammer/Hound over Eag/Harry after 13. Win D + No.
Slug/Fawn over Hawk/Coyote after 10. Win D + No.
July
Eag/Hound over Fawn/Pup after 12. Lose D + No.
Mole/Owl over Hammer/Beest after 8. Lose D + No.
Bob/Eag over Eel/Hedge after 8 at Dragon Ridge. Win D + No.
Pup/beest over Slug/Pand after 11. Win D + No.
August
Ram/Raffe over Fawn/Herron after 11. Lose D + No.
York/Herron over Bob/Ram after 12. D + No Halved
Beest/Herron over York/Owl after 10. Win D + No.\
September
NONE
October
Yahk/Herron over Pand/Hound after 14. Win D + No.
Eag/Hound over Bob/Eel after 6. Lose D + No. (1 off record for fastest PL)
November
Hammer/Paca over Mole/Moose after 13. Lose D + No.
December
Wolf/Tort over Fawn/Hawk after 7. Win D + No.
Eag/Mole over Harry/Poss after 14. Win D + No.
BOP BOP BOP
10 shots
April
Mole over Silver
Poss over Crance
May
Pup over Hawk
Fawn over Paca (In a Dub)
Harry over Hound (In a Dub)
Ram/Crane/Harry/Hound over Wolf/Jav/Mole/Beest at Seatters -8 to +10 in the AX. 18 strokes ties biggest ever. OH SO CLOSE TO A REESH. (*at first glance it was a REESH but MISH audited card and found no REESH. PHEW)
June
Mole over Peck
Pand over Wolf
Eag/Owl/Pac/Hammer over Slug/Fawn/Hawk/Coyote in the AX (-13 to +1)
July
Bob over Mole
Fawn over Pup
August
York over Owl
Hound over Pand (Nan R2)
Grizz over Silv (Nan R2)
Paca over Hawk
September
Wolf over Jav (In a Dub)
Eel/Pup/Jav/Wolf over Mole/Owl/Hammer/Paca in the AX (-15 to -4)
October
None
November
None
December
Wolf over Yahk
Paca over Hawk
Come get SOM!
April
Wolf escape shot form absolute jail on 15 to a back right pin. 8 feet. CANNED HEAT FED. COME GET SOM!!
May
Harry chip in FLAP on 18 in round 1 at Rockers for GH. Ends up winning whole tourney by 1 stroke. COME GET SOM!!!!
Hon Mention. Also to Harry. Hole 17 at Seatters. Par 3. Was just on bad side of 3 shot swing on 16 with Ram. Not an easy par 3. Ends up sticking it to 6 feet. STONES. Goes on to win RK title by 1.
June
Tie. Both Fawn and Owl hole out for Flapper on 4 from approx. 110 yards on the same weekend. COME GET SOMS!!!!
July
Mole 50 yards out on 7 just past big mounds on right side of the fairway. Pin back left. Clips it perfectly, barely makes it to the hill, rolls perfectly in. COME GET SOM!!!
August
Grizz hole 12 at Nanners. 102 yards out. Front right pin. CANS IT FOR FLAP. Biggest roar/celebration and fist pumps Nanners has ever seen. COME GET SOM!!! (Side note: we started on 10 that day. Grizz goes 4-3-2- start. Then on 13, absolutely FLAGS it and just misses out on the ace and the 4-3-2-1 start)
September
Pand hole out for Flapper on 7. 125 yards out. COME GET SOM!!
October
Hound. More of a COME GET HOM. Perfect drive on 1. Perfect hybrid on the green. Perfect 25 footer for FLAP. COME GET SOM!!!
November
Mole holes bunker shot on 17 for Flap while jets flying overheard for remembrance day ceremony. Oh ya…This was all caught on film by Silv. COME GET SOM!!!
December
Mole again!!! Wet cold day. 9th hole. Mole mentions he is worried about not being able to hold on to his club. Sure enough , hits it, club goes flying into the Pacific Ocean, ball ends up going to 12 feet. COME GET SOM!!! (RIP 6 iron)
New records and Notes.
Note – Silver/Fawn having multiple ATCHES in 1 round (2 GH 1,13 3BH 6,9,18)
Ties Record – Jav/Wolf 5 BATCHES in 1 round at Seatters. (Mole/Owl + Hound/Eel were the others)
Record – Longest playoff. 4 holes. Pup/Hedge over Fawn/Hawk (1,2,2,2)
Record – Ram 6 feathers in a row. (14,15,16,17,18 and then 1 his next round) Beats Bobs previous record of 5 when he shot 63 (1,2,3,4,5)
Unofficial VGC Record – 15 Feathers in 1 group. (Mole/Jav/Ram/Crane) Theres a 16 feather round recorded at Cappers (Eag/Eel/Bob/Ram)
Note: Mole/Pand/Yahk/Wolf – 4 NUPS in a round. 2nd recorded time ever.
Ties Record – Mole 13 games played in a month (Ties Wolf)
Record – Lowest combined cap in a group. +6 (condo/cat/ram/prince for CDM Mid AM Practice round)
Unofficial Record – Hawk 11 doubles in a round
Record – Eag 14 feds in 2 rounds (7-7)
Record – Eag 20 feds in 3 rounds (6-7-7)
Record – Eag – best recorded 3 round stretch (67-64-67 – Dash 12)
NOW ITS TIME FOR THE FINAL 2018 STATS REPORT (18 GAMES MIN) I’ve put the top 3 in blue and the next 3 in green to show how all the playoff animals did stat-wise.
Games played
1. Mole – 65 ( Record Wolf/Jav 96 (2014/2017))
2. Hammer – 52
3. Hound – 51
4. Jav – 50
T5. Eel/Eag – 49
T7. Harry/Wolf – 45
9. Fawn – 43
10. Owl – 39
T11. Pand/Beest – 37
13. Pup – 34
T14. Bobcat/Yahk – 33
16. Hawk – 26
17. Alpaca – 22
T18. Woodpecker/Moose – 21
T20.Ram/Herron – 20
Gross Scoring average:
1. Ram – 71.55(Record – York – 69.76 (2015))
2. Bobcat – 72.27
3. Eagle – 72.29
4. Harry – 73.00
5. Eel – 74.96
6. Mole – 75.37
7. Yahk – 77.15
8. Hammer – 77.86
9. Moose – 78.00
10. Hound – 78.10
11. Herron – 78.15
12. Alpaca – 78.76
13. Pand – 79.14
14. Owl – 79.31
15. Woodpecker – 79.48
16. Pup – 79.61
17. Fawn- 80.49
18. Wolf – 80.62
19. Beest -81.03
20. Jav – 81.86
21. Hawk – 85.23
Net Scoring Average:
1. Alpaca – 72.57 (Record – York – 70.61 (2015))
2. Yahk – 72.58
3. Mole – 72.78
T4. Harrier /Bobcat – 73.00
6. Eag – 73.04
7. Ram – 73.05
8. Eel – 73.16
9. Woodpecker – 73.38
10. Moose – 73.43
11. Hammer – 73.57
12. Herron – 73.60
13. Owl – 73.72
14. Pup – 73.76
15. Hound – 73.96
16. Fawn – 74.00
17. Pand – 74.30
18. Wolf – 74.53
19. Beest – 74.81
20. Jav – 74.82
21. Hawk – 75.65
Feathers:
1. Eagle – 117 (Record – Eagle 144 (2013))
2. Harrier – 105
3. Mole – 95
4. Eel – 87
5. Bobcat – 78
6. Hammer – 74
7. Ram – 73
8. Hound – 53
9. Fawn – 49
10. Wolf – 47
11. Owl – 46
12. Jav – 44
13. Yahk – 43
T14. Pup/Pand – 37
16. Beest – 36
17. Woodpecker – 31
T18. Moose/Herron – 28
20. Alpaca – 24
21. Hawk – 18
Feathers/Round:
1. Ram – 3.65 (Record – York – 3.87 (2015))
2. Eagle – 2.39
3. Bobcat – 2.36
4. Harrier – 2.33
5. Eel – 1.78
6. Mole – 1.51
7. Woodpecker – 1.48
8. Herron – 1.47
9. Hammer – 1.45
10. Yahk – 1.34
11. Moose – 1.33
12. Owl – 1.21
13. Fawn – 1.20
14. Alpaca – 1.14
15. Pup – 1.12
16. Wolf – 1.07
17. Pand – 1.06
18. Hound – 1.04
19. Beest – 0.97
20. Jav 0.90
21. Hawk – 0.69
Flappers!
1. Mole – 5 (Record – Ram 6 (2013))
T2. Bob/Eag – 4
T4. Harrier/Eel/Beest – 3
T7. Hammer/Pup/Wolf/Hound – 2
T11. Ram/Owl/Fawn/Pand – 1
GH
T1. Mole/Harrier/Bob/Eag – 14(Record Mole – 29 (2013))
5. Hound – 11
T6. Yahk/Hammer – 10
T8. Ram/Beest/Fawn – 8
11. Eel – 7
12. Woodpecker – 6
T13. Moose/Pup/Owl – 5
T16. Alpaca/Herron/Wolf – 4
19. Jav – 3
20. Hawk – 2
21. Pand – 1
GH/BH +/-
1. Eag – +10(Record – Eagle +19 (2015))
2. Bobcat – +7
T3. Harrier/Ram – +6
5. Mole – +3
T6. Moose/Woodpecker – +1
8. Yahk – level
9. Hound – -1
10. Herron – -2
T11. Eel/Alpaca – -4
13. Hammer – -11
14. Pand – -12
T15. Pup/Owl – -13
17. Beest – -16
18. Wolf – -18
T19. Fawn/Hawk – -19
21. Jav – -20
Gross Under Par Rounds
1. Eagle – 9(Record – Yorkie 14 (2015))
2. Bobcat – 8
3. Harrier – 6
4. Ram – 5
T5. Yahk/Fawn – 1
GUP %
1. Ram – 25%(Record – Yorkie 61% (2015))
2. Bobcat – 24%
3. Eagle – 18%
4. Harrier – 13%
5. Yahk – 3%
6. Fawn – 2%
Net Under Par Rounds
T1. Mole – 12 (Record – Mole 15 (2013))
2. Wolf – 10
3 Eagle – 8
T4. Harrier/Yahk – 7
T6. Eel/Moose/Bobcat/Fawn/Jav – 6
T11. Hound/Hammer/Pup/Owl – 5
T15. Woodpecker/Beest – 4
17. Alpaca – 3
T18. Ram/Pand/Hawk – 2
21. Herron – 1
NUP %/h2>
1. Moose – 29%(Record – Yorkie – 35% (2015))
2. Wolf – 23%
3. Yahk – 22%
T4. Mole/Woodpecker – 19%
6. Bobcat – 18%
T7. Harrier/Eagle – 16%
T9. Pup/Fawn – 15%
11. Alpaca – 14%
12. Owl – 13%
T13. Eel/Jav – 12%
15. Beest – 11%
T16. Ram/Hound/Hammerhead – 10%
19. Hawk – 8%
20. Pand – 6%
21. Herron – 5%
History Differential
1. Mole – -56.25(Record – Eel – 79.00 (2016))
2. Harrier – -35.25
3. Eagle – -28.50
4. Eel – -22.25
5. Yahk – -21.25
6. Alpaca – -19.41
7. Ram – -17.25
8. Pup – -7.66
9. Moose – -6.50
10. Bobcat – -4.75
11. Beest – -1.25
12. Hammerhead – +4.00
13. Fawn – +4.50
14. Herron – +5.50
15. Hound – +6.00
16. Woodpecker – +8.00
17. Owl – +9.34
18. Wolf – +18.25
19. Pand – +19.00
20. Jav – +47.00
21. Hawk – +52.50
Doubles
1. Ram – 14(Record – Yorkie – 6 (2015))
2. Bobcat – 17
3. Eagle – 29
T4. Harrier/Herron – 34
6. Alpaca – 36
7. Moose – 37
8. Eel – 47
9. Yahk – 52
10. Woodpecker – 59
11. Pand – 64
12. Hound – 70
13. Mole – 72
14. Pup – 74
15. Owl – 80
16. Hammerhead – 100
17. Beest – 101
18. Wolf- 109
19. Hawk – 118
20. Fawn – 121
21. Jav – 135
Doubs/Round
1. Bobcat – 0.52(Record – Yorkie – .26 (2015))
2. Eagle – 0.59
3. Ram – 0.70
4. Harrier – 0.76
5. Eel – 0.96
6. Mole – 1.14
7. Hound – 1.37
8. Yahk – 1.63
9. Alpaca – 1.71
10. Moose – 1.76
11. Herron – 1.79
12. Pand – 1.83
13. Hammerhead – 1.96
14. Owl – 2.11
15. Pup – 2.24
16. Wolf – 2.48
17. Beest – 2.73
18. Jav – 2.76
19. Woodpecker – 2.81
20. Fawn – 2.95
21. Hawk – 4.54
Bronsons
1. Mole – +21(Record – Eel +25 (2016))
2. Harrier – +18
3. Alpaca – +10
4. Moose – +9
5. Hound – +8
6. Ram – +7
7. Eel – +5
8. Woodpecker – +4
9. Bobcat – +2
10. Herron – + 1
11. Beest – LEVEL
T12. Pup/Yahk – -1
14. Hammerhead – -2
15. Jav – -4
T16. Eagle/Owl – -5
18. Wolf – -6
19. Pand – -16
20. Fawn – -17
21. Hawk – -23