El Bandito
Active member
THP UK Summer Cup
Sunday July 6th - 'Late tee off' - 15:10 on the Mathern Course
Sunday July 6th - Dinner
Monday July 7th - Breakfast
Monday July 7th - 'Early tee off' - 0852 on the Championship Course
With a fair wind - all groups should be finished - scores totted up and prizes presented by 1500.
The venue is the Marriott St Pierre in Chepstow - (that's in Wales you know...)
At the time of posting, 17 hardy souls will battle it out for the coveted UK - THP Cup.
This year, your Champion, El Bandito returns to defend his title from a field of Cup veterans and new faces.
This year the field contains 1 Dane and 2 Swedes keen to plunder the cup and take it across the water. For the first time - a woman is competing for the cup - a development universally approved!
This thread will be used for competition information, banter and general mickey-taking. Please remember that this is a family show - and that large parts of the USA - where this forum is based - are allergic to gambling - so any side bets keep off the thread please! I will reserve the second post for important updates and team info...
Match Format
The Cup is fought for over 36 holes. The competition is singles Stableford, full handicap. Handicaps are taken on trust. This is a bit of fun! Gents will play from the tees of the day. Ladies from the ladies tee. To avoid any misunderstandings - we will play according to the rules of golf. No gimmes please. There is one Local Rule in Play - that mobile phones may be used as DMD (and hopefully for live scoring)
On Day 1 - Competitors will play in their drawn team. (More on the team later). On Day 2 - groups will go out in reverse order, with the leader taking the final tee shot. The highest combined score over the two days will be the Champion - and assuming they can catch the fleeing Bandito - will become the custodian on the hallowed Cup - until it is competed for again.
Day 1 is also a team competition. Each group will be given a sleeve of marked yellow balls. One player will play the yellow ball on each hole - contributing to the Yellow Ball score. In a 4 ball - each player must play the yellow ball at least 4 times. In a three ball each player must play the yellow ball 6 times. The other two yellow balls are kept by the captain of the team. Given the extremely high standard of the players on this trip, I am sure that these balls will be unnecessary. However - if a yellow ball is lost, 10 stableford points are deducted from the team score- and the team must put another ball in play. The team competition will be won by the team with the highest net stableford score on the yellow ball.
If the above seems complicated - don't worry, its not! It's just my explanation skills are no good!
On both days there will be a nearest the pin challenge and a longest drive challenge. There will prizes for best individual scores on both days in addition to the main event.
After dinner of the first evening, there is an import from Rugby. That is, the Kangaroo Court. The court is presided over by the "Wise Old Golfers" - made up of people that have attended every single Cup. You may find yourself co-opted into a role in the court - as Prosecutor, or Defender. Generally, the Accused defends themselves - however if they happen to be a non-drinker - a proxy comes in very handy.
The Judge is a Wise Old Golfer. The Jury is made up of Wise Old Golfers. The word of the Judge is the TRUTH. It is undebatable. Questioning the Judge almost invariably results in Contempt of Court charges. You have been warned.
Should anyone be found guilty of an offence, and believe me - you will be; you will receive an instant sentence of a livening shot. A sharpener as we like to call it. You will, immediately, without question, down this. (Unless you had defence counsel - who will do it for you)
A few pointers for you...
1. There is only one player at this event that has attended every Cup:laughing:
2. Almost invariably the non drinkers choose the overnight leader to be defence counsel.
3. The overnight leader almost invariably has committed several offences in the course of becoming overnight leader
:bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb:
Sunday July 6th - 'Late tee off' - 15:10 on the Mathern Course
Sunday July 6th - Dinner
Monday July 7th - Breakfast
Monday July 7th - 'Early tee off' - 0852 on the Championship Course
With a fair wind - all groups should be finished - scores totted up and prizes presented by 1500.
The venue is the Marriott St Pierre in Chepstow - (that's in Wales you know...)
At the time of posting, 17 hardy souls will battle it out for the coveted UK - THP Cup.
This year, your Champion, El Bandito returns to defend his title from a field of Cup veterans and new faces.
This year the field contains 1 Dane and 2 Swedes keen to plunder the cup and take it across the water. For the first time - a woman is competing for the cup - a development universally approved!
This thread will be used for competition information, banter and general mickey-taking. Please remember that this is a family show - and that large parts of the USA - where this forum is based - are allergic to gambling - so any side bets keep off the thread please! I will reserve the second post for important updates and team info...
Match Format
The Cup is fought for over 36 holes. The competition is singles Stableford, full handicap. Handicaps are taken on trust. This is a bit of fun! Gents will play from the tees of the day. Ladies from the ladies tee. To avoid any misunderstandings - we will play according to the rules of golf. No gimmes please. There is one Local Rule in Play - that mobile phones may be used as DMD (and hopefully for live scoring)
On Day 1 - Competitors will play in their drawn team. (More on the team later). On Day 2 - groups will go out in reverse order, with the leader taking the final tee shot. The highest combined score over the two days will be the Champion - and assuming they can catch the fleeing Bandito - will become the custodian on the hallowed Cup - until it is competed for again.
Day 1 is also a team competition. Each group will be given a sleeve of marked yellow balls. One player will play the yellow ball on each hole - contributing to the Yellow Ball score. In a 4 ball - each player must play the yellow ball at least 4 times. In a three ball each player must play the yellow ball 6 times. The other two yellow balls are kept by the captain of the team. Given the extremely high standard of the players on this trip, I am sure that these balls will be unnecessary. However - if a yellow ball is lost, 10 stableford points are deducted from the team score- and the team must put another ball in play. The team competition will be won by the team with the highest net stableford score on the yellow ball.
If the above seems complicated - don't worry, its not! It's just my explanation skills are no good!
On both days there will be a nearest the pin challenge and a longest drive challenge. There will prizes for best individual scores on both days in addition to the main event.
After dinner of the first evening, there is an import from Rugby. That is, the Kangaroo Court. The court is presided over by the "Wise Old Golfers" - made up of people that have attended every single Cup. You may find yourself co-opted into a role in the court - as Prosecutor, or Defender. Generally, the Accused defends themselves - however if they happen to be a non-drinker - a proxy comes in very handy.
The Judge is a Wise Old Golfer. The Jury is made up of Wise Old Golfers. The word of the Judge is the TRUTH. It is undebatable. Questioning the Judge almost invariably results in Contempt of Court charges. You have been warned.
Should anyone be found guilty of an offence, and believe me - you will be; you will receive an instant sentence of a livening shot. A sharpener as we like to call it. You will, immediately, without question, down this. (Unless you had defence counsel - who will do it for you)
A few pointers for you...
1. There is only one player at this event that has attended every Cup:laughing:
2. Almost invariably the non drinkers choose the overnight leader to be defence counsel.
3. The overnight leader almost invariably has committed several offences in the course of becoming overnight leader
:bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb:
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