DATES FOR WINTER TOUR 2013/14

GOLF DATES 2014/15

WINTER TOUR DATES

ALL DATES AND COURSES ARE PROVISIONAL

September 21st Elmwood GC- Summer Championship

October 12th Drumoig GC booked for 20
October 26th Falkirk Tryst booked for 24 CANCELLED -Rain
November 9th Kittocks booked for 23
November 30th Whitekirk GC
December 14th Torrance (Xmas outining) Dunvegan Hotel for dinner afterwards. booked for 24
January 25th Falkirk Tryst booked for 24 CANCELLED-RAIN
February 8th Scotscraig G C CANCELLED- FROST
February 22nd Falkirk booked for 24 CANCELLED - RAIN
March 15th Scotscraig booked for 20
March 29th Ladybank GC booked for 20 -






Wednesday 18 December 2013

WHO WAS THE NUMPTY ??


WHO WAS THE HACKER WHO OPENED THEIR BROLLY ON THE 16TH ??


WHAT A DIDDY !!




TOUR LEADERS AFTER 5 ROUNDS


A REVIEW AT THE HALF WAY 


After 5 rounds we now have a target for everyone to chase and at this stage it seems we are going to have a very high score for the best 5 rounds.

Last year Ian Fox won overall with 179 points for his best 5 scores but already we have Davy Graham on 178 with 5 rounds left  to dump his poorest scores and increase his overall total.

Obviously the summer conditions at a few of the rounds which resulted in 40+ points wins means that a few players have got some solid points in the bag.

So who are the ones at the top ?

D Graham    178  
G Cullen      173
I Fox            173
D Revie        169
B Gibson      169
A Smart        168
G Sinclair      168

At the other end of the scale who are the players that are in the Donkey 4 Ball territory?

N Keir              141
J Cullen            140
A Alexander     140


A very long way to go and any player is still capable of winning or being in the Donkey fight. There is 5 rounds to go and all to play for.

After Leven a lot more players will have posted 5 scores and things will change.




Tuesday 17 December 2013

A OLD PHOTO


WHO IS THE HACKER IN 
THIS OLD PHOTO ?




Taken from the hundreds of photos on the Dunvegan Hotel walls in the hallway. 

Can anyone recognise the Hacker in his youthful days ??


GENERAL GEORGE

GENERAL 
GEORGE 


DODI POSING WITH HIS CRACKER PRIZE


CHRISTMAS DINNER






DUNVEGAN HOTEL
ST ANDREWS

28 wind battered golfers waiting for their food

Cawder players John and Foxy who had 73 pints between them

Where's ma turkey ?

Smiley happy faces apart from Spoon Winner Div who is waiting to pick up his award




 

WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM SUNDAY


KITTOCKS 
WINNERS 2013



Nearest the pin at the 6th John Byrne

Davie Revie nearest the pin at 16th -only 2 players hit the green !!

KITTOCKS CHAMPION JOHN BYRNE 38 POINTS

2 PISHED MEN !!!
Davy Graham runner up with 35 points
3rd place went to Ian Fox with 34  points

SPOON BOY 2013 DIV NIMMO

HAPPY SMILES FROM DIV WITH HIS PRIZE  FOR ONLY GETTING 21 POINTS !!!!


KITTOCKS RESULTS

KITTOCKS COURSE
ST ANDREWS


Course was in great condition for December
Round 5
Winter Tour

When we arrived on Sunday the conditions were great. It was cool and there was very little wind but the forecast was for 30mph winds to hit before mid day.

So most peoples plan I think was get some points on the card before we reached the turn. By 11am the winds had picked up and by 12 it was howling. The back 9 especially the last 5/6 holes were brutal with blobs all over the place. I had 26 points walking off the 14th green and then only got 2 points in the last 4 holes. I heard rumours that some people only got 2 points over the last 7 holes !!

So this was a real test of winter golf and one man rose to the occasion .

John Byrne had a fantastic 38 points in some horrendous conditions and was 3 points ahead of Davy Graham who in turn beat defending champion Ian Fox by 1 point.

Nearest the pins were John Byrne on the 6th and on the 16th only 2 players out of 28 hit the green. By the time we all played that hole the wind was cutting straight across the hole and carving balls out in the sea.

Davie Revie was the nearnest to the pin at the 16th just beating player of the day John Byrne.

SPOON Boy was won Div Nimmo with 21 points. I actually thought it would be won with a lot less than 21 points due to the conditions as from about the 7 hole onwards it was very very tough.

I'm glad I made the decision to play off the forward tees as the whites at 6700 yards would have killed us in those winds.
Bunkers and collars around the greens were in great condition
Full Results

J Byrne                 38
D Graham            35
I Fox                    34
G Leadbitter        33
J Nugent              33
G McGill             33
S McPherson       32
S Wylie               32
S Paul                 32
B Gibson            31
B Newall            30
G Cullen             30
D Revie              30
S Jessney            29
D Stirling            29
B Murphy           29
R Chalmers         28
I Baird                 28
A Alexander        27
D Mitchell           26
A Smart              26
N Keir                26
G Dickie             25
G Sinclair           24
M McWilliams    22
J Cullen               22
D Nimmo           21

Everyone should have the Excel sheet now with all the totals. That's 5 counting rounds in for quite a few players and they can now start dumping the worst ones.

Greens were superb even with all the rain the night before.

PHOTOS OF ALL WINNERS AND LOSERS TO FOLLOW.




Saturday 14 December 2013

A WINDY DAY FROM THE PAST


WINDY DAY 
ON THE KITTOCKS
IN SEPTEMBER
2009




In 2009 we played the Kittocks in very windy conditions.

The results below are from the blue book with all the other scores from each round. It wasn't a official Hackers Rd but a small outing to the Kittocks.

The next month 12 of us played at Drumoig and that was the first time the Big Spoon appeared and was won by Hammy with 20 points.

Results 

P James         26
R Chalmers   25
B Gibson      24
A Smart        23
G Cullen      23
D Graham    23
G Sinclair     23
G Burns       18


The round was won with just 26 points and still remains the lowest winning score for 18 holes we have ever had at a outing or Hackers event. It was very tough in fact brutal if I remember right.

It will be interesting tomorrow to see how the scores come in. Looks okay at 9am but getting very windy from mid day onwards.

It's called the Hackers Winter Tour. Tomorrow i think we will see some winter conditions for the first time this season.

It's to be dry and reasonably mild.

Who will be the best player tomorrow ?

With out doubt the person who keeps the ball low and in play.

Full numbers for tomorrow with 28 players.

See you all up there 9AM SHARP

Should be fun !!!!!




Thursday 12 December 2013

WEATHER FOR SUNDAY

LOOKS GOOD FOR SUNDAY 


Weather looking sunny and dry for Sunday but could be very blowy up on the cliff tops of the Kittocks Course. 

Bring you A game.

Early rise this weekend for a 9.20am start.

DRAW 9.00AM !!

St Andrews five-day forecast


DateTimeWeatherTempWindVisibility
DirSpeedGust
Thu
12
Dec
1200Medium-level cloud11 °CSW14 mph26 mphGood
1500Sunny intervals11 °CSSW11 mph21 mphGood
1800Medium-level cloud11 °CSSW10 mph20 mphGood
2100Light Rain11 °CSE6 mph Good
Fri
13
Dec
0000Light Rain11 °CSSE7 mph Good
0300Light Rain11 °CS9 mph Good
0600Medium-level cloud11 °CSSW13 mph23 mphGood
0900Medium-level cloud11 °CS13 mph24 mphGood
1200Light Rain12 °CSSW15 mph25 mphGood
1500Sunny intervals10 °CSW14 mph Good
1800Partly cloudy8 °CSW14 mph Very Good
NightPartly cloudy4 °CWSW17 mph29 mphVery Good
Sat
14
Dec
DayLight Rain9 °CSSW23 mph38 mphVery Good
NightLight Rain5 °CSW15 mph Good
Sun
15
Dec
DaySunny8 °CSSW17 mph28 mphVery Good
NightLight Rain Shower4 °CSW24 mph41 mphGood
Mon
16
Dec
DaySunny intervals6 °CSW20 mph34 mphVery Good
NightMedium-level cloud3 °CW9 mph Good

Saturday 7 December 2013

CHRISTMAS MENU CHOICES FROM HACKERS


DUNVEGAN HOTEL
ST ANDREWS
15TH DECEMBER 
2013










PLAYERS CHOICES


Robert C.            Soup.   Turkey.    Xmas pud
Sinky.                  Soup.   Turkey.    Ice cream
Stuart M.             Pate.    Turkey.    Fudge Yule
Davy G.               Soup.   Steak.       Fudge Yule.        Med
Dodi.                    Soup.    Filo P.      Fudge Yule
Jim C.                 Pate.     Turkey.     Cheese      
Smarty.               Soup.    Steak.      Fudge Yule.      Well done
Billy G.                Soup.    Turkey.    Fudge Yule 
Davie R.             Salmon. Steak.     Fudge Yule.       Med
Geraldo.              Soup.    Turkey.   Fudge Yule 
Simon.                Soup.    Turkey.   Cheese
John N.               Soup.    Steak.      Fudge Yule        Med 
Steven G.            Soup.    Steak.      Fudge Yule.       Well done 
David St.             Soup.    Turkey.    Cheese  
Foxy.                   Soup.    Steak.      Fudge Yule        Med - well
Graham D.         Soup.     Turkey.   Xmas pud
John B.               Pate.      Steak      Fudge Yule.        Med - well
Andrew A.           Pate.      Steak.    Cheese.               Med - rare
Del.                     Soup      Steak.     Fudge Yule          Med - well
Neil.                    Soup.      Steak.     Ice cream.          Well done 
Scott W.             Soup.      Steak.    Cheese.               Med
Bairdy.               Pate.       Steak.      Fudge Yule         Med -rare
Brian Mur          Soup.      Turkey.   Fudge Yule
Gary Mc.           Soup.      Turkey.    Fudge Yule 
David N.            Soup.      Steak.     Fudge Yule          Med 
Brian N.             Soup.      Steak.     Fudge Yule.         Well done 
Mark Mc.           Soup.      Steak.      Fudge Yule         Well done 
Stevie Paul       Soup      Turkey     Fudge Yule

  

        21. Soups 
        5.  Pates
        1.  Salmon 
        27


      11.  Turkey 
      15    Steaks 
        1.  Filo Pastry
      27


      2.  Xmas pudding
      18.  Fudge Yule 
      2.  Ice cream
      5.    Cheese and biscuits 
    27






Thursday 5 December 2013

HACKERS CHRISTMAS BASH 2013


THE KITTOCKS COURSE 
ST ANDREWS






Sunday December 15th

St Andrews

Fairmont Hotel

The Kittocks Course

First tee time  9.20am

DRAW AT 9.00AM !!!!

Golf is £20.00 less £5 deposit if paid

Dinner is £19.95

3 course Christmas dinner booked afterwards

Dinner will be at the Dunvegan Hotel St Andrews

Dinner served between 3.30and 4.00pm depending on when everyone is down at hotel.

I have now passed everyones choice from the menu onto the hotel.




FULL LIST OF PLAYERS ENTERED

R Chalmers
G Sinclair
S McPherson N/P
D Graham
G Leadbitter
J Cullen
A Smart
B Gibson
D Revie
G Cullen
S Jessney  N/P
J Nugent
S Gibson
D Stirling N/P
I Fox
G Dickie
J Byrne
A Alexander
D Mitchell
N Keir
S Wylie
I Baird
B Murphy
G McGill  
D Nimmo  N/P
B Newall
M McWilliam N/P
S Paul   N/P





DODI GOES FOR A SPIN

LUNDIN
LINKS



CAN I DRIVE THE BENTLEY NOW NEIL ????

FINAL PHOTOS FROM LUNDIN LINKS




DAVIE,ROBERT,SCOTT AND JIM

SUNSET OVER THE PRO SHOP

LOOKING OVER THE BAY TOWARDS ELIE

STANDING ON THE 1ST TEE



THE LUNDIN SPOON BOY IS TRACKED DOWN


LUNDIN SPOON WINNER FOUND HIDING 75 MILES FROM HIS CRIME OF ONLY GETTING 22 POINTS


22 POINTS I'M OFF

WHERE'S MY LIFT HOME 
GOTTCHA

SCOTT WYLIE SPOON BOY 2013

On Sunday night our Spoon was left sitting at a table with nobody to take him home.

The new owner was Scott and he had left the building early due to work commitments (Aye right ). Scott had won the Spoon with ease on Sunday. He could have played 3 extra holes and would probably have still won it as he was 6 points behind the next player.

So it was left to Sinky and myself to take the Spoon and track the runaway down. We caught up with him at his house and gave the family a big surprise by presenting him with the Spoon.

" You keep telling us that your a good golfer dad "

"Is that what you get for being first dad"

"My dad has won a prize "

" Bring that inside don't let the neighbours see you outside with that "

Glad we could let the family see how well you did on Sunday Scott.

THE SPOON ALWAYS GET HIS MAN !!!!!