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.

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.

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 !!!!!

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

Date	Time	Weather	Temp	Wind			Visibility
				Dir	Speed	Gust
Thu 12 Dec	1200		11 °C	SW	14 mph	26 mph	Good
	1500		11 °C	SSW	11 mph	21 mph	Good
	1800		11 °C	SSW	10 mph	20 mph	Good
	2100		11 °C	SE	6 mph		Good
Fri 13 Dec	0000		11 °C	SSE	7 mph		Good
	0300		11 °C	S	9 mph		Good
	0600		11 °C	SSW	13 mph	23 mph	Good
	0900		11 °C	S	13 mph	24 mph	Good
	1200		12 °C	SSW	15 mph	25 mph	Good
	1500		10 °C	SW	14 mph		Good
	1800		8 °C	SW	14 mph		Very Good
	Night		4 °C	WSW	17 mph	29 mph	Very Good
Sat 14 Dec	Day		9 °C	SSW	23 mph	38 mph	Very Good
	Night		5 °C	SW	15 mph		Good
Sun 15 Dec	Day		8 °C	SSW	17 mph	28 mph	Very Good
	Night		4 °C	SW	24 mph	41 mph	Good
Mon 16 Dec	Day		6 °C	SW	20 mph	34 mph	Very Good
	Night		3 °C	W	9 mph		Good

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

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 !!!!!