SEMI FINAL OF HACKERS MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

DOWN TO THE LAST

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SEMI FINAL 2013

GORDON SINCLAIR  V  IAN BAIRD

JOHN WYNN  V  SIMON JESSNEY

Ties to be played by Sunday the 11th of August

INVITATION FROM MICK

I'M THE 

BIRTHDAY 

BOY

This Saturday night Mick Drummond is having a 30th (Aye right ! ) birthday party at the Giffnock North Social Club. He has asked me to invite any Hacker/partner along for a night out and join him in his celebrations.

Mick has been away on holiday for the last 3 weeks and is sorry for the short notice. He hasn't told me a time but I am guessing 7-7.30pm.

Have a good night Mick and at the next Hackers match as well as a handicap certificate bring along your birth certificate !

30th ma arse !!

LATEST MATCHPLAY RESULTS

JOHN AND SIMON AND INTO THE SEMI FINAL

John Wynn beat Brian Murphy 3-2 at Lenzie last weekend but John said it was a lot tighter than the score shows.

Simon Jessney beat Billy Gibson 3-2 also at Carnwarth and even tho Billy had 3 birdies it wasn't enough to beat Simon.

Billy lost 3 balls and that cancelled out his birdie holes but he said Simon was just to good for him on the night.

So well done to both and they are into the semi.

The draw for the semi finals will be on the 31st of July or before  if all ties are completed early.

GLASGOW GAILES

GLASGOW GAILES

THE 17TH OFF THE 

BLACK TEES

(not recommended for us Hackers)

I was down at Gailes yesterday walking around with Craig who was out for a practice round for the weekends Tennent Cup. It is in fantastic condition from tee to green and you are all in for a treat. The rough is knee deep and fairways very very tight as they have grown the rough in- bring loads of balls !!!.

The above picture is the very tight 17th a par 4 measuring 403yds off the black tees. You can see the whites 50yards in front on the LHS  and the Hackers yellow tees some 90 yards ahead on the RHS. Also you can see the rough and just how deep and tight it is from this photo.

Measuring some 6903yds off the blacks it's a tough course. The yellows are are 6300yds and that will be the tees used for our Summer match.

I won't be playing this year as I am up in Nairn that weekend with Craig for the Scottish Northern Championship but I'm sure you will all have a good time.

SUNDAY 25TH AUGUST

COST £65.00

INCLUDES FOOD BEFORE AND A 2 COURSE MEAL AFTER THE HACKING.

BELOW IS A LIST OF ALL PLAYERS ENTERED

G Sinclair
P James
G Dickie
T Nicholson
J Wynn
S Gibson
D Graham
C Weir
S Jessney
S McPherson
A Smart
G Leadbitter
R Aitken
M Drummond
I Fox
D Drew
N Keir
D Mitchell
G Cullen


There are still places available if anyone wants to play.

Craig smacking his drive over the rough

SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP

ST MICHAELS 

SPRING WINNERS

2013

IN FIRST PLACE GEORGE LEADBITTER 

RUNNER UP IAN BAIRD

NEAREST THE PIN IAN HUTCHISON

IN 3RD PLACE OVERALL SIMON JESSNEY

SPOON BOY AT FIRST ATTEMPT
PAUL JAMES jnr

WINTER TOUR FINAL

PRIZE WINNERS

FOR 2012/13

WINTER TOUR CHAMPION
IAN FOX

RUNNER UP
PAUL JAMES

THE DONKEY OF THE SEASON AND THE CHAMP
BRIAN NEWALL AND IAN FOX

3 PLAYERS TIED FOR 3RD PLACE OVERALL
IAN BAIRD, ANDREW ALEXANDER AND MICK DRUMMOND

DONKEY 2012/13
BRIAN NEWALL

THE CHAMP SPEAKS AT PRIZEGIVING

GERALDO'S BUNKER

THE NOW FAMOUS 

"GERRY BUNKER"

WHERE IT 

TOOK

14 BLOWS

TO ESCAPE FROM

This is the 4th green on the Keir Course where Geraldo took 14 swipes to escape from in last weeks medal. He walked off the green with a 18.

Driving home on Sunday we had his wee brother Jim on the phone telling us he had a 13 in Saturday's medal also on one hole.

The Cullen boys between them took 31 shots in 2 holes !!!!

They are ripping up the course but not with good golf scores.

They are now on the most wanted list at Cawder for vandalism . The green staff  were seen refilling the  bunker yesterday morning.

On a more congratulatory note to Gerry well done big guy on the weight loss. Gerry has went from 18st 2 down to 14st 12 since the end of February. The dieting has worked wonders for his health but done fuck all for his golf.

Well done Geraldo.

Along with Sinky who has lost a 1stone from cutting out the 4 Mars bars a day and starting his new exercise regime I found my car floating up the road at the weekend to St Michaels.

MATCHPLAY DRAW

LAST 8 STANDING

JOHN WYNN  V  BRIAN MURPHY

CRAIG WEIR  V  IAN BAIRD

RICHARD AITKEN  V GORDON SINCLAIR

SIMON JESSNEY  V  BILLY GIBSON


ALL GAMES TO BE PLAYED BY THE 30TH OF JUNE

SEMI FINAL DRAW ON THE 30TH

SEMI FINALS WILL BE PLAYED IN AUGUST.

HACKERS WINTER TOUR CHAMPION 2013

2013

TOUR 

CHAMPION

IAN FOX

FULL SCORES TOTAL FOR PLAYERS WITH 5 ROUNDS OR MORE COMPLETED

EACH PLAYERS BEST 5 SCORES TOTAL

RESULTS

Ian Fox                   179
Paul James              177
I Baird                     171
Andrew Alexander  171
Mick Drummond     171
Ian Hutchison          170
Graham Dickie        169
Tommy Nicholson   168
George Leadbitter    168
Derek Mitchell         167
R Chalmers              164
John Wynn               158
Simon Jessney          158
Davie Revie              158
Alex Smart                157
Neil Keir                   155
Richard Aitken          153
David Graham           152
Craig Weir                 151
Gordon Sinclair          149
David Stirling             146
Jim Cullen                  145
Gerry Cullen               143
Steven Gibson            143
Brian Murphy             142
Brian Newall               138

Congratulations to Ian on his win this year.

He has been the most steady player in the Tour this year and thoroughly deserves his win. With none of the Elite 4 Ball improving the totals yesterday Ian had enough points in the bag to keep our 2 time Tour Champion  Paul James in second place. There was only 2 points separating the top 2 and 8 points off top place we had 3 players on 171.

Ian Baird climbed up the table on Sunday and joined Andrew and Mick in a tie for 3rd place.

Well done to the 26 players who completed the minimum 5 rounds. We had 41 players who played in this years Winter Tour.

The bad weather meant that we only played 8 rounds compared to last years 11. We lost Scotscraig and Ladybank due to the heavy snow.

More photos to follow and the DONKEY OF THE YEAR report.

THE TOURS DONKEY 4 BALL 2013

DONKEY 4 BALL

2013

Brian Murphy,Brian Newall, David Stirling and Gerry Cullen

THE ELITE 4 BALL 2013

THE TOURS 

TOP 4 BALL

2013

Ian Fox, Paul James, Mick Drummond and Andrew Alexander

ST MICHAELS RESULTS

TOUR FINAL

2013

St Michaels Golf Club

Results

G Leadbitter    34
I Baird             33
S Jessney        33
D Stirling        33
I Hutchison     33
G Dickie         33
A Smart          32
D Revie          32
I Fox               31
R Aitken        31
P James          30
G Cullen        29
D Drew         29
C Chalmers    27
B Murphy      27
G Sinclair      27
M Drummond  27
C Weir           26
A Alexander  26
N Keir           26
S Gibson       25
D Mitchell     25
R Chalmers   24
B Newall      21
P James Jnr   16

Winner yesterday was George with 34 points on a course that I expected to see better scores on. The greens were very hard making approach shots and chips hard to stop and the putting surface was very fast and slick also.
The decision to putt out also might have contributed to the lack of points for most.

The deal of £20 was great value for this time of year and it was good to get the Tour finished after all the cancellations from the poor winter.

Dodi was chased to the finish with 5 players all on 33 points and Bairdy the Tours player with the most number of wins getting second place on countback.

In SPOON position we had Paul James. It was unfortunately Paul Jnr and not his father"he who will never win the Spoon "

There were a lot of disappointed faces when they realised it was his son and not Vera.

Maybe one day guys our wishes will come true !

Nearest the pin was Hutchy at the 15th and winning the money for that elevated tee shot.

Still to come

Full results of the final Tour positions with all the winners and losers.

FINAL MATCHPLAY RESULTS

DOWN TO THE 

LAST

The last few games have now been played and the last 8 are now into Sundays draw.

On Thursday night Graham Dickie got beat by another Crowwood Bandito Brian Murphy. Brian defeated Graham 2-1 at Lenzie. At least your bandit didn't rodger you like mine did to me. Ma arse is still sore from the pumping Bairdy gave me.

Last night Gordon Sinclair beat Alex Smart 3-2 at Cawder playing the big course. Gordon was 4 up at one stage then Alex got it back to 2 before Gordon closed out the match.

Also last night Mick Drummond gave Simon Jessney the tie as he was unable to get the time to play before tonights cut off.

Players into the last 8.


R Aitken
B Gibson
J Wynn
C Weir
I Baird
S Jessney
G Sinclair
B Murphy

Next round is to be played by Sunday the 30th of June.

The semi Finals and Final will be played in August leaving July clear for holidays.

A REMINDER OF THE SCORES

SCORES FOR EVERYONE FROM THE WINTER TOUR AFTER 7 ROUNDS

Elite 4 Ball

Ian Fox                   179     34
Pau James               177    34
Andrew Alexander 171    29
Mick Drummond    171   32
Donkey 4 Ball

David Stirling          139     26
B Newall                 138     23
B Murphy                136     21
Gerry Cullen            135     21


BEST 5 SCORES

I Fox               179
P James           177
A Alexander   171
M Drummond 171
T Nicholson    168
D Mitchell       167
R Chalmers     164
I Baird             162
G Dickie          159
G Leadbitter    159
J Wynn            158
N Keir             155
A Smart           153
D Revie           153
D Graham        152
C Weir             151
G Sinclair         149
R Aitken          147
S Jessney         146
J Cullen            145
D Stirling          139
B Newall          138
B Murphy         136
G Cullen           135


Players with 4 rounds

I Hutchison       137
S Gibson           118
J Byrne             116

ST MICHAELS ARRANGEMENTS

WINTER TOUR FINAL FOR THIS YEARS OVERALL CHAMPION

WINTER TOUR FINAL FOR THIS YEARS OVERALL DONKEY

Sunday 26th May

First tee time  11.16am

DRAW 11.00am SHARP !!!!

Bacon roll and coffee before.

Soup and sandwiches after.

Cost £20.00 less deposit if paid.

£5.oo Matchplay entry fee due also.

Sweep on Sunday will be £10.00.

£5.00 towards the Spring Round/Tour Final.

£5.00 towards the overall Winter Tour Champion and runners up.

Total cost if you have paid a deposit is £30.00 or £35.00 if you have not.

ELITE 4 BALL

IAN FOX
PAUL JAMES
ANDREW ALEXANDER
MICK DRUMMOND

DONKEY 4 BALL

DAVID STIRLING
BRIAN NEWALL
BRIAN MURPHY
GERRY CULLEN

NAMES ENTERED

R Chalmers

C Chalmers
G Sinclair

G Cullen ** ????
D Stirling **
A Smart
S Jessney **
A Alexander
D Mitchell
G Leadbitter

P James
G Dickie
T Nicholson
R Aitken
I Baird
D Revie
I Hutchison
I Fox

D Drew
C Weir
N Newall
N Keir
B Murphy

M Drummond

S Gibson**

P James jnr**

25  maybe 26  playing.

WEATHER LOOKING VERY GOOD BRING YOUR SUNSCREEN

A NEW HACKERS RECORD TONIGHT

GERALDO 

GETS 

A 

18 

BREAKING NEWS FROM BBC REPORTER VERA JAMES.

TONIGHT IN THE MEDAL AT CAWDER GERALDO 

TOOK 18 BLOWS AT THE 4TH A PAR 4.

14

OF THE BLOWS WERE FROM THE GREEN SIDE BUNKER.

ASKED TONIGHT FOR A QUOTE FOR THE HACKERS WEB SITE

HE 

REPLIED

"SHIT HAPPENS"

LATEST SCORES

In the last few days there has been a few ties played.

Last night at Cawder Billy Gibson beat John Byrne 3-2. Billy says that the only difference was that he holed a few putts more than John.

Tonight Brian Newall lost to John Wynn at Lenzie Golf Course. Brian had a 3 hole lead at one stage before John pulled him back and eventually beat Brian up the 19th hole.

So Billy and John go into the next round.

Players into next round

R Aitken
B Gibson
J Wynn
C Weir
I Baird

Draw for next round on Sunday.

£5.00 required from all players who started the competition for the sweep.

WOOF WOOF

Course looking good on a nice Spring evening

A DOG LICENCE FOR ME !!

Last night at Cawder Bairdy gave me a good pumping over the first 12 holes in our Hackers Matchplay tie.

I would like to use the excuse that it was only my second full round since early March but I could have played out my skin and he would still have humped me. Maybe not the full doggy but he would have won that's for sure.

After 12 holes he walked of the green just 2 over par - with a 7th at the 9th !!!

Before anyone asks- yes I won the 9th with my 3rd par of the round.

Awesome shooting Show's Ya .

So no excuses from me apart from I was shite.

That is the first time I have been up on the big course since I played Tommy last month and the greens were just fantastic to putt on. Very fast and so true even this early in season and they are only get better if that's possible.

The whole course was looking great so hats off to the staff for getting it in such good shape even with all this cold weather and lack of growth.

All the best Ian in the next round.

Remember all ties to be played by next Saturday.

WEEKEND RESULTS

HACKERS MATCHPLAY

First games for this round were played this weekend.

On Friday Craig Weir played Stuart McPherson at Carnwarth and won comfortably 5-4.

On Sunday Jim Cullen lost to Richard Aitken at Cawder 2-1. Jim says Richard played great golf and thoroughly deserved the win.

Both players are into the last 8.

BELOW IS A LIST OF ALL PLAYERS ENTERED FOR TOUR FINAL

RE ARRANGED AT ST MICHAELS GOLF CLUB FIFE

MAY 26TH

FIRST TEE TIME 11.00AM

COST AS PER WINTER DEAL £20.00 

ALSO DUE FOR PAYMENT £5.00 FROM EVERYONE WHO ENTERED THE MATCHPLAY

R Chalmers

C Chalmers
G Sinclair
D Stirling **
A Smart
S Jessney **
A Alexander
D Mitchell
G Leadbitter

S Paul**

P James
G Dickie
T Nicholson
R Aitken
J Wynn
I Baird
D Revie
I Hutchison
I Fox

D Drew
C Weir
N Newall
N Keir
B Murphy
J Cullen
D Graham
G Cullen  **

M Drummond

S Gibson**

P James jnr**

30 entered

Anyone who can't now make it or wants added let me know ASAP

THE DRAW

SECOND ROUND DRAW

MICK DRUMMOND  V  SIMON JESSNEY

JIM CULLEN  V  RICHARD AITKEN

BILLY GIBSON  V JOHN BYRNE

JOHN WYNN  V BRIAN NEWALL

CRAIG WEIR  V  STUART McPHERSON

GRAHAM DICKIE  V BRIAN MURPHY

ROBERT CHALMERS V IAN BAIRD

ALEX SMART V GORDON SINCLAIR


ALL TIES TO BE PLAYED BY 25TH OF MAY

ROUND 2

DRAW LIVE 

WEDNESDAY 7.30PM

SMARTY MAKES THE NEXT ROUND

Steven Gibson gave Alex the tie today as he couldn't play. That's the risk when things get left to the last day and there is no room to re schedule.

That's the 16 players in the draw for the next round.

Already in round 1 we have had the Official favourite knocked out (Foxy) and the self proclaimed favourite Vera also dumped  at the first hurdle.

Tommy's unofficial book of bets has taken a pounding with the above 2 going out along with himself and Andrew Alexander.

So next round is being drawn tomorrow night.

Players in tomorrow nights draw.

G Sinclair

J Wynn

R Aitken

I Baird

G Dickie

B Gibson

S McPherson

C Weir

J Byrne

B Newall

J Cullen

S Jessney

R Chalmers

B Murphy

M Drummond

A Smart

Next round to be played by 25th of May.

Draw for last 8 players in the next round will be at St Michaels.

ANOTHER 2 RESULTS

Today Brian Murphy got a bye into the next round as John Cumming could not play before the deadline.

Tonight Mick Drummond beat Davy Graham at Lenzie 1 up after a game that had only 5 holes halved in the match.

So Mick proceeds along with Brian into the next round.

Only 1 game left and it's Alex Smart and Steven Gibson who are playing at Cawder tomorrow afternoon.

Players into the last 16

G Sinclair

J Wynn

R Aitken

I Baird

G Dickie

B Gibson

S McPherson

C Weir

J Byrne

B Newall

J Cullen

S Jessney

R Chalmers

B Murphy

M Drummond

WEEKEND MATCHPLAY RESULTS

RESULTS

On Friday night Brian Newall beat Davy Stirling 2-1 at Lenzie. Brian was 4 down after 6 but battled well and is into the next round.

Today Jim Cullen beat Ian Fox 2-1 at Cawder playing the Keir course.

At Carnwath Golf Club Simon Jessney beat Gerry Cullen 3-1.

Tonight at Cawder I beat Tommy Nicholson on the 19th hole playing the big course which was a major surprise for me as I haven't played a full round for over 8 weeks now. Maybe when you don't play for so long your head isn't full of all the crap that you fill it with thinking about swings and all that other technical pish that we really know fuck all about.

It was a great match against Tommy that was nip and tuck the whole way and it went to extra holes after I put my ball into the trees while playing the 18th. Thanks for a great game Tommy.

So thats another 4 players into the last 16.

Players into the last 16

G Sinclair

J Wynn

R Aitken

I Baird

G Dickie

B Gibson

S McPherson

C Weir

J Byrne

B Newall

J Cullen

S Jessney

R Chalmers
B Murphy
M Drummond

3 ties still to be played by Tuesday night.

MATCHPLAY UPDATE

PLAYERS INTO THE NEXT ROUND

G Sinclair

J Wynn

R Aitken

I Baird

G Dickie

B Gibson

S McPherson

C Weir

J Byrne

TIES MUST BE PLAYED BY APRIL 30TH

2 MORE TIES COMPLETED

Last night John Byrne beat Neil Keir over his old stomping ground at Crowwood. John was giving Neil a shot at each hole so it must have been tough as we all know the Big Mexicano can play well above his handicap sometimes.

So John is into the next round.

Tonight Craig Weir beat Scott Wylie at Carnwarth. I am told it was a very tight game with Craig winning 1 hole up. Craig is the to the next round and I wonder if his club mate Simon is going to join him. Simon has to beat Geraldo to make it a Carnwarth pair into the next round.

Well done to both players.

THE NEXT ROUND WILL BE DRAWN NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7.30PM APPROX.

SMARTY HITS THE BIG 50

THANKS GUYS

ANOTHER

GOLFING

GADGET

I LOVE GADGETS

The McFlurry turned 50 a few weeks ago and some of the Hackers were at his surprise birthday party.

We all chipped in to buy him range finder to measure how far he is from the flag.

It a good piece of equipment but it doesn't see through trees and is only good if you can see the flag from your position on the correct fairway.

So might be on eBay next week as Alex realises it's no good for him as he's very rarely on the correct fairway.

Picture above is of Alex wetting himself with excitement as he opened the box and found out it was a range finder.

Enjoy Alex.

LATEST MATCHPLAY RESULTS

Tuesday 23rd

Last night the Draincleaner gave Bilbo the tie as he's to busy to play any ties. Billy reckons he crapped out of the tie as he knew I would have pumped him !

Tonight Davie Revie got beat by Graham Dickie at Lenzie 3-2. Davie said he was to deflated to to give me a full run down.

He did say Graham was hard to beat and played very well.

So well done to Graham and Billy both are in the next round.

Stuart McPherson has just informed me that Andrew Alexander is unable to play their tie due to family commitments and has told Stuart to take the tie.

So that is another 3 players into the next round.

1 WEEK LEFT TO PLAY THIS ROUND !!!!!

SINGLES RESULTS

LATEST RESULTS FROM MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

THE "FAVOURITE" IS OOT !!!

Big Vera Duckworth got beat by Richard Aitken at Pollock 1 up. Richard was 3 up with only a few to play and Paul got it back to level at 16 before Richard got his nose in front again by winning the 17th and hanging on to the end.

So well done Richard on into the last 16.

Show's Ya Bairdy had to play extra holes to beat Del and get into the next round. A great match said Ian and Del Boy was 3 up after 6 but Bairdy fought back and took Del down the 19th hole before shaking hands.

Players into next round so far.

G Sinclair
J Wynn
R Aitken
I Baird
G Dickie
B Gibson
S McPherson

TIES MUST BE PLAYED BY 30TH OF APRIL.

THE DRAW FOR THE NEXT ROUND WILL BE ON THE 1ST OF MAY AND TIES MUST BE PLAYED BY THE 25TH OF MAY AS THE NEXT ROUND DRAW WILL AFTER OUR WINTER TOUR FINAL AT ST MICHAEL'S FOR ALL TO WITNESS.

NICE WYNN FOR NAE WYNN

JOHN DUMPS DODI

John Wynn beat George Leadbitter today at Lenzie Golf Club. He won 3-2 and eases into the last 16. Thats 2 players through to the last 16.

Let me know when you have played your ties and I can get them posted.

SINKY STROLLS ON

FIRST MATCHPLAY RESULT IN

GORDON SINCLAIR WINS 6-4 AGAINST DAVY DREW AT CAWDER

SINKY PROGRESSES INTO THE LAST 16

DRAW 2013

FULL DRAW 2013

GAME 1  NEIL KEIR   V     JOHN BYRNE

GAME 2   CRAIG WEIR  V SCOTT WYLIE

GAME 3 IAN BAIRD   V  DEREK MITCHELL

GAME 4  JIM CULLEN  V IAN  FOX

GAME 5  ALEX SMART V STEPHEN GIBSON

GAME 6  RICHARD AITKEN V PAUL JAMES

GAME 7  ROBERT CHALMERS  V  TOMMY NICHOLSON

GAME 8  GRAHAM DICKIE  V DAVIE REVIE

GAME 9 DAVY GRAHAM V MICK DRUMMOND

GAME 10 JOHN WYNN  V GEORGE LEADBITTER

GAME 11 SIMON JESSNEY  V GERRY CULLEN

GAME 12 ANDREW ALEXANDER  V STUART McPHERSON

GAME 13 GORDON SINCLAIR  V DAVIE DREW

GAME 14  JOHN CUMMING V BRIAN MURPHY

GAME 15 BILLY GIBSON V  IAN HUTCHISON

GAME 16 BRIAN NEWALL V DAVID STIRLING

RULES

FULL HANDICAP DIFFERENCE

ALL GAMES TO BE PLAYED BY 30TH OF APRIL

ALL GAMES TO BE PLAYED OFF YELLOW TEES

FIRST NAME OUT IN EACH ROUND GETS THE HOME COURSE

TEXT OR EMAIL RESULTS AS SOON AS YOUR TIE IS FINISHED

CAPTAIN DESPERADO

SMARTY

RENEWS 

HIS WEDDING 

VOWS

Not many people know this but "Captain Desperado" from Cawder a few weeks ago had a wee ceremony to mark his wedding anniversary and this is the cake he brought with him.

You won't be surprised to hear that he never waited for the cake to be cut as he rushed off from the reception to meet the boys for the Friday Sweep at 1.15pm.

A NEW BOOK FOR DEL BOY !!

A BOOK FOR 

MR CARPET WISE

DEL BOY

We have all heard Del moan about his putting and we all know he spends a lot of time at Carpetwise blagging all sorts of carpet cuts that he can use to practice on in the garage.

This book might help him sort out all the 4 putts he has.

Nae 1 foot gimmes for you Del Boy if I get drawn against you in round 1.