The event was sold out to the delight of the organisers and the management of the Ivanhoe Public Golf Course. The course had been prepared by the ground-staff during the week and the penalty area markers were installed by Simon and Gordo to ensure an enjoyable game.
At 06:45 the 1st of the players descended on the club house for registration, a coffee and an egg & bacon roll. By 07:45 the club house was full and the players were addressed by Brendon with a few details of the day’s proceedings. Then everyone made their way to their tee off holes for the 08:00 shot gun start. Sienna & Andrew K were on the 4th Tee and Chris Boland was on the 12th Tee accepting money to take a player’s shot. The Sweet Spot lads were on the 7th Hole giving away merchandise.
Then, 30 minutes later, the heavens opened and it rained solid for the next 1.5hours. The 17th green was a lake. The players pushed through to finish and the Pros put up with the conditions and finished the tournament.
Gareth, the new manager of the Ivanhoe Public Golf Course was very helpful as he and Chris Moore tried to unbolt an umbrella from the cafe to take to Chris Boland who was getting very wet. Unfortunately the umbrella would not come loose and Chris had to suffer with a regular umbrella for the morning.
When the round finished, everyone returned to the club house for the results and presentation. Wilbur Wilde had arrived and was making his way around the room and talking to the players.
Once the cards had been collated by Sienna, Brendon thanked our sponsors and introduced Wilbur Wilde who took no time to have the players laughing and forgetting the rain.
The Presentation of prizes by Wilbur was hilarious with the ladies from the Wednesday and Thursday golf clubs cleaning up the prizes.
At the end of the event, we have raised just over $4,000. A special thanks to the Thursday Ladies who passed around the hat and raised $255 as a donation, to the Bendigo Bank which donated $500 cash and to our own club which also donated $500.
Drummond Golf donated 5 x $50 vouchers and David Knight donated five of his books “Revelation of a Tour Caddie” towards the prize pool. “The Sweet Spot” donated vouchers to the prize pool and issued umbrellas to players on the 7th hole.
A special thanks to Srixon who donated a Ladies Golf bag, boxes of balls and gloves towards the prize pool and to Titliest for a Mens bag, tote bags and boxes of balls. Many thanks, also, to all the members that supported Brendon and Simon in organising the event.