The Brew Crew

[Gary RP]

Art Vandelay,Wutpa

OFTR

[trevormendez]

Art Vandelay Wutpa prowse00

OFTR - All aboard!!


Knocked out action

Cheers.

[zooby97]

Blue Hawaiian

[mbuenger]

Hello Friends! Jim Nantz back again in season 10 to bring you results from week 4. It’s been a competitive season so far but the top of the table is starting to take shape. Can anyone make a run at the top? Let’s get out to the action starting with The Americas Tour

Match 1: Fireballers vs Eye of the Beerholder
Fireballers and Beerholders looking to get themselves back into the fight at the middle of the table face off this week and it would be Fireballers taking advantage early with a pair of day 1 blowouts to quickly go up 4-0. The Beerholders would bounce back to open the second day after a gift from Randy Z led to a runaway win to open the day. Fireballers quickly regained the momentum however and took the final match of the day easily to head overseas with a 6-2 advantage.

Match 2: Buzz’n Boozers vs Hobgoblins
Buzz’n Boozers looked to slow down Hobgoblins in week 4 but unfortunately for them, Hobgoblins was having none of it. A pair of dominant wins on the first day quickly put Hobgoblins up 4. A draw would be the result to open the second day to get the Boozers on the board. However, Hobgoblins would quickly take back the momentum to close the day and take a commanding 7-1 lead overseas.

Match 3: Gin’ll Fix It vs Double D
A middle of the table battle between Gin’ll Fix It and Double D saw Daniel come off the sub bench and immediately help get his new team on the board to start day 1. Double D would bounce back to close the day drawing the match back level. Day 2 would start with a draw before Gin’ll Fix It would inch themselves back out in front with a convincing win to close the day. They would take the lead at the halfway point, 5-3.

Match 4: Rum Raiders vs Bear Necessities
Another middle of the table match for a chance to stay in touch with Hobgoblins at the top sees the Rum Raiders face off against the Bear Necessities. It would be the Raiders striking first blood taking both matches with ease to open the proceedings. A win to open day 2 quickly put the Raiders up 6. However, Necessities would get on the board to close the day with a win inching closer at 6-2.

JN: What an exciting start to the week. Let’s move overseas to the Rest of the World Tour

Match 1: Fireballers vs Eye of the Beerholder
Continuing their Americas form Fireballers continued to take it to the Beerholders to open day 3. Beerholders would keep their hopes alive to close the day and push their slim hopes of victory to day 4. Day 4 started with a close battle that say David win by 1 to inch the Beerholders closer. Nigel would put Fireballers on the brink of victory with a win in the second match. Thomas would keep the Beerholders in it with a win in the third match and it would come down to the final match. A battle between Trevor and Mark would come down to the wire with Trevor taking it in a close one, 2&1. Fireballers take this one 12-8.

Match 2: Buzz’n Boozers vs Hobgoblins
Hobgoblins continued to keep their foot on the gas overseas and put the match away on day 3 with a pair of dominant better ball victories. The continued to show no mercy on the final day as they refused to allow the Boozers to score any points in garbage time taking all 4 matches for the day. This one will go down as one of the biggest margins of victory in the history of the Brew Crew, it’s all Hobgoblins, 19-1.

Match 3: Gin’ll Fix It vs Double D
In a match that was still anyone’s to claim, Double D quickly rallied overseas taking the opening match of the day to draw it back level again. Gin’ll Fix It bounced back to close day 3, reestablishing their two point advantage heading into the final day. The teams continued their close battle to open day 4 and Daniel and Jason battled to the 2nd draw of the match. Doe would draw the match back level at 8 with a win in the day’s second set. However, Paul was able to defeat Ken and gave Gin’ll Fix It the lead once more. A final battle between Michael and Les to determine the result proved to be a runaway and Michael secured the win for Gin’ll Fix It with a victory. They take this one 12-8.

Match 4: Rum Raiders vs Bear Necessities
Necessities would continue their momentum overseas and got themselves right back into the match with wins in both matches to pull things back level. A final day showdown was left to determine the fate of this one. Ben would put the Raiders out front to start the day, coasting to a win. The lead would be short lived however as Paul squeaked out a win in the second match to draw it back level again. With the third match ending all square, the fate of this one would also come down to the final match of the day between Carol and Bova. The victory in the match would be delivered by Carol with a 3&2 win to close the day and give this one to Necessities 11-9.

Team Scoreboard

Fireballers 12 vs 8 Eye of the Beerholder
Buzz’n Boozers 1 vs 19 Hobgoblins
Gin’ll Fix It 12 vs 8 Double D
Rum Raiders 9 vs 11 Bear Necessities

JN: Now let’s have a look at our Next Generation Stats powered by AWS:

Livin’ in America (Top Americas Scores)
1. Trevor Mendez (-24)
2. Charles Lindbergh (-22)
3. Alan Taylor, Nigel Keatley (-21)

We are the World (Top World Scores)
1. Nigel Keatley (-26)
2. Charles Lindbergh (-23)
3. David Stevenson (-22)

Two Worlds, One Family (Top Total Scores)
1. Nigel Keatley (-47)
2. Charles Lindbergh (-45)
3. Alan Taylor, David Stevenson (-41)

Top Team
-Hobgoblins (-117)

One Round Wonders (Top Individual Rounds)
R1: Trevor Mendez (-15)
R2: Alan Taylor (-13)
R3: Nigel Keatley (-12)
R4: Nigel Keatley (-14)

Perfection
-Nigel Keatley, Stevie Surgeon, Mark Lawrence (yes it’s true), Michael Bonocore

Better Luck Next Week Blob Award
-Randy Mears, Tomi Pihlman, Johnny Ingves, Les Sangster

Make Mine a Double, I’m Driving (Top OFTR Scorers)
1. Charles Lindbergh (35)
2. Sean Prowse, Nigel Keatley (34)
3. Jason Dowey (32)

Closing Time (Top OFTR Team)
-Buzz’n Boozers (112)

Bradford Beer Bash Halfway Point:
Division 1: Leader: Charles Lindbergh; Risk of Relegation: Chris Grzesik
Division 2: Leaders: Nigel Keatley, Stevie Surgeon; Risk of Relegation: Tomi Pihlman, Marc van Niekerk
Division 3: Leaders: Trevor Mendez, Doe Coba; Risk of Relegation: Tony Runkle, Randy Zubowicz
Division 4: Leaders: Art Vandelay, Thomas Seneclauze; Wooden Spoon: Bova Kian

[mbuenger]

Hello Friends! Jim Nantz here welcoming you to week 5 of the season. A dominant week 4 performance sees Hobgoblins firmly in control as we head into the back half of the season. Let’s see where we’re playing this week

The Americas Tour
This week the Americas Tour heads to Eagle Talon on the River. The course does not appear to have a course thread or an official page so mystery awaits the golfers this week. #BlameRoss

Now, let’s get to the matchups featured on the Americas Tour:

Match 1: Double D vs Fireballers
Round 1:
Jason Dowey/Les Sangster vs Alan Taylor/Trevor Mendez
Doe Coba/Ken Lokosky vs Nigel Keatley/Randy Zubowicz

Round 2:
Jason Dowey/Ken Lokosky vs Alan Taylor/Randy Zubowicz
Doe Coba/Les Sangster vs Nigel Keatley/Trevor Mendez

Match 2: Buzz’n Boozers vs Eye of the Beerholder
Round 1:
Sean Prowse/Johnny Ingves vs David Stevenson/Mark Buenger
Tomi Pihlman/Marc van Niekerk vs Randy Mears/Thomas Seneclauze

Round 2:
Sean Prowse/Marc van Niekerk vs David Stevenson/Thomas Seneclauze
Tomi Pihlman/Johnny Ingves vs Randy Mears/Mark Buenger

Match 3: Bear Necessities vs Hobgoblins
Round 1:
Chris Grzesik/Carol Santapaula vs Charles Lindbergh/Mark Lawrence
Paul Matchen/Paraic Reddington vs Stevie Surgeon/Tony Runkle

Round 2:
Chris Grzesik/Paraic Reddington vs Charles Lindbergh/Tony Runkle
Paul Matchen/Carol Santapaula vs Stevie Surgeon/Mark Lawrence

Match 4: Rum Raiders vs Gin’ll Fix It
Round 1:
Ben Tough/Bova Kian vs Daniel Oram/Michael Bonocore
Marcus Clowers/Art Vandelay vs Chuck Gunsaullus/Paul Davies

Round 2:
Ben Tough/Art Vandelay vs Daniel Oram/Paul Davies
Marcus Clowers/Bova Kian vs Chuck Gunsaullus/Michael Bonocore

Rest of the World Tour
The Rest of the World Tour heads to Egypt this week to Pharaoh’s Run. Designed by Steven Manley, the course is a fictional, delta themed, par 72 course spanning 7956 yards. There is no description on the designer page but we at least have pictures of the course #BlameRoss





Now, let’s get to the matchups featured on the Rest of the World Tour:

Match 1: Double D vs Fireballers
Round 3 Better Ball:
Jason Dowey/Doe Coba vs Alan Taylor/Nigel Keatley
Ken Lokosky/Les Sangster vs Randy Zubowicz/Trevor Mendez

Round 4 Match Play:
Jason Dowey vs Alan Taylor
Doe Coba vs Nigel Keatley
Ken Lokosky vs Randy Zubowicz
Les Sangster vs Trevor Mendez

Match 2: Buzz’n Boozers vs Eye of the Beerholder
Round 3 Better Ball:
Sean Prowse/Tomi Pihlman vs David Stevenson/Randy Mears
Marc van Niekerk/Johnny Ingves vs Thomas Seneclauze/Mark Buenger

Round 4 Match Play:
Sean Prowse vs David Stevenson
Tomi Pihlman vs Randy Mears
Marc van Niekerk vs Thomas Seneclauze
Johnny Ingves vs Mark Buenger

Match 3: Bear Necessities vs Hobgoblins
Round 3 Better Ball:
Chris Grzesik/Paul Matchen vs Charles Lindbergh/Stevie Surgeon
Paraic Reddington/Carol Santapaula vs Tony Runkle/Mark Lawrence

Round 4 Match Play:
Chris Grzesik vs Charles Lindbergh
Paul Matchen vs Stevie Surgeon
Paraic Reddington vs Tony Runkle
Carol Santapaula vs Mark Lawrence

Match 4: Rum Raiders vs Gin’ll Fix It
Round 3 Better Ball:
Ben Tough/Marcus Clowers vs Daniel Oram/Chuck Gunsaullus
Art Vandelay/Bova Kian vs Paul Davies/Michael Bonocore

Round 4 Match Play:
Ben Tough vs Daniel Oram
Marcus Clowers vs Chuck Gunsaullus
Art Vandelay vs Paul Davies
Bova Kian vs Michael Bonocore

Now let’s get to our One for the Road course of the week: Bac Son Valley, Vietnam. Designed by former full time member Ken Wise, the course is a fictional, tropical themed, par 71 course spanning 7257 yards. This course was Ken’s entry to the 2021 National Treasure contest. Lady Luck gave him Vietnam and he found his inspiration in the rural area of Northern Vietnam called Bac Son Valley about 150kms NNE of Hanoi and even closer to the Chinese border. Fictional Back Story: The district cooperative in this secluded part of the Bac Son Valley decided to capitalize on the growing Chinese golf tourism market by giving up a number of rice fields to become tees, fairways and greens for their golf course passion project. The bulk of the holes at Bac Son Valley play amongst working fields and are very geometric as a result. However there are a few more traditional jungle-lined holes heading into the foothills of the karst mountains. Whether you’ve never visited or are just leaving, the locals will always tell you to “Come Bak Son”!





Let’s get out to the course for continuing match coverage and remember Friends, GRAB THOSE SCORECARDS!

[prowse00]

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IT’S A KNOCKOUT

Down to 4. It’s Semi Final week.

For our penultimate stop we are playing Kanadario Golf Club by designer Seb Krisiuk. His recent Stadium Course competition entry.



Long Island SF

Chuck Gunsaullus vs Stevie Surgeon
Paul Matchen vs David Stevenson


Bloody Mary SF

David Kendall vs Marcus Clowers
Doe Coba vs Paul Matchen


Blue Hawaiian SF

Randy Zubowicz vs Mark Lawrence
CF Gibson (Bye) vs Sean Prowse


Apple Martini SF

Alan Taylor vs Michael Bonocore
Stevie Surgeon vs Paul Davies

[Crazy Croc]

American Eagle

Art Vandelay
Wutpa

More River than Eagle

[Doe Coba]

Art Vandelay & Wutpa



Season 10 Week 5 Americas Summery

Equation to sum up round 1: Freaking slow greens = too many missed birdy opportunities 
Equation to sum up round 2: Playing golf when annoyed and with a headache = too many bad shots and hopeless crap 

[lessangster]

I just want to thank my team for keeping us in this competition and getting us 8 points no thanks to me. Thank you Jason, Doe and Ken well played guys. Hopefully I can contribute this week.

[Bova Kian]

Art Vandelay Wutpa

Bova's usual failed attempt at scoring on R1.

[dave69]

Art Vandelay  Wutpa

Pub crawl 1 & 2, New world tour + OFTR.

Apologies to my team, rushed through this a bit and it showed.


OFTR
It got worse !!

[Crazy Croc]

Egypt @ The Pharoah has the Runs

Wutpa
Art Vandelay

1 screenie at a time from now on. At least scoring cannot get any worse?

Saw at the time of playing to what i perceived as flies, many, many flies, during gameplay. Did the old quicky google 'lots of flies in egypt' search and low and behold - Tripadvisor came up as one of the first hits with So many flies!! from the Sharm El Sheikh forum. I did not clicky on the link - really not interested in getting spammed with bug repellent or fly swatter ads popping up on my PC, cell phone, tablet, gps or the telly for the next few days. Or have big brother reading my posts.

For those interested in fauna and flora or history some other suggestions mention that the bad old Khamsin winds are to blame while others mention something about Biblical times and some or other plague thingy hitting the good people of Egypt. Even the Middle East Monitor urges people to keep their windows closed to keep the disease spreading flies out. The cynic in me thinks maybe they have a lot of excess aircons they trying to sell - either way if anyone is planning to visit Egypt or surroundings soon, nah, maybe some other time. Kudos to the creator of the course though.

My play for the 1st half of the day....  Flyshit.

[zooby97]

Another hurricane coming but this time we are in the bullseye

I’m going to do my best to play my 9 rounds of Brew Crew and the Hockey League. Storm is coming Wed so i should be able to complete. My area has not had a direct hit in over 100 years, people are nervous and we are hurricane experienced. I also anticipate losing power and wifi yet again. i just don’t know when it would be restored as it all depends on landfall which is happening On Wed….I might need a sub for next week but i’ll keep the updates.

[inflames47]

mbuenger  Bac Son is a truly amazing design! One of my very favorite courses visually speaking   Now let me hope I play well on it!

[Wutpa]

Oct 6, 2024 8:15:15 GMT -5 zooby97 said:

Another hurricane coming but this time we are in the bullseye

I’m going to do my best to play my 9 rounds of Brew Crew and the Hockey League. Storm is coming Wed so i should be able to complete. My area has not had a direct hit in over 100 years, people are nervous and we are hurricane experienced. I also anticipate losing power and wifi yet again. i just don’t know when it would be restored as it all depends on landfall which is happening On Wed….I might need a sub for next week but i’ll keep the updates.

My goodness, Randy! Needless to say, stay safe mate. I hope the predictions overestimate the hurricane and that damage and harm is minimal.
We can work out something about the golf, that's far less important than your safety, mate.