THE PRESIDENTS CUP

Since 1999, the Presidents Cup has been the opening tournament of the ESG&EC golfing season.  The event has returned home to the R&A after a few years of very late finishes at other marquee courses.

Although prizemoney is involved, the tournament is played as a friendly event and the results have no influence on handicaps.  The format for the event is fluid and depends greatly on how many members turn up to play.  In 2004, officials successfully used the event as a trial for the proposed format changes to the Spring Match Play Championship.

2005 RESULTS

R&A Marrickville, Sunday February 20

16 players teed off - Seve Hemosteros (3), Rich Kent (+2), Karrie White (13), Hale Irving (17), Soldier Montgomerie (15), Vijay Field (12), Grantief Goosen (16), Notah Kelly III (30), Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson (10), Bluey Dunk (12), Ken Crenshaw (10), Davidson Love III (8), Ford Funk (10), Dick Faldo (10), Peard Fulke (12) and JP Hayes (Scr).

Unfortunately the score cards were left on licensed premises later that night so the complete results for the day are unavailable.  The individual winner was Bluey Dunk with an astonishing 39pts, breaking the magical 70 barrier for his round.  He also combined with Rich Kent to win the teams event with 45pts.

2004 RESULTS

R&A Marrickville, Sunday February 12

24 players teed off and the teams were:

Team A (Seve Hemosteros (4) 27pts, Hadley Baddeley (13) 32pts and Cavey Pavin (13) 28pts)

Team B (Kipper Parnevik (4) 27pts, Java Haas (12) 15pts and Phillips Mickelson (13) 12pts)

Team C (Rich Kent (+2) 27pts, Karrie White (12) 34pts and Hale Irving (19) 29pts)

Team D (Sergio Grasscia (5) 22pts, Soldier Montgomerie (15) 32pts and Tubby Waldorf (29) 27pts)

Team E (Trent Nobilo (9) 21pts, Vijay Field (11) 16pts, Grantief Goosen (15) 18pts and Notah Kelly III (32) 26pts)

Team F (Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson (10) 20pts, Bluey Dunk (12) 24pts, Ken Crenshaw (13) 31pts and Davidson Love III (14) 17pts)

Team G (Ford Funk (10) 19pts, Dick Faldo (10) 21pts, Peard Fulke (10) 20pts and Tack Nicklaus (21) 25pts)

The result of the individual stableford was:  1st Karrie White 34pts, equal 2nd Soldier Montgomerie and Hadley Baddeley 32pts.

The result from the teams stableford was:  1st Team C (average score) 30pts, 2nd Team A 29pts, 3rd Team D 27pts, 4th Team F 23pts, 5th Team G 21+pts, 6th Team E 19+pts and last and certainly least Team B 18pts.

In order, the individual scores were:  Karrie White 34pts, Soldier Montgomerie and Hadley Baddeley 32pts, Ken Crenshaw 31pts, Hale Irving 29pts, Cavey Pavin 28pts, Rich Kent, Tubby Waldorf, Seve Hemosteros and Kipper Parnevik 27pts, Notah Kelly III 26pts, Tack Nicklaus 25pts, Bluey Dunk 24pts, Sergio Grasscia 22pts, Dick Faldo and Trent Nobilo 21pts, Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson and Peard Fulke 20pts, Ford Funk 19pts, Grantief Goosen 18pts, Davidson Love III 17pts, Vijay Field 16pts, Java Haas 15pts and Phillips Mickelson 12pts.

2003 RESULTS

R&A Marrickville Golf Course, Sunday, 2 February

The 13-man field played an ambrose.  The result was:

1st  Ford Funk, Java Haas and Hale Irving  net 55+

2nd  Dick Faldo, Grantief Goosen and Tubby Waldorf  net 58+

3rd  Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson, Ken Crenshaw and Notah Kelly III  net 59

4th  Seve Hemosteros and Soldier Montgomerie  net 63+

5th  Vijay Field and Cavey Pavin  net 64

2002 RESULTS

R&A Marrickville Golf Course, Sunday, 17 February

The 18-man field played an ambrose.  The result was:

1st  Seve Hemosteros (2), Davidson Love III (12) and Hale Irving (18)  net 57+

2nd  Jose-Mumma Olazabal (Scr), Ken Crenshaw (12) and Danny White Shark (17)  net 58+

3rd  JP Hayes (Scr), Cavey Pavin (12) and Tack Nicklaus (20)  net 58+

4th  Kipper Parnevik (2), Karrie White (10) and Notah Kelly III (32)  net 59+

5th  Ford Funk (8), Java Haas (12) and Soldier Montgomerie (15)  net 60+

6th  Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson (7), Trent Nobilo (8) and Vijay Field (13)  net 60⅓

2001 RESULTS

R&A Marrickville Golf Course, Sunday, 18 February

Mumma's Boys (Jose-Mumma Olazabal, Seve Hemosteros, Tubby Waldorf, Java Haas, Karrie White, JP Hayes, Dick Faldo, Lukins Parsons and Costantino Blocker)

defeated

Fields Dream (Vijay Field, Soldier Montgomerie, Kipper Parnevik, Ford Funk, Bluey Dunk, Davidson Love III, Ken Crenshaw, Garry Mize and Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson)

on countback (20 holes to 12)

2000 RESULTS

North Ryde Golf Course, Sunday, 6 February

Taylor Maids (Karrie White, Big Jack Daley, Java Haas, Vijay Field, Davidson Love III, The Soldier Montgomerie, Garry Mize and Anderson Forsbrand)

defeated

Blocker's Babes (Tiger Wood, Tack Nicklaus, Ken, Lukins Parsons, JP Hayes, Danny White Shark, Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson and Costantino Blocker)

4.5 games to 3.5 games

Top '5' net scores

Costantino Blocker 71, Garry Mize 76, Java Haas 78, Soldier Montgomerie 81 and Tack Nicklaus and JP Hayes 83

1999 RESULTS

Bankstown Golf Course, Sunday, 21 February

Team Blocker (Tiger Wood, Costantino Blocker, Mark O'Meehan, Ken Crenshaw, JP Hayes, Danny White Shark, Bluey Dunk and Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson)

defeated

Team Java (Garry Mize, Anderson Forsbrand, Java Haas, Ford Funk, Davidson Love III, Cavey Pavin, Jose-Mumma Olazabal, Dick Faldo and Soldier Montgomerie)

6 games to 4 games

Top '5' net scores

Dick Faldo 77, Mark O'Meehan 78, JP Hayes 83, Garry Mize, Costantino Blocker and Cavey Pavin 84