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Tour Statistics and Records

 

Our main competitions are an individual stableford every day combined with an ongoing eclectic card where the best five scores from eight on each hole will count.

This means that, over the course of the holiday, each player will get 8 attempts at the first hole and, on the final card, 5 of these attempts will count. 

He gets 8 attempts at the second hole, 5 of which will count, and so on. 

This format has evolved over time and has proven to be highly popular and successful as the tension builds, usually any one could win on the last day.

Alongside these we also keep other records and play for minor prizes such as Best Par threes total for the week, Best Par Fives, Best Last hole, most holes lasted without a blob, most blobs, most consecutive blobs, best consecutive nine holes stretch.

 

In recent years we have played additional rounds, so the format has changed from 3/6 to 4/7 and in 2007 and 2008 it was 5 from 8.

It was 5 from 8 TO COUNT IN 2010 and 4 from 7 in 2011.

 

 

Below are some of our records achieved over the years.

 

 

 

 

Category

Current Holder

Score

 

Highest ever daily winning score

The Swede - Darrell

43 points

Having been up all night with stomach issues, the Swede arrived at Le Tronchet looking a little bit worse for wear.

A routine couple of pars and a bogey gave no hint of what was to follow. Playing off a 5 handicap swede played the next 16 holes in 3 under par (gross). he shot a gross score of 2 under par which included a double bogey 6 at the 17th.

This resulted in a magnificent score of 43 stableford points.

This score has been done once before years ago but off a much higher handicap in the twenties. Thus, this performance by Swede now stands as the new record.

 

Darrell equalled this with 43 points (off a 10 handicap) in 2013 around the Sultan course. he had played the front nine in 26 points and made birdie at ten, then due to some extremely bad luck, blobbed the 11th. After that it was a struggle, but nevertheless, a great round.

 

Best ever final eclectic score 3 / 6

Porky

31 under

The previous record stood at 29 under par and was achieved on three separate occasions by Cash Till, Tippy and Harry.

Porky smashed this with an incredible 31 under in 2004.

 

Best ever final eclectic score 4/7 and 5/8

winnie

48 under

 

TC achieved 39 under on a five from 8 to count in 2007.

In 2010 Cock achieved 38 under using 5 from 8.

4 from 7 record is 48 under (Winnie 2013).

 

Worst ever final eclectic score to enter the Hall of Shame

The Baron

1 over

The Baron finished in last place on the 1999 tour at a paltry 1 over

 

Most consecutive holes played without a blob

Clarkie

70 holes

(A blob is a score of zero points on a hole).

Tippy managed 57 consecutive holes on the 2003 tour. 

Clarkie has set a new standard on the 2004 tour. He made a blob on the 18th at Dinard on Day 2 and then made it all the way through Le Tronchet, Dinard and Freslonnierre finally succumbing on the 17th at Granville. There were one or two dodgy moments that nearly saw the end of the run such as getting down in two for one point from the middle of a bush at the back of the 10th green at Freslonnierre and holing a severe 20 footer down hill left to right on the second at Granville.

This excellent performance sets a new record.

The best we could do on the 2005 tour was Harry who only managed 38 holes and the best in 2006, 2007 and 2008 was Clarkie with 46 holes.

Neal came very close in 2009 but, by taking a blob on the 16th at Des Ormes, he managed just 69 holes. One short. How very irritating that must have been. But we were all very sympathetic.

 

Best Total Points scoredIan255
Only just started monitoring this one, in 2011, for seven rounds of golf playing off six, Ian shot a total of 255 (the par is 252). So, three better than handicap for seven rounds.

Winnie came close in 2013 shooting 1 over par 251 for seven rounds

Most blobs achieved on one tour

Short Stuff

32

This is a record unlikely to be beaten. 

The tour consisted of six rounds of golf, or 108 holes. On the 2000 tour Short Stuff blobbed 32 holes. 

Amazingly he never managed four in a row.

 

The highest total number of blobs achieved on one tour (six rounds) by all of the players combined is 119, also from the 2000 tour. (Well, it did rain quite a bit)

 

The 2005 tour achieved the lowest total so far at just 76 for the rounds played in France whilst the 2006 tour saw 109 blobs.

 

Footnote, in 2007 we played 8 games and Cock managed 37 blobs but for the first six games he totalled only 29. Just three short of the record.

In 2008 we played 8 rounds (including the prequel) and the total blobs was 241)

In 2011, 8 players had 91 blobs, Ian the least with 4, Shorts the most with 26.

 

Tour record for most four pointers

( the total for everyone)

2003 and 2013 tour

22

The record stands at 22 and was achieved on the 2003 and 2013 tour.

 

NOTE: 2008 saw the first 5 pointer scored. Short Stuff had come last the day before and so had an additional shot for the 3rd round at Dinard. This meant that he had two shots at the short par three 12th hole. Short Stuff hit a majestic 8 iron to 12 feet and calmly strolled in the putt for a 2 net 0 and five stableford points.

Note: Short Stuff did it again on the 12th hole at Stratford in the preQuel.

Note: Short Stuff did it again on the 13th at Dunes in Belek in 2013.

 

Most times a golf ball was struck

Narrowboat 2008

780

Quite a complex one to work out as you have to take all the scores, work out the handicaps and gross it all up.

Despite some valiant efforts, the Baron still holds the average per hole record from the 2001 tour.  

He hit the golf ball 658 times. 

An average of 6.09 times per hole.

In 2007 Cock had a go at this.

Over eight rounds of golf, he hit the ball 767 times.

An average of 5.33 times per hole.

In 2008 Narrowboat struck the ball 780 times, an average of 5.41 per hole.

Compared to the winner who struck it just 653 times, an average of 4.53

 

Best Par Threes total for the tour

Winnie

75

Because tours have been of different lengths (6 rounds and 7 rounds) we are now only showing the totals for the eight round tours. Winnie has achieved a total of 75 points for the 8 round tour.

 

Best Par Fives total for the tour

Tippy

57

Clarkie achieved 54 points on the 2003 tour. Tippy achieved 57 on the 2005 tour

 

Least able to participate at all

Clarkie

Clecy 1996

Bit subjective this one but unquestionably Clarkie was unable to continue after two holes at Clecy in 1996.  He threw up on the third tee and had to helped back into the buggy where he passed out. His caring partners that day just left him asleep and continued with the round. Fortunately for him, rain stopped play that day after just five holes and the round was abandoned. 

Later that afternoon, after a great Clecy lunch and the unwise purchase of a pink jumper, he had recovered enough to shoot 36 points and win the day. The sun came out and the pink jumper only made it as far as the bin on the fourth tee.

 

Shortest time that a new item of clothing was usedT.C.Val Andre 2009
The pink jumper above held this record since 1996, but in 2009, TC bought a new white peak cap from the pro shop, walked to the first tee, took a couple of practice swings, decided he didn't like it, and threw it in the bin before a shot was struck. A new record.

Best ever Shot of the Day

Cash Till

Omaha Beach 1993

This was later abandoned although, technically, it is  still open as a category. It is unlikely that we shall  ever witness something better than the shanked shot by Cash Till. 

It occurred on the third hole of Omaha Beach. The ball shot over the out of bounds fence, struck a moving bread van and rebounded back into play. (see feedback page where there is a note from the driver of the van)

 

Longest Putt ever sank

Clarkie

Caen 1999

Clarkie achieved a true monster on the 9th hole at Caen in 1999. It was at least 40 yards and was moving like an express train when it hit the back of the hole, jumped high into the air and disappeared.

 

Longest shot ever holed

Tippy

Brocton 2006

Tippy holed a full 9 iron from around 120 yards for birdie on the 5th at Brocton in 2006.

Sadly, no shot, so just three points.

 

Worst ever score in an individual round

The Baron

Freslonnierre 2000

The Baron once scored just 11 points at Freslonierre in 2000

Closest is Short Stuff who accumulated only 13 around St Jean de Monts and Cock who managed just 15 points around La Bretesche in 2007. 

 

Best Consecutive Nine Hole burst
The Swede - Darrell26 points
From the 7th tee at Le Tronchet Neal went
3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3.    A new record and one unlikely to be beaten or so we thought

Darrell played the front nine at the Sultan course in Belek

3,3,2,3,3,2,4,3,3, a total of 26 points.

 

 

Other Interesting Statistics:

The 2004 tour saw a new record for a final score (using the three from six method) of 31 under par. TC's score of 17 under was in last place. This same score of 17 under was the winning score on the 2001 tour.

 

The 2006 tour used a 4 from 7 method and the new winning score was 35 under.

The 2007 tour used a 5 from 8 method and the winning score was 39 under

the 2008 tour used a 5 from 8 method and the winning score was 28 under

the 2009 tour used a 5 from 8 method and the winning score was 26 under

the 2010 tour used a 5 from 8 method and the winning score was 38 under

the 2011 tour used a 4 from 7 method and the winning score was 35 under

the 2012 tour used a 5 from 8 method and the winning score was 36 under

the 2013 tour used the 4 from 7 method and the winning score was 48 under

 

 

Summary Stats.

 

 

2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

Winning

Score

-48 -36 -35 -38 -26 -28 -39 -35

-30

-31

-29

-29

-17

-29

-20

-19

-27

-23

-20

-19

-19

Hall of

Shame

+15 -16 -11 -11 -10 -10 -6 -18

-23

-17

-11

-16

-7

-7

+1

-14

-15

-12

-4

-3

-4

Best Daily

Score

43 39 43 40 42 41 42 40

43

42

42

43

36

37

35

35

40

41

38

35

35

Par

Threes

50 72 62 76 66 56 49 53

52

53

48

45

32

52

36

35

31

29

28

26

29

Par

Fives

52 45 50 47 52 42 53 35

48

37

54

42

27

38

32

23

27

24

23

23

23

Consec

blobless

40 43 51 60 69 46 39 46

38

70

57

20

21

22

19

19

-

-

-

-

-

Blobs

by player

39 28 26 27 33 30 29 20

23

20

15

25

23

32

22

23

-

-

-

-

-

Consec

Blobs

4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

8

3

3

4

2

2

3

4

-

-

-

-

-

Total

Blobs

241 101 91 204 234 241 153 76

76

80

102

89

92

119

88

92

-

-

-

-

-

Five pointers 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  

Four

Pointers

22 13 21 25 22 17 16 16

16

7

22

15

4

10

5

6

0

0

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Times Kitty Lost 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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