I am involved in organizing the above tournament and thought of giving the members here as much info as I can about the event . I am also prepared to answer any questions that may arise. The event is held over 4 days at Belmont GC, about 20 k’s south of Newcastle in NSW.

The numbers competing will be 192 and at this stage we have about 155 exempt players (do not have to qualify) and the balance will come from a qualifying event to be held at Belmont on Monday 19th Jan. Just over 100 have nominated for the qualifier.

The event starts on Thursday 22nd. As of now we have 37 overseas players, 6 England, 2 Wales, 2 Scotland, 8 France, 11 New Zealand, 5 Switzerland, 1 China, 1 Malaysia, and I USA,actually an Aussie, from Lismore, going to Oklahoma Uni. 6 states each have 2 official reps.

The names and numbers of players in the qualifier have to be adjusted as we found out yesterday that some are exempt, from the Vardon list.

The qualifying list is at the bottom of the home page of our web site. Hopefully we will have the first round draw of the main event, less the qualifiers on the web later this week. It will be a quality field and the average handicap of the exempt players is, I would guess less than 1.

Danny Lee won the event last year.

I’ll be trying to qualify again this year, missed the cut by 2 last year
:-(

Hey slickone, can you give slappa an ISG exemption?

I’ll second that.

There are numerous exemption categories, I don’t recall being an ISG member as one of them. Slappa, how did you finish in the NDGA Vardon list?

I have no idea….i didnt know Newcastle had its own vardon.
Are you automatically entered into the NDGA vardon when you play vardon events around newcastle?

I only played, Lake macquarie, Toronto, Merewether, Newcastle cup, Autumn record and W.E Alexander.

Is Danny Defending this ?

Danny is not playing…

Danny is playing professional events as an amateur until the masters, where he will turn pro afterwards

Slappa, The NDGA does have a Vardon list and your scores would be recorded and at the end of the District Champs (last event) all the scores would be tallied for the year and divided by the rounds played to get your average. I will try to get the list. I will also find out what events make up the list, could take a few days.

i would have thought slappa would already be exempt?

i would have thought slappa would already be exempt?

Nah only Goingpro is exempt…......speaking of which where’s he been of late?

asian tour school? didnt he just qualify for 2nd round after & i quote drinking piss all night & rooting chicks unquote as per his previous post!

I think that there are a few players trying out for the Asian tour who have nominated.

Slappa, The NDGA does have a Vardon list and your scores would be recorded and at the end of the District Champs (last event) all the scores would be tallied for the year and divided by the rounds played to get your average. I will try to get the list. I will also find out what events make up the list, could take a few days.

A bad day at golf is still a lot better than a good day at work.

Thanks, i had some ok scores so my average might be alright.

Even if my average is good enough one would think it’s too late to gain an exemption.

I’ll back the guy from Lismore – Rheen Gibson? can play

I’ll back the guy from Lismore – Rheen Gibson? can play

i’m on slappa! go you good thing!

word on the street i’m hearing is slappa will get in & he’s got a big chance!

Yeah only missed the cut by 2 last year…..This year is my year for sure!

Tell them the latest, Slappa

well is he in slickone or what?

I will let Slappa tell you all about it.

I tend to agree with deva about Rhein Gibson. When I rang the Pro at Lismore to ask about him he told me that whatever I have been told about him is true. His list of results in the American Uni setup is outstanding. He has been at Oklahoma for about 3 years.

well come on slappa in or out?

Yup i got in the top 5 in NDGA vardon so im exempt!