Topic: Holden Scramble

Always a bit of good fun . I object to the fact that Holden seem to put very little into the comp at club level. & if you move on to the better rounds it becomes quite expensive to travel again with no help from the sponsors. At leasr the present format is better than the old format of 4 man team where cheating seemed to be the only way to progress.

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The new format is great, sorts out the cheats a fair bit and you get to meet other golfers as well.

We played Eagle Ridge and Moonah Links last year. Well worth the effort.

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I think it will be easy enough once you get used to it, but it does get rid of the low marker scoring the points while having high markers there just for the handicap. This way everyone really does have to put in an effort.

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hmm interesting, and overly complicated…stupidly complicated really….

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Taken from the PGA website:

Holden Scramble Format

The Holden Scramble will be played as a three person teams ambrose event, the 2008 Holden Scramble will be played under a new elimination style format as outlined below:

• All team members tee off each hole
• Team chooses the shot they are going to use
• The golfer whose shot is taken is eliminated from participating in the next shot
• A player is only eliminated for the one shot following his/her selected shot
• This process continues up until the ball is holed out with one person being eliminated for each shot, including putts. (ie only two players play each shot except for the tee shot)
• All three players tee off the next hole and the elimination process begins again
• The eliminated player cannot take a practice shot or putt during the time they are eliminated
• Should a player take a shot or putt during the time they are eliminated such a situation would be handled with a two stroke penalty and would be considered as “taking a practise shot” under the Rules of Golf.

• For example:
o Peter, John & Jane tee off the first hole, Peter’s drive is selected as the best shot
o Peter is eliminated for the next shot and only John & Jane take the second shot
o Jane’s second shot is selected as the best shot out of Jane & John’s second shot
o Jane is eliminated for the next shot and only John & Peter putt
o John & Peter each putt, and John’s is the closest to the hole
o John is eliminated from the next putt, Jane & Peter putt and Peter sinks the putt
o Peter, John & Jane all tee off the second hole & the elimination process starts again

All other rules, including the three tee shot rule, will remain unchanged for this year.

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I played a Holden Scramble in the first year they went to 2×3 person teams playing in a group (2003).

It was at Hidden Valley, Vic. (a course with long distances from each green to the next tee), off the black markers (6500m), on a wet and very windy day in August, with lots of drops for casual water on the fairways.

It took us nearly 8 hours for the round. I’ve been told 6-7 hour rounds are common on other courses in even good conditions.

Trentham Golf Club
http://www.trenthamgolf.com

Played 2005, 6, 7, shotgun start at 7am, finished by 11 in time for a beer and lunch (supplied free by the club). If you take any longer than 4.5 hours there is something really wrong with the way you are playing the game.

And the Ambrose we played had every player hitting every time, I have never heard of an Ambrose where the Tee shot is left out of the hole. And I have been playing since 1972….

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The coldest Melbourne day in living memory.

There aren’t many games of golf I haven’t enjoyed, but that was definitely one.

I still remember my 3 wood 3rd shot that finished just short of the green on the par 4 6th though, creamed it.

Hi mate, funny to see you here. It’s not often you hit such a beautiful 3-wood for your 3rd shot on a par-4 in a scramble! I don’t think I got to sit down once in the eight hours. I found what I wrote about that event:

“The weather was some of the worst I have ever played under … the first eight holes were not too bad, with a strong but still cold northerly wind. Then about midday there was a southerly change, bringing heavy intermittent showers, hail and an even stronger southerly. At one stage we all had to seek shelter behind trees and umbrellas when a rain and hailstorm swept over. Walking the pontoon to the island 18th green holding an umbrella in the gale was an interesting experience!”

“Because of the change, we also managed to play the four hardest holes into the wind. There are also a lot of lakes at Hidden Valley, and with the wind whipping off the water it seemed even colder. I don’t think the temperature would have got much past 8C all day, and the wind chill made it seem much lower. It was sleeting on my drive home.”

“All-in-all, I think this must rank as one of my worst golfing
experiences, the company on the day excepted.”

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re; Publish,

The coldest Melbourne day in living memory.

There aren’t many games of golf I haven’t enjoyed, but that was definitely one.

I still remember my 3 wood 3rd shot that finished just short of the green on the par 4 6th though, creamed it.

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There’s way too many burgulars “out there” for me to give this event serious consideration anymore.We had a team at the Regional Final a few years ago – that finished 13 under off the stick and came 3rd or 4th from memory !!! Last event I ever went in.

Good luck !!

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Franky B, when sorting your team consider getting a low to mid H’cap lady in your team. I played the scramble a couple of years back and the group that played with us had a lady who was a tidy golfer, not great but pretty consistent. she was hitting off the ladies all day and when they took her drives they were that far in front of us it was silly, eg one par four their group is hitting 9iron in and we are hitting 3 iron. It worked a treat for them all day and they ended up winning the day.
Good luck.

“the woods are full of long drivers”

The low handicapper of our group is a lady of 16 so we could be on track.

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I played a Holden Scramble in the first year they went to 2×3 person teams playing in a group (2003).

It was at Hidden Valley, Vic. (a course with long distances from each green to the next tee), off the black markers (6500m), on a wet and very windy day in August, with lots of drops for casual water on the fairways.

It took us nearly 8 hours for the round. I’ve been told 6-7 hour rounds are common on other courses in even good conditions.

Trentham Golf Club
http://www.trenthamgolf.com

8 HOURS!!!... 6-7 HOURS AVERAGE!! I don’t even like doing things I like for that long!! hahahaha….

Long Drive – 6 ball set, 3 minute time limit! You don’t hit your balls in 3 minutes you forfeit them! Good for those of us who have short attention spans!! hahaha…

Last Pro Comp we had in SA we had 20 Long Drivers had 2 qualifying rounds of 6 balls each, match play quarter, semi and grand final. Whole tournament wrapped up in 2.5 hours. The bar session was longer than the tournament!! hahaha

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No mate I’m in WA, at this stage I’m finalising a team.

http://www.bunburygolfclub….

Franky B, when sorting your team consider getting a low to mid H’cap lady in your team. I played the scramble a couple of years back and the group that played with us had a lady who was a tidy golfer, not great but pretty consistent. she was hitting off the ladies all day and when they took her drives they were that far in front of us it was silly, eg one par four their group is hitting 9iron in and we are hitting 3 iron. It worked a treat for them all day and they ended up winning the day.
Good luck.

Topic: Holden Scramble

I played a Holden Scramble in the first year they went to 2×3 person teams playing in a group (2003).

It was at Hidden Valley, Vic. (a course with long distances from each green to the next tee), off the black markers (6500m), on a wet and very windy day in August, with lots of drops for casual water on the fairways.

It took us nearly 8 hours for the round. I’ve been told 6-7 hour rounds are common on other courses in even good conditions.

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That’s right, I’m stuck up here that weekend. Maybe next time.

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17th May Brett. Have the Scramble on the Saturday and works Ambrose on the Sunday, glad I don’t have to work on the Monday:)

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What day is it on, Pat?

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No mate I’m in WA, at this stage I’m finalising a team.

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Last time I played in this event it was 2 years ago, and we won our local comp and came second in the Regional finals.

Local comp prize : Bridgestone Carry Bag

Regional prize : Full size Bridgestone Bag

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What prizes do they give to the winners of the scramble at each stage?

Local?
Regional?
Champion?

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you in Qld?
sorry bout that.

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you in a team?
you in melb?
A friend of mine wants to play this. He has got red hair tho

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Canadian ambrose, teams of three where all three tee off, whichever ball you pick that person doesn’t hit so for the rest of the hole you only have two balls to choose from. All three hit from the tee again, more of a thinking game I feel where everyone really will get a go, not just the all rounder.

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Giving it a go for the first time this year, not expecting to win anything but should be good fun.

http://www.bunburygolfclub….

Whats the format franky??

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Giving it a go for the first time this year, not expecting to win anything but should be good fun.

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have played twice & made regional final for a 3rd & 4th
VERY LOW scores to win them (nett 62)