Thread: The first B&G Cup - Results and report

The inaugural B&G Cup

If you ever find yourself organizing a golf outing, there’s always one main issue which can give you sleepless nights - the potential for bad weather on the day of the event.

And I should probably thank all the meteorologists out there who only forecasted light rain in the afternoon. Had they actually got it right and predicted a deluge for most of the day then this event might not have gone ahead as planned.

Despite some horrendously nasty weather, this was a top event and although we all got severely drenched especially on the 2nd nine, everyone got into the spirit of things and played in some of the worst golfing weather they’ve probably ever experienced.
Trying to putt through huge puddles is not easy

And for many, this was their first time to play in a Texas Scramble and everyone seemed to really enjoy it. It actually turned out to be the perfect format because the playing conditions got very tough out there:
Texas Scramble = Mulligans aplenty =

36 players (18 teams of 2) were challenging for the B&G Cup and here are the results of the Texas Scramble:



Congratulations to Hilmar and Miwa who won the event with a net 69.
(The countback system was used to determine places when net scores were tied)

1st Place: ¥20,000 of gift vouchers from Le Petit Tonneau
2nd Place: ¥10,000 of gift vouchers from Le Petit Tonneau
3rd Place: 2 iPod Shuffles
4th Place: Victoria Golf vouchers and Isetan Esthe prize
7th Place: Victoria Golf vouchers and Isetan Esthe prize
BB: 2 Golf Tempo Gizmos

Long Drive winners:
Ivar
Jeff

Near Pin winners:
Maki
Matthew

After round party:
Thanks to Philippe and Le Petit Tonneau staff who put on a great spread for us in the evening. Loads of delicious food and the wine was flowing.
Thanks Philippe
I'm already looking forward to the 9th Petit Tonneau challenge at the end of this month

I’ll be posting some photos from the day soon (once I receive them )
(Granto forgot to bring his own camera )

And we're already thinking about a date for next years B&G Cup so watch out for it on the Golfjin calendar.

For the first time since I arrived to Japan I missed Iceland on saturday :)

Thank you for all! I enjoyed playing a lot. Grant and Laura, Otsukaresama!
And I appreciate Mr.Fillipe and Haruko-san's cooperation. I'm sorry not be able to attend the party. I'm looking forward to visit your restaurant someday.

Thank you Mike! I think we could do our best. However, I can't see any award for 6th place. My eyes must be playing trick on me?

Originally Posted by myu

Thank you Mike! I think we could do our best. However, I can't see any award for 6th place. My eyes must be playing trick on me?

Yup Yup. Thank U 2! I thought we were going to clean house after starting the first 2 holes with par.
Anyways, considering the conditions, I think we played pretty well and both had some nice shots at the right time.

Some photos from Saturday:


Granto manning reception


Laura doing her stint on the check-in desk


Pierre & Yumi just before heading out


Laura & Naomi


Hilmar and Matthew


Pierre & Yasu


Great weather for ducks!


Some of the gang on the tee


2 of the teams; Yasu & Laura, Fumiko & Roger


Look at that turn






The tricky 14th Par 4 (DO NOT SLICE! )


Caroline on 5 (par 5) Where's the fairway?


Northerners in their element

More photos coming soon.

Some more photos - thanks Hilmar


The tricky Par 4 13th. Don't slice it!


Hole 11 (Par 4)


From the tee on 14 (par 5) Don't slice it! (Starting to form a picture here )


I think the greenkeeper must have had a few on Friday night.....major duck hook required to hit the fairway


Par 3 17th


4th hole (Fairway is where?? Oh, and don't slice it! )


And the weather gets really nasty (Can hardly see the fairway )
@ Granto - what fairway???

Great pics, thanks for posting!

Some challenging holes, the combination of water hazards and narrow fairways really made you play a different game altogether. I also found myself asking where the fairway was!

Also, putting into a cup full of water reminded me of the Caddyshack storm scene..

More photos - Thanks Laura

Lunchtime


1st team: Hilmar & Miwa
Wooden spoon: Matt & Caroline


2nd team: Grant & Rei
3rd team: Pierre & Yumi


Ivar & Barbara, Ian & Jan


Patrick, Paulo, Yukiko and Saori






Jeff, Mike, Naomi & Ayako


J.F, Miho, Ingrid & Ryuji


"We're singing in the rain..."

Party Time






4th place: Roger & Fumiko


3rd place: Yumi & Pierre


The angry mob didn't like too much when Granto announced his team was 2nd and were getting a prize






Philippe making a speech