2011 Kent Open - Sunday November 13th - Lost Island Encounter

It's a Factoid Bombardment!

Factoid #7

No woman has ever won the Kent Open...

DT wrote:Factoid #7

No woman has ever won the Kent Open...

GFI DT!

another fact for all you kmgc clan the kent open has never been won by perfect par could 2011 be the year

maybe...

Kent Open factoid #9:

Two players have taken part in every Kent Open since the first event in 2006 - step forward DT & FB!

VTK!!

Kent Open factoid #10:

Only one player has taken part and finished every Kent Open since the first event in 2006 - step forward FB!

VTK!!

Kent Open factoid #11:

There have been a total of 127 entrants in the Kent Open over it's 5 year history.

VTK!!

Kent Open factoid #12:

23 players took part in the first Kent Open in 2006 and a further 72 individuals have taken part across the course of the past 5 years - a total of 95 individual players

VTK!!

Kent Open factoid #13:

Currently their are 6 Kent Open debutants confirmed for the 2011 event which will take the number of individuals that have taken part in a Kent Open during it's 6 year history to over 100.

VTK!!

Freebird wrote:A higher resolution photo courtesy of DT...

A ball you wouldn't dare tamper with...

Is there a guest of honour lined up? (apart from our world champion )

The Force wrote:Is there a guest of honour lined up? (apart from our world champion )

Oh, and not forgetting our British Masters Champion, our Kent Open Champion, our British Matchplay Champion, our Scottish Open Champion, our English Open Champion, our National Open Champion, our Star City Open Champion, our RITJ Bristol Champion, our PHCGC Open Champion, our Weymouth Open Champion, our Greatest GB International performers ever, our British Senior Champion, our British Doubles Champion, our British Junior Champion, our only ever British Open Champion, our British Club Champions and our British No.1.....

VTK!!!!
Hope the rude bullies have a good snoop at this post - destructive good-for-nothings!

Kent Open factoid #14:

A first for the Kent Open - all play offs at the weekend will mirror the play off format from the 2011 British Open (a cumulative 4 hole play off - 9, 10, 17, 18) rather than the traditional sudden death version.

VTK!!

The Force wrote:

The Force wrote:Is there a guest of honour lined up? (apart from our world champion )

Oh, and not forgetting our British Masters Champion, our Kent Open Champion, our British Matchplay Champion, our Scottish Open Champion, our English Open Champion, our National Open Champion, our Star City Open Champion, our RITJ Bristol Champion, our PHCGC Open Champion, our Weymouth Open Champion, our Greatest GB International performers ever, our British Senior Champion, our British Doubles Champion, our British Junior Champion, our only ever British Open Champion, our British Club Champions and our British No.1.....

VTK!!!!
Hope the rude bullies have a good snoop at this post - destructive good-for-nothings!

Scotland, Bristol, Star City, aren't they all in Kent?

Freebird wrote:Kent Open factoid #14:

A first for the Kent Open - all play offs at the weekend will mirror the play off format from the 2011 British Open (a cumulative 4 hole play off - 9, 10, 17, 18) rather than the traditional sudden death version.

VTK!!

17 & 18 alone would do the trick!

Congratulations to Seth Thomas for winning the 2011 Kent Open!

Adam Kelly came 2nd, one shot behind Seth with James Rutherford 3rd (another shot behind). Sean Homer picked up 4th place (one shot back) having won a play-off with Michael Smith after being tied after 3 rounds.

Jes Moon picked up the top Novice award along with the 'Master of Wookie Hole' prize for aceing the 8th hole (as did Sean Homer, losing out in a play-off with Jes)

Alex Pragnell won the most Improved player prize by ending with a round 10 shots lower than his first round!

Marc Chapman won the aces champion prize in a 4 way play off with Michael Smith, David Donnelly and Andy Exall.

Well done to all who played and to the team at Lost Island Encounter course for their support and hospitality.

Full results from the event can be found at http://www.bmga.co.uk/results/2011/ko11/result.htm

See you all again at the course for the 2012 Kent Open (November 11th)!!!!

The KENT OPEN HALL of fame:

2011 Winner - Seth Thomas (average 34.7)
2010 Winner - Sean Homer (average 36.0)
2009 Winner - Nick Chitty (average 36.0)
2008 Winner - Andy Exall (average 35.0)
2007 Winner - Sean Homer (average 37.3)
2006 Winner - Steve Vallory (average 39.5)

Follow the results live on the day (from 10am) at http://www.bmga.co.uk/results/2011/ko11/result.htm

factoid 15- tk max had more aces in his first three holes (3) than in the next 51 (2)

factoid 16- each of the top three groups for the final round featured 2 of the WCGC prizewinners

factoid 17- 2011 KO had the lowest average age on the podium of any event in BMGA history (19 years old (and top 6 average age was only 24 (don't actually know for sure that it is the lowest average age at the top of a leaderboard ever- but can't believe it isn't)))

great tournament today- one ball only rule worked really well

see you all in dorridge- VTK.

A few photos from the event can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/13680867@N02/sets/72157628119570468/

factoid 18- the 2011 Kent Open took place at Sidcup one year to the day since the first official competition at the course (the KIT final on 13th November 2010)

'by Michael » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:00 pm

Three excellent performances from Freddie, Adam and Seth. Never mind the future, they are the present! Congratulations to Seth, this will be the first win of many.'


Agreed on the three performances...but the rest is codswallop from HIOK! Even if one or two of us win the odd event here or there, Michaels dominance this season will continue through the next, and well into the future.

Anyway, who's Seth playing for next year?....sign him up perhaps....??

Kent Open Factoid #19

Shots dropped by Donkey Gringo at hole 17,18 in the last rounds of the last 2 Kent Opens on Explorers course: 10 shots

If you include the British Open last round add another 6 shots to it

Freebird wrote:A few photos from the event can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/13680867@N02/sets/72157628119570468/

Some great pics, I recognise the footwear in the Death or Glory pic, I assume it was Death then!

The penultimate report of the 2012 season, a cracking double header featuring the KIT and the KO weekends' festivities.

http://www.kentminigolfclub.co.uk/2011ko.htm

Brilliant stuff from HIOK...

Just one more event and report to come...

KMGC are on the march for back to back Club Championships - just a question of will it be the Spitfires or the Hurricanes lifting the trophy for the honour of the club on the 27th!

VTK!

Freebird wrote:The penultimate report of the 2012 season, a cracking double header featuring the KIT and the KO weekends' festivities.

http://www.kentminigolfclub.co.uk/2011ko.htm

Brilliant stuff from HIOK...

Just one more event and report to come...

KMGC are on the march for back to back Club Championships - just a question of will it be the Spitfires or the Hurricanes lifting the trophy for the honour of the club on the 27th!

VTK!

Great stuff yet again from the best scribe the BMGA has ever known! Michael, how on earth do you remember the snippets people say, do you carry a mini recorder? If so I'll try & keep my swearing down after one of my duff rounds.
As for: Then he sealed the victory with a superb shot of great skill for an ace at Niagara Falls.
That is really stretching your journalistic licence to the limit!

BTW, a video of that particular shot has found it's way to a gleeful FB's inbox, I'm sure we'll see it again!