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ESGEC
36 TALES FOR 36 YEARS
Catholics vs. Convicts
Those few words printed in jest on a t-shirt by an savvy and opportunistic member took an already bitter rivalry and lit a blazing fire under it. In October 1994, Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson (Christian Brothers)
battled Seve Hemosteros (Canterbury High) to the death in arguably one of the greatest games in Match Play history. It was sheer determination vs. swagger, Irish Catholic vs. Protestant, humble public servant
vs. corporate heavyweight. The outcome shocked the sporting world and it's taken nearly 30 years for the players to sit down and tell their stories.
PREMIERES SATURDAY, MAY 18
8PM EARLWOOD SPORTS 1
ESGEC
36 TALES FOR 36 YEARS
Silly Little Game
Few of the thousands of players who make up today's multi-million dollar Earlwood Euchre industry know anything about the game's origins, nor do they pay any respect and, more importantly, dividends to it's
founders. That's about to change. The ESG&EC, a joint custodian of the game, has engaged one of the country's greatest strategic and legal minds, Tack Nicklaus QC, to protect it's commercial interests.
PREMIERES SUNDAY, MAY 19
8PM EARLWOOD SPORTS 1
ESGEC
36 TALES FOR 36 YEARS
I Hate Tubby Waldorf
He had money, butchery smarts, a reverse golf grip and became the first player to achieve the club's coveted home and away double, winning the 1990 Match Play Championship and the 2002 World Series. So
why has Tubby Waldorf been disliked so intensely, by so many, for so long? Maybe it's the much maligned Saturday morning horse tips or a wardrobe of striped shirts. But sometimes, perception isn't reality.
PREMIERES MONDAY, MAY 20
8PM EARLWOOD SPORTS 1
ESGEC
36 TALES FOR 36 YEARS
Dick Faldo - All By Himself
He was The Beatles of golf - a handsome, charismatic and slender figure from Engadine who worked wonders with the ball and thrilled galleries wherever he went. But Dick Faldo was also the lead in a
Shakespearean tragedy fuelled by alcohol and the fading memories of old sexual conquests. We'll talk with the neigbours who nailed a bottle opener to their wooden fence to facilitate his afternoon drinking
sessions and meet the only woman from the 'Lender of Last Resort' who spurned his advances - his sister - and ask her the big question: Does she now regret that rash decision?
PREMIERES TUESDAY, MAY 21
8PM EARLWOOD SPORTS 1
ESGEC
36 TALES FOR 36 YEARS
Four 'Dog' Days In November
The streak began when he defeated hot shot 6th seed Kenny Crenshaw 3 & 1 in the Round of 16. A week later, Heckle Sunday, he beat the favoured Tubby Waldorf 2 & 1. The following Friday he saw
off the well-fancied Hunter Meehan 5 & 3. In the final match he defied the odds to beat Peard Fulke 3 & 1. Was it skill, good fortune or an old-fashioned and carefuly orchestrated
betting coup that turned the perennial underdog, Bourkie Baird, into the 2013 Match Play Champion?
PREMIERES FRIDAY, MAY 17
8PM EARLWOOD SPORTS 1
ESGEC
36 TALES FOR 36 YEARS
There's No Place Like Home
On December 10, 2013, Sotheby's London office auctioned off what could be considered the most important historical document in sports history - Seve Hemosteros' original hand-drafted
World Series of Golf blueprint. The document was drawn up by the founding fathers over quite a few drinks on Boxing Day, 1988 at the late Robo Mediate's then Macleay Place residence. 25
years after he personally witnessed the blueprint's creation, Mediate inspired a group of wealthy benefactors to bankroll his dream to win back this seminal artifact at auction and bring the
document home to Earlwood where Hemosteros was born and raised. As part of this man's fanatical quest, the benefactors also unwittingly ended up with controlling interests in some very slow greyhounds.
PREMIERES MONDAY, MAY 13
8PM EARLWOOD SPORTS 1
ESGEC
36 TALES FOR 36 YEARS
The Prince Of Profanity
Reader discretion is recommended - this story may contain frequent coarse language.
The young visco*#t rescued f*#m a post-apocalyptic Warsaw became infamous in his adopted country when, at the
age of 5, the first English words he uttered both contained four-letters, one beginning with F and the other beginning with C. Sitting for the Higher School Certificate in 1973, he could not have been any prouder when he was awarded
2 F's and 4 C's by the Board of Studies. And nearly half a century later, it's hard to discern even the slightest expansion to the now Flemington Fruit Markets f*#klift driver's simple vocabulary. WTF*#k!!
PREMIERES TUESDAY, MAY 14
8PM EARLWOOD SPORTS 1
ESGEC
36 TALES FOR 36 YEARS
Small Potatoes: Who Killed The Presidents Cup?
A bold challenge, a fearless experiment and ultimately, a spectacular failure. In 1999 a new event challenged the establishment's cosy duopoly, the World Series and
Match Play Championship, but after a promising start at North Ryde and a final round at Eastlakes less than a decade later, The Presidents Cup disappeared from the ESG&EC sporting calendar.
PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
8PM EARLWOOD SPORTS 1
ESGEC
36 TALES FOR 36 YEARS
Hit 'Em Hard - My Life With Big Balls, Babes and Booze
We remember the blonde mullet, a cigarette glued to the lips and those enormous fairway splitting drives that propelled him to victory at the 1995 World Series. We knew Big Jack Daly as much for
those larrikin traits and his large dusters as for the constant drinking, womanising and swearing, mostly done off the course, that forced him into rehabilitation and a premature sporting retirement.
PREMIERES THURSDAY, MAY 16
8PM EARLWOOD SPORTS 1
ESGEC
36 TALES FOR 36 YEARS
You Don't Know Boo Boo
He's someone who played two sports professionally - golf and soccer. When speaking to others about him, I noticed something I'd never experienced before. At the mere mention of his name, people
either immediately lit up in excitement or fell over laughing. Boo Boo's story isn't really a sports story, it's a superhero story. A superhero who broke his thumb shaking hands before an over 45's game
in the Sutherland Shire minor leagues and, as a result, signed on as a marquee player with Sydney FC and became the face of Nike's landmark ad campaign, "You Don't Know Boo Boo".
PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
8PM EARLWOOD SPORTS 1
1989 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Seve Hemosteros
2nd - Davidson Love III
3rd - Tack Nicklaus
1990 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Java Haas
2nd - Seve Hemosteros
3rd - Tack Nicklaus
1991 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson
2nd - Dick Faldo
3rd - Garry Mize
1992 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Jose-Mumma Olazabal
2nd - Soldier Montgomerie
3rd - Seve Hemosteros
1993 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Jose-Mumma Olazabal (2nd title)
2nd - Hal Whitton
3rd - Dick Faldo
1994 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Garry Mize
2nd - Java Haas
3rd - Davidson Love III
1995 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Big Jack Daley
2nd - Garry Mize
3rd - Tack Nicklaus
1996 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Seve Hemosteros (2nd title)
2nd - Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson
3rd - Garry Mize
1997 WORLD SERIES
Champion - JPY Hayes
2nd - Java Haas
3rd - Big Jack Daley
1998 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Java Haas (2nd title)
2nd - Soldier Montgomerie
3rd - Notah Kelly
1999 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Jose-Mumma Olazabal (3rd title)
2nd - Ken Crenshaw
3rd - Java Haas
2000 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Jose-Mumma Olazabal (4th title)
2nd - Soldier Montgomerie
3rd - Tack Nicklaus
2001 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Hunter Meehan
2nd - Kipper Parnevik
3rd - Tack Nicklaus
2002 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Tubby Waldorf
2nd - Davidson Love III
3rd - Ken Crenshaw
2003 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Seve Hemosteros (3rd title)
2nd - Kipper Parnevik
3rd - Ken Crenshaw
2004 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Kipper Parnevik
2nd - Davidson Love
3rd - Seve Hemosteros
2005 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Java Haas (3rd title)
2nd - Peard Fulke
3rd - Notah Kelly
2006 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Tack Nicklaus
2nd - Ken Crenshaw
3rd - Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson
2007 WORLD SERIES
Champion - JPY Hayes (2nd title)
2nd - Notah Kelly
3rd - Cavey Pavin
2008 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Kipper Parnevik (2nd title)
2nd - Cavey Pavin
3rd - Peard Fulke
2009 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Peard Fulke
2nd - Cavey Pavin
3rd - Soldier Montgomerie
2010 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Notah Kelly
2nd - Ken Crenshaw
3rd - Grantief Goosen
2011 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Edwardo Romero
2nd - Grantief Goosen
3rd - Soldier Montgomerie
2012 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Cavey Pavin
2nd - TC Choi
3rd - Java Haas
2013 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Davidson Love III
2nd - Peard Fulke
3rd - Cavey Pavin
2014 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Davidson Love III (2nd title)
2nd - Ken Crenshaw
3rd - Grantief Goosen
2015 WORLD SERIES
Champion - JPY Hayes (3rd title)
2nd - Ken Crenshaw
3rd - Hunter Meehan
2016 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Soldier Montgomerie
2nd - Trent Strange
3rd - Grantief Goosen
2017 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Notah Kelly (2nd title)
2nd - Java Haas
3rd - Grantief Goosen
2018 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Seve Hemosteros (4th title)
2nd - Peard Fulke
3rd - Ken Crenshaw
2019 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Davidson Love III (3rd title)
2nd - Hunter Meehan
3rd - Peard Fulke
2020 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Trent Strange
2nd - Kipper Parnevik
3rd - Seve Hemosteros
2021 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Garry Mize
2nd - Notah Kelly
3rd - Cavey Pavin
2022 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Hunter Meehan
2nd - Notah Kelly
3rd - Muzzy Zoeller
2023 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Garry Mize (3rd title)
2nd - Trent Strange
3rd - Peard Fulke
2024 WORLD SERIES
Champion - Grantief Goosen
2nd - Cavey Pavin
3rd - Peard Fulke
Past 5 Years World Series Profit/Loss and Rolling Average
HISTORY
First held in 1989, the World Series of Golf is the ESG&EC's premier tournament played over 4 rounds, Monday to Friday,
early to mid May, on the NSW Central Coast.
The courses on the World Series rota are Gosford, Wyong, Kooindah Waters, Everglades, Toukley, The Springs and the traditional home of Friday's Championship Day, Shelly Beach.
The week away is a demanding test of stamina and guile, both on and off the course. Four days of play, a minimum five afternoons and nights of socialising, gambling and drinking,
and on the golf rest day we either watch the Sydney races from the comfort of the local hotel or head to the track at Gosford or Wyong.
To assist players with their preparation, the club offers voluntary but popular pre-tournament 1, 2 or 3 day sea-level acclimatisation and hydration programs run by the self-accredited
industry leader in hydration theory (but certainly not practice), The Shearman Institute. Program graduates are invited to apply for their Hydration PhD at Wednesday's 10 to 10 session
at The Lakes Hotel under the watchful eye of The Shearman Institute supremo, Dr. Dick.
EVENT FORMAT
Points are awarded according to your finishing position each day - 1 point for first, 2 points for second etc. At the end of the week, the player with the
lowest tally of points is the 1. winner. If there is a tie, the player with the best placing in the last round wins on a countback.
1. A minimum of 3 rounds must be played before a winner can be declared and players must have played at least three rounds to be a contender.
Starting with the 2017 tournament, the club's Tournament Competition Committee (TCC) has made changes to the competitions played on the teams days with the new formats listed below.
No. of Players: 15, 21, 27
Day 1: 3-man Stableford Aggregate,
Day 2: 3-man Stroke Aggregate (option for best 2 scores per hole),
Points Spread (the difference between finishing first and last both days): 8, 12, 16pts
No. of Players: 16, 20, 24, 28
Day 1: 4BBB Match Play (1pt for win, 2pts for half, 3pts for loss),
Day 2: Stableford Aggregate,
Points Spread: 9, 11, 13, 15pts
No. of Players: 17, 19, 23, 25
Day 1: 4-man Stableford Aggregate (option for best 3 scores per hole),
Day 2: Stableford Aggregate,
Points Spread: 13, 13, 16, 19pts
No. of Players: 18
Day 1: 3-man Stableford Aggregate,
Day 2: Foursomes,
Points Spread: 13pts
No. of Players: 22, 26
Day 1: 4-man Stableford Aggregate (option for best 3 scores per hole),
Day 2: Foursomes,
Points Spread: 15, 18pts
These considered changes have been introduced to emphasise team scoring (aggregates instead of best ball), provide greater diversity in the events played and where possible, condense the spread of placings.
THE RULES OF GOLF
All ESG&EC events are subject to the rules of golf. If something unusual occurs during your round, the best advice the TCC can
give is to consult with your playing partners, both as a matter of courtesy and to check on the legality of your proposed course of action, before moving, dropping or playing your ball.
The low marker in each group will be the nominated rules official for his playing partners. If the low marker himself is to be the subject of a contentious decision, the group
may check with his counterpart in another group for a ruling.
HANDICAPS
The ESG&EC uses the world renowned Dickworth-Lewis Handicapping System for all tournaments. The system
imposes the following constraints on the World Series:
- first-time players are provided with a floating handicap which can be adjusted if, and as, they progress through the tournament,
- the maximum individual handicap is 40, and
- players must play a minimum three rounds to receive a handicap benefit for their next World Series event.
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COURSE & TOURNAMENT RECORDS
Foursomes
- Gosford - 72 Sir Dick Faldo (10) & Notah Kelly III (36) 1997
- Everglades - 75½ Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson (8) & Big Jack Daley (27) 1995
- Morisset - 80½ Sir Dick Faldo (10) & Soldier Montgomerie (19) 1998
- Wyong - 83½ Jose-Mumma Olazabal (Scr) & Tack Nicklaus (21) 2000
4BBB
- Morisset - 46pts Edwardo Romero (12) & Notah Kelly III (35) 2010
- Wyong - 45pts Java Haas (15) & Big Jack Daley (27) 1995
- Gosford - 41pts Java Haas (14) & Notah Kelly III (36) 1998
- Toukley - 35pts Java Haas (12) & Trent Strange (18) 2010
- Kooindah Waters - 34pts Kipper Parnevik (+1) & Trent Strange (30) 2016
Stableford 2-man Aggregate
- Wyong - 55pts Edwardo Romero (16) & Soldier Montgomerie (23) 2017
- Everglades - 52pts Seve Hemosteros (+1) & Cavey Pavin (24) 2020, Kipper Parnevik (1) & Per-Ulrik Fatcatsson (37) 2020
- Kooindah Waters - 43pts Seve Hemosteros (+1) & Soldier Montgomerie (25) 2020
- Gosford - 43pts Peard Fulke (9) & Cavey Pavin (23) 2022
Stableford 3-man Aggregate
- Gosford - 81pts Kipper Parnevik (0), Bourkie Baird (22) & Cavey Pavin (23) 2018
Ambrose
- Wyong - net 61⅔ Kipper Parnevik (1), Davidson Love III (16) & Notah Kelly III (38) 2004
Stableford
- Shelly Beach - 39pts Costantino Blocker (31) 1998
- Toukley - 35pts Soldier Montgomerie (24) 2018
- Gosford - 32pts Notah Kelly (35) 2010, Hunter Meehan (18) 2015
- Morisset - 32pts Peard Fulke (9) 2013
- Kooindah Waters - 26pts Cavey Pavin (24) 2007
- The Springs - 26pts Peard Fulke (7) 2020
Stroke
- Wyong (Par 69) - net 71 Soldier Montgomerie (26) 2016
- Wyong (Par 71) - net 74 Trent Strange (32) 2020
- Shelly Beach (Par 67) - net 74 Danny White Shark (18) 2000
- Shelly Beach (Par 71) - net 75 Soldier Montgomerie (22) 2011
Lowest 4 Round Score
- 5 pts Tubby Waldorf (40) 2002 (12 starters)
- 6 pts Davidson Love III (18) 2019 (16 starters)
- 7 pts Davidson Love III (23) 2013 (22 starters)
- 7 pts Grantief Goosen (23) 2024 (18 starters)
