Red Colby on top of the world while records tumble at 2002 Mongrel Masters

Red Colby is on top of the world following his second place in the 2002 Mongrel Masters taking him to the number one position in the 2002 Mongrel World Rankings. It is not the first time that Red has been at such lofty heights having also been world number one in 1999 following his maiden victory.

2001 Mongrel Masters Champion Lurch Hayden is second on the rankings, even after his disastrous 20th position in 2002 where he created tournament history. No defending champion, nor for that matter any player,  has ever slipped further down the leader board from one year to the next by 19 positions. To do this Lurch also set a new level for the  biggest single scoring turn around from year to year of + 20 strokes with him scoring a creditable 3 over in 2001 and a shameful 23 over in 2002.

Not to be out done, Ramrod Ramsey also set a record that he would prefer not to  be acknowledged by becoming the first Mongrel Masters Champion to also win the Bradman award for coming last in the 2002 tournament. With the late withdrawal of Long Drive Cliffy from the field the flood gates opened for contenders for this award and in the end Ramrod's 34 over par bettered rookie White Pointer's mediocre round by 3 strokes. Incidentally White Pointer also set a record for the highest position on the leader board for a rookie at 21st, eclipsing Long Drive Cliffy's 1995 record of 19th.

A highly disputed record was also set by King Bonser when he recorded a round of 7 over par to improve his score from 2001 by 13 strokes. A record year to year improved scoring turn around. Many believe this should be recognised in the Mongrel Masters annals as one of the greatest frauds in the tournaments history given the Kings perchance to creative scoring in previous years when not heavily surveillanced.

Other milestones to be surpassed at the 2002 Mongrel Masters were:

• Most number of competitors with 22

• Most number of rookies with 9

• Most number of international players with 5

Click here for the 2002 Mongrel World Golf Rankings

Noni Scanlon remains  top earner - Red Colby most likely to catch him

Noni Scanlon's reign as the  leader  of the Career Money Lists continued  after his 8th placing in 2002 taking him to $1,913,333. A placing of  7th or better at the 2003 Mongrel Masters will have him become the first to cross the $2 million mark. Wins in 2003 by Red Colby and Harold P Ouvrier could also see them reaching this mark. 

Red Colby's consistency of top five finishes in the past five years coinciding with the doubling of prize money for the Mongrel Masters has taken him to second place on the Career Money Lists with $1,607,000. He now holds the highest average for prize money earnings per tournament of $178,555 and based upon his current form he is voted most likely to overtake Noni Scanlon at the top of the list within the next two years.

Juxtaposing Red Colby's meteoric rise up the Money List is Ramrod Ramsey's slide. Having had a mortgage on second spot for seven years from 1994 until 2001 he has now fallen to 4th having missed the 2001 tournament and coming stone dead last in 2002. 

Click here for the 2002 Career Money Lists

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