Noni Scanlon won the 2004 Mongrel Masters after shooting a record equaling highest winning score of 8 over. This is Scanlon's fourth victory and the record M$1 million winners cheque cemented his spot as the number one career money earner with M$2,972,083. Scanlon's win has unfortunately been marred by controversy not of his making.

At the completion of all the players rounds it was deemed that Scanlon and Ramrod Ramsey had carded the same scores and a playoff would be required to determine the winner.

There were some mutterings amongst the players about the legitimacy of Ramsey's score with claims that he failed to call a penalty on a lost ball on the first hole and do the walk of shame back to the tee. Despite  this a play off was held which Ramsey went on to win.

Guilt got the better of Ramsey and prior to the awarding of the coveted blue tweed to the winner he renounced his victory and admitted cheating to the gob smacked gathering. Ramsey was immediately disqualified and the title rightfully awarded to Noni Scanlon.

Many compared Ramsey's disgraceful actions to those of when  Vijay Singh was rubbed out for two years by the Australasian tour in the eighties for scoring irregularities.

The Mongrel Masters Board formed a disciplinary committee and launched an investigation into the Ramsey incident. As yet the committee is still to report its findings.

No one was more surprised about his victory than Scanlon himself. He had never before been so under prepared for the tournament having not played a round of golf since the previous years Mongrel Masters.

"I really just turned up to make up the numbers. I still chopped it around a bit, but obviously not as badly as everyone else in the field." said Scanlon.

When asked if he will practice more before he returns to defend his title Scanlon replied " Why change a winning formula?"

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