Sunday
September 22
Green Valley - White Tees
Stableford
1st A Flight - Chris Fox - 38 points
2nd A Flight - Jon McHugh - 37 points
3rd A Flight - Frank Trinkle - 34 points
1st B Flight - Jim Munns - 41 points
2nd B Flight - Ron Dowell - 36 points
3rd B Flight - Larry Nicholas - 33 points
Near pins: No. 2 Chris Fox, No. 9 Rick Sharp,
and No. 12 Jim Brackett
With eleven of the regulars traveling to
Kanchanaburi for a road trip, the balance of the club took the
opportunity to jump into the breach. Chris Fox and John McHugh,
playing their last comp before returning to Guam for four months
of work, finished one-two in A Flight. Frank Trinkle, in like
manner found the podium just a couple of days before his return
to Japan. Jimmy Munns "The Word" found his form,
albeit temporarily, shooting the score of the day, 41 points.
Tuesday
September 17
St. Andrews 2000 - White Tees
Stableford
1st A Flight - Rick Sharp - 37 points
2nd A Flight - Jim Brackett - 33 points
1st B Flight - Larry Nicholas - 33 points
2nd B Flight - Lee Adelly - 33 points
The tougher the course the more likely
"The Hermit" will come good and the par 74 St. Andrews
2000 adjacent to Green Valley Rayong proved just such a test.
Rick was the only member of the field to better his handicap.
Jim Brackett and Larry "Broken Beak’ Nicholas each
fashioned 33 point efforts, garnering 2nd in B Flight and 1st in
A Flight, respectively. Lee Adelly dropped in from the Sugar
Shack, across the street, to steal away with a little second
place money.
Wednesday
September 18
Century Chonburi - White Tees
Medal/Stroke
1st Flight - Steve Donovan - 74 net
2nd Flight - Frank Sinclair - 74 net
3rd Flight - Rick Sharp - 75 net
The field once again dodged the precipitation
and had a fine day on this Nick Faldo design. It had been some
time since many had played to the postage stamp sized greens,
but all agreed that it was an incredible value. Donovan’s
inept play on the front side naturally was coupled with a good
back nine, which, if nothing else, gave him the advantage in a
count back which he used to narrowly edge Pa Pa Sinclair.
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Kanchanaburi Tour
September 23-26
Joe Mooneyham - 32 points - Champion
Phil Mitchell - 26 points - 1st Runner-up
Klaus Schackt - 24 points - 2nd Runner-up
One good looking golfer (An [Oradee]
Kaesavane) and ten not so good looking golfers played a warm-up
round on Jack Nicklaus’ Mission Hills layout in Kanchanaburi
on Sunday and then dug in for three rounds of competition on
Nichigo Golf Club. The competition covered the three
permutations of the 27-hole layout in two days of Stableford and
a middle day of stroke play.
Joe "I’m in the" Mooneyham walked
away from the field, as he did in the previous tour to Royal
Hills, parlaying a first and two seconds into a six point
victory. Points on tour are awarded in reverse order of daily
finish, with the winner on the day receiving a bonus point.
Joe wowed ‘em with 43 points, 78 gross, on
Day 1. No slight to Joe but the round of the tour went to newly
arrived visitor Phil Mitchell who shot even par 72, for 43
points off his seven handicap, on Day 3. Paul Phillips found the
plot on day 2 as he shot a net 67 in stroke play, a result that
pundits would not have expected from the highest handicapper in
the field (20).
Daily results: Day 1 - Nichigo
(River/Mountain): 1st Joe Mooneyham (43 points), Klaus Schackt
(39 points), Eddie Blackwell (38 points). Day 2
(Lakes/Mountain): 1st Paul Phillips (net 67), Joe Mooneyham (net
72); 3rd Stan Fry (net 74). Day 3 - Nichigo (River/Lakes): 1st
Phil Mitchell (43 points), 2nd Joe Mooneyham (39 points), 3rd
Eddie Blackwell (38 points).
Friday September 27
Natural Park Hill - White Tees
Stableford
1st A Flight - Eddie Blackwell - 37 points
2nd A Flight - Phil Mitchell - 34 points
3rd A Flight - Jim Brackett - 30 points
1st B Flight - Joe Mooneyham - 39 points
2nd B Flight - Svein Vistung - 33 points
3rd B Flight - Larry Nicholas - 32 points
Tell me if you are tired about hearing about
"I’m in the" Mooneyham. He enjoyed the last day of
his 14 handicap by sliding into B Flight for a victory. Of
course, it didn’t matter which flight he was in as he shot the
best of the day 39 points at the difficult, well conditioned,
but rainy, Natural Park Hill layout.
Eddie Blackwell came straight off the
Kanchanaburi Tour with 37 points to best his fellow A Flight
competitors. Those of us who stayed behind wondered in the
Kanchanaburi gang played a competition or went to a golf clinic.
A couple of curiosities coming out of the day’s play were: (1)
Colin Stielow, one of three friends of Kevin Ward visiting from
Perth, whiffed/fresh-aired his tee shot on the Par 3 15th hole
and then put his second shot on the green and sunk the putt for
a most unlikely par and (2) only a lipped out putt by Julian
Clarke kept his four ball (Jim Brackett, Rick Sharp and Eddie
Blackwell) of all having gross birdies on the par 4 12th.
A closing farewell to the three lads from
Perth: Colin, above-mentioned, Doug Ewart and Kevin Buchanan,
who along with their mates Kevin Ward and "Tom Thumb"
Smith, incurred injuries on an order unseen by Australians since
Gallipoli. Their wounds included numerous abrasions, bitten
thumb, conjunctivitis, the flu, food poisoning, and sprained
wrists. There was no information available on STD’s.
Reminder: Stan Fry’s Birthday Bash is on
Wednesday, October 16th at Green Valley. Its individual
Stableford followed by a fine buffet and the award of numerous
prizes at the Classroom A-Go-Go.
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