‘Iron man’ Stephen takes category win in Bali

Pattaya hotelier Stephan Bringer (center) from Woodlands Hotel & Resort took a first place in his age group category (and 12th overall) at the second annual Bali International Triathlon on Sunday 29th June 2008. Over 300 international competitors gathered on the beautiful and hilly island of Bali to complete the 2km. swim, 42 km. bike ride and 10 km. run.

Rocky gets last laugh as Cuckoo’s do the double over Jerry’s Kids

Pattaya Sunday Softball

The Cuckoo Kids (L to R) Front row: Diego and his good luck charm son Sebey, Back row: Scotty, Jimmy, Tom, Rocky (our towel headed hero), Phil, Perry,
Mark and Ron (Mr. Baseball).

Diego Wells
Sunday June 29 was another lovely day for Softball at Jimmy’s field of dreams in Jomtien.
The sun was shining, the beers were chilled, and the local ice cream vendor enjoyed the action so much, he came by twice. It truly was a wonderful day to play softball.
Alan and Perry yet again did a great job of picking fair and even teams. Alan’s allies were nicknamed “Jerry’s Kids” due to most of his teammates sprouting a series of injuries as the day went on (with Jack and his bad ribs taking top honours for most often injured).
Perry’s cast of characters were aptly called the “Cuckoo Kids”. The day also saw two tightly fought games, and the emergence of a new softball hero.
It was the bottom of the 6th inning when the fire was put inside Rocky’s belly. He had just flied out to Beck in left field for the second time in the same inning, when Rhys (playing 3rd base for Jerry’s Kids) put down our soon to be softball hero. He screamed out to Rocky, that hopefully our team could bat through the order once more, so that Rocky could do the unattainable, collect all 3 outs in the same inning. Unfortunately, Mark’s long hit to right field was caught by Ron and the Cuckoo Kids went to the bottom of the seventh up by the score of 9 to 7.
Give Jerry’s Kids credit, they got their bats red hot in the seventh and got clutch hits from Beck, Greg, Jack and Alan. They scored 3 runs and went to the bottom of the last inning ahead 10 to 9. All they had to do was keep the Cuckoo Kids from scoring and they would be the winners of game two.
Phil popped out, but Diego hit a hard double to left and was knocked in by Scotty’s smart single. The setting was then set for Rocky to show us his batting prowess. With the outfield in, and the infield looking for a ground ball to turn into a double play, the Rock hit his hardest shot of the day to left center field, over the head of a sprinting Beck. Scotty rounded the bases and touched home, Rocky let out a belly laugh, and the Cuckoo Kids had won both games of the double header.
Remember that all our welcome to join us every Sunday for Softball so hopefully we will see you next weekend at 1pm on Jimmy’s field of dreams (near the small plane airport just off Soi 15 and Sukhumvit).

Patient play pays off for Willi

PSC golf from P J Pool Bar

Ian Campbell
Thursday, July 3, The Emerald (White Tees) - Stableford
After heavy rain in Pattaya on the previous evening we travelled south to Ban Chang expecting seriously wet conditions, particularly since our last visit two weeks before had turned out to be very soggy, with waterlogged bunkers all over the course.
Surprisingly however conditions on this occasion were very favourable and the leaderboard reflected this with none of the winners returning over-par scores.
Joining us today for the first time was young Craig Duncan, hoping to outshine father Neil, which he did to a certain extent by taking two ‘Near Pin’ prizes (holes 7 and 13) to his dad’s one (hole 5). The other winner in this category was David Gardner (hole 15), with the long putt award on 18 going to Bill Jones.
Playing in the last group in the field was our winner, Willi (Ulrich) Nachbur, with 39 points off a handicap of 22. It has to be said that the phrase ‘A little care gets you there’ (used originally I believe as a road safety slogan to discourage fast driving) could appropriately be applied, as this group finished some time after the players in front, but since it also included our third placed player, Jim Fortune on 36 points (H/C 25) who can argue? Sandwiched between Willi and Jim was the runner-up David Gardner on 38 points off his new (but surely temporary) handicap of 9.
Note: Information on the group’s venues can be obtained by visiting P J Pool Bar & Restaurant on Soi Boonsampan (Soi Khao Noi) or phone Neil on 089 511 0575.

Perry plays a blinder at St. Andrews

PSC golf from Tropical Bert’s

Derek Brook
Tuesday, July 1, St Andrews – Stableford
It’s a good day out at this course, it always seems quiet, even when it is not, as you always seem to be cut off from the other holes and very rarely see other golfers.

Perry McNeely, left, and Daryl Evans, right, with one of Bert’s finest.

This is however a difficult course to play and you really have to be on your game. The fairways are well defined but if you stray from them you are in big trouble. I was in big trouble on this day but playing along with me was Perry McNeely who was having a blinder - would anyone else play as well as him?
Back at Bert’s the players waited for the results and all the talk was how tough the course had been. Perry, however, decided to stay on for a change despite the fact he does not drink. We soon found out why as Perry never plays a bad round at St Andrews and on this day he shot 39 points to win by nine points from Daryl Evans in second. Perry is the ‘King of St Andrews’ at Bert’s. T.T.F.N.
Near Pins: Badger (2), Mashi, Joel Flor
Long Putt: Daryl Evans, Ron Gale

National futsal team stars teach youngsters at Mike Mall contest

Ariyawat Nuamsawat
Anucha Mancharoen, captain of the Thai Futsal National Team attended the opening of the 8th Mike Shopping Mall futsal contest on June 28, along with two other team players, Tanakorn Santanaprasit and goalkeeper Somkid Chounta.
The three of them demonstrated futsal techniques to the youngsters who turned up to watch the contest get under way at the futsal field on the 5th floor of Mike Shopping Mall.
The Thai national team had been runner up in the Futsal Asian Championship 2008.
Arif Ahama of the Thai national team’s under-21 players, and Montree Sapmee of the Cat Telecom Team from the Futsal Thai League also played a special match with the VIP Mike Shopping Mall Team and the Pattaya Mass Media Team.
Before the match began, the Thai national team members taught futsal techniques to 60 youngsters for an hour.
The 8th Mike Shopping Mall series is taking place over the period June 28 to July 27 and is divided into four categories, namely youth, hotel, department store, and the public. The youth category is also divided into 10, 12 and 14 years of age sections.
The winning team in each category will receive 5,000 baht in cash and a trophy, except for the hotel and public categories, where the winning teams will receive 10,000 baht in cash and a trophy.

Montree Sapmee of the Cat Telecom
Team teaches passing techniques to the youngsters.

Mod makes Saturdays her own

Golf from the Travellers Rest

Barry Hooper
I reported last week how one of our lady players had recently shown major improvements in her game and was on a winning run. Well I am happy to report that she is still on that run and has now made Saturdays her own by winning for the second weekend in a row - and this in despite of her handicap being cut by one last week. Emerald last week and Eastern Star this week. I am of course referring to Mod Chaviraksa. Congratulations Mod.
Last Saturday Mod completed her double weekend win with a score of thirty-five points, three clear of Stephen Gould and Alan Evans who had a count back fight at thirty-three points a piece. Stephen took it with one better on the back nine (17) against Alan’s (16).
Mod also made a two and shared the pot with Roger Wilkinson.
Monday, June 30, Green Valley - Stableford
1st Donald Pearson (35) 37pts
2nd David Snell (12) 33pts
3rd Roger Wilkinson (15) 33pts
June 30 was another regular Monday outing to Green Valley. This course is becoming very popular with the members and is improving all the time.
Donald Pearson appears to have found some form and he took the win by four clear points (37) from David Snell (33) and Roger Wilkinson (32).
No 2’s today so, as is the norm now, the bell was rung at the Travellers Rest upon our return.
Tuesday, July 1, Phoenix Lakes & Ocean - Stableford
1st Laurie Bevan (28) 42pts
2nd Fergus Brennan (9) 42pts
3rd Phil Knight (11) 41pts
2’s: Larie Bevan and Phil Knight
A great course in good condition and one that’s attracting very good entry numbers - and this day was to be no exception as we had a very large field going on the day.
Fergus Brennan must have felt a little aggrieved to be pushed into second place having fired in an eighty-two gross for forty two points, only to find on checking the scores that he had been beaten into second place by just one shot on count back by one of out visiting Australians, Laurie Bevan. That is the way this game can be sometimes - brutal. Phil Knight meanwhile made third all his own with forty-one points.
Laurie Bevan and Phil Knight both fired in birdie 2’s for the day
Thursday, July 3, Greenwood C & A – Stableford
1st Fergus Brennan (9) 37pts
2nd Akitoshi Ito (8) 34pts
3rd Davin Snell (12) 33pts
4th Goerge Bishop (17) 33pts
2’s: Orowan Sodok, Harvey Samuel and Akitoshi Ito
We had a good turn out on Thursday at this very popular course, which was once again in great condition.
After his disappointment on Tuesday, Fergus Brennan made amends with a clear win by three points from Akitoshi Ito (nice to see him joining us again) and a count back fight for third between David Snell and George Bishop saw David just edging it.
Saturday, July 5, Eastern Star - Stableford
1st Mod Chaviraksa (12) 35pts
2nd Stephen Gould (18) 33pts
3rd Alan Evans (24) 37pts
2’s: Mod Chaviraksa and Roger Wilkinson
Saturday and off we went to Eastern Star. The course may not be every bodies favourite at the moment with all the changes going on but it is going to be very good indeed when all the work is finished and it still remains a very good test of golf.
As headlined earlier, the day went to the only lady in the field, Mod Chaviraksa, with a thirty-five points to make it her second Saturday win in a row. Stephen Gould and Alan Evans were left to fight for the other places with Stephen taking second.

Matrix golfers? Mr. Smith gets one over on Mr. Anderson

Phoenix Tuesday Golf Group from Toy’s Music Bar

Mike Gerrard
The skies are clear and the sun is hot. We must be crazy to go out in the midday sun and try to play golf. But such is the plight of all people who want to cram the best things in life before we are called to the big course in the sky.

Tuesday’s top three relax at Toy’s Music Bar with a couple of staff members.

This being our third monthly trophy stroke play tournament, we set off on the Lakes and Ocean course.
Stroke play is a much different game from the forgiving stableford play. At least when you have played your quota of shots in stableford you are not penalised any further. Not so with the stroke play. Having the usual 2 to 3 holes that would normally be a ‘blob’, some players hopes of winning the monthly trophy go out of the window with 7’s and 8’s on the card. But, as I have said before, this game was never made to be easy, and rightly so.
We almost had the threat of heavy rain loom upon us, but we were very lucky as the edge of the storm just missed out group, thus giving us a rain free, but thirsty round.
Back at Toy’s Music Bar we soon quenched our thirst and with the pretties serving us and good music being played we awaited the prize presentation.
As usual with our monthly trophy game we try to make sure everyone gets something. Sadly newcomer (and a very warm welcome to you) Colin Cronin appeared to be the only one unlucky on the day. However, we don’t like to send anyone away without some sort of memento, so we found a nice new golf ball from somewhere to present to him.
The winner of a fine trophy, donated by the management of Toy’s Music Bar (plus a few Baht) was Dave (Beetle Boy) Smith. Dave returned a superb back nine of gross 37 to give him an overall net score of 70.
Second to Dave was once again, that cannie Scot, Matt Anderson. Matt does not hit the ball too far these days, but his short play around the greens keeps his score down and this proves to be what is a great lesson for all golfers to learn.
Because I was feeling generous, and there were only 3 technical prizes to award today, I decided to award a third place prize, which went to Neil McAllister.
Technical awards went to yours truly (Mike Gerrard), Tommy Raven and David Smith. The lucky draw went to Graham Dietrich and as I said earlier, we were not going to let Colin go away without something.
Every Tuesday at 12.00 noon is our slot at Phoenix, so whether you’re a member or a non-member (we will sign you in as a guest), just call me on 087 091 7565 by early Tuesday morning and I will fit you in. A 28 handicap is our maximum and all the players play from the same tees. The first Tuesday of the month is our stroke play trophy day.

Evan’s above – Glyn scores weekly double

Jomtien Golf with the I.P.G.C.

Monday, June 30, Green Valley – Stableford
We have a fortnightly booking here now every Monday throughout the low season and there were 23 players out today on a very hot and humid day.
Ted Morris won the division 1 stableford competition with 36 points while Dave Richards beat Frazer Davy on a 19/17 count back for second after both finished on 34 points.
Ken Foster came in happy with 38 points in division 2 only to be told he has finished second, 7 points behind the winner Glyn Evans who had 45!
Dave Richards collected three nearest the pin awards in division 1 with Daz Martingdale getting the other. In division 2, Glyn Evans, Richard Kings, Dannie Larsen and Bob Lathwell all bagged one each.
There were four rollovers in the 2’s in division 1 and Dave Richards and Ben Findon shared the maximum prizes while Tony Duthie and Dannie Larsen shared the day’s pot in division 2.
Wednesday, July 2, The Emerald - Monthly Medal
Not a bad turnout for a monthly medal after many people had slated this course a fortnight before, but the 19 players today mostly enjoyed the round as we found out in the clubhouse afterwards.
Burnie Sinclair’s net 68 was applauded and welcomed by many, as the scissors will now be out in division 1. Harry Vincenzi finished second on the day with a net 74 and in third place came Dannie Larsen with a net 76.
Alan Bissells’ net 76 gave him third place in division 2 whilst Colin Mearns lost out to Glyn Evans for first place on a 49/45 gross count back after both finished with net 74’s.
There were no 2’s in the premier flight and a chip-in from off the green on the 15th earned Miss Nom the purse in division 2.

MBMG Matchplay League

The Golf Club (4) v The Bunker (5)

Khao Kheow, June 30
The Golf Club were keen to remedy the wrongs and get back on the winning trail, but the Bunker had other ideas. A good win from Capt. William Macey led the way and newcomer to the league, Jeff Wylie, also recorded a valuable win against Paul Greenaway. This win for the Bunker takes them into third place, 5 points off the league leaders, Caddyshack.
Individual Results (Golf Club scores first): Terry Wagner lost 4 & 3 v Allan Sullivan; Keith Warboys won 4 & 3 v P J Redmond; Don Peterson lost 6 & 5 v William Macey; Paul Greenaway lost 1 down v Jeff Wylie; John Emmerson lost 1 down v John MacDonald; Simon Philbrook lost 2 & 1 v Paul Smith; Steve Ellison won 2 & 1 v Eddie Martin; Mark Reid won 5 & 4 v Mashi Kenata; Jeff Calrow won 4 & 3 v Michael Benton.

It’s Ebrahim’s ‘round’ at Greenwood

PSC golf from The Café Kronborg

Derek Brook
Monday, June 30, Eastern Star – Stableford
Eastern Star was host to a stableford competition in one flight on Monday. The course on the day had 4 temporary greens, and believe it or not the ball rolled better on them than the remaining fourteen regular greens.
Koji Yamada finally had a reasonable score and won with 34 points. Kevin Dinan was in second with 33 points and Daryl Evans was in third on a count back from Mike Winfield fourth, both with 31 points.
Thursday, July 3, Greenwood – Stableford
“Here we go again” and “We seem to have been here before” were the comments as we met at The Café Kronborg. This is one of the venues that seem to be the first on the list as soon as we look to book courses for the coming month.

A smiling Ebrahim with his ‘Hole in One’ certificate.

The road there is now very good, and the road back even better. If you do not understand that comment try it, it is all to do with the fact that on the way back we do not get diverted, and it is a straight drive on, at least, dual carriageway.
Arriving it was nice to see, for the players that is, that the car park was nearly empty. However, we did not all make it on time as the bus had a flat. No worries but with the drivers trying to squeeze as much room on the bus for the players as possible, a spare tyre seemed to be surplus to requirements.
Finally at the start we were told we would play the A & C nines, and of course this is usually a real test. On this day the course was in good if wet and sloppy condition, and the carts were limited to the paths. A downpour half way around did not help and wet spikes were the order of the day.
It became a struggle and it always seems to be raining at the golf courses at this time of the year.
Round over we sat in the restaurant and realised that Ebrahim had had a ‘Hole in One,’ so it was on with the celebrations and Ebrahim bought a drink for everyone, whether it was a coke or a beer. Well done Ebrahim.
In the competition we had two flights and in the A Flight, 0 to 18, the winner was Ted Morris with a fine 38 points, ahead of the ‘Hole in One’ man Ebrahim with 36 points and in third was the new PSC Golf Chairman, Perry McNeely with 32 points.
In the B Flight, 19 up, the scores were not as good. The winner was Daryl Evans with 30 points ahead of a count back for second won by Norm Martin with Tom Cotton in third, both with 29 points each. T.T.F.N.

The ‘Bald Eagle Boys’ triumph

IPGC Independence Day Tournament

Friday, July 4, The Emerald
The 13th Independence Day tournament was played for the first time at The Emerald Golf Club, Ban Chang where conditions stayed good all day, and although the weather threatened throughout, none of the players even looked like getting wet.

The winning team of the Independence Day scramble: Graham Davies, Rick Holmes, Brian Libbey & Gordon Millar.

Once again the format was a scramble but this year a slightly different version as suggested by Tony Barritt, a maximum of five tee shots were allowed per team member from teams of four. This meant of course that one player had to have at least three tee shots while the other three players had five, or two with five, plus two with four. This all made for a very even team member participation with nobody able to survive on just one or two players. And so the results proved with the winners using three 5’s and a 3 off the tee.
The format was to be stroke play with handicaps rounded up or down and from the start sheet it could be seen that a very close contest was in the offing, with the lowest handicap set at 4 and the highest at 9.
There was also a restriction on the number of ladies that could be in the team, set at one, as they were being allowed to play from the red tees as in previous large tournaments. Although there was some disquiet that ladies were to be allowed from the red tees, at least half of the tees were set further back than usual, the end results proved that it was indeed a fair decision by the organisers.
Once again the competition was very close as the whole field came in within eight shots of the winners and every team could fairly say that they had a chance to at least be on the podium. This in fact was a closer result that the previous year when the spread had been nine shots covering the field, even though the maximum five tee shots was a more demanding format.
The winning team, consisting of Graham Davis, Rick Holmes, Brian Libbey and Graham Millar, were a last minute combination following Rick’s dismissal from another team having been considered excess baggage. In the event Rick was the team savior on many of the greens as he slotted seven of the nine gross birdies, putting last.
The second team were made up of Jim Brackett, Kris Kritsanjootha, Don Lehmer and Eddie Beilby, who matched the winners’ score of 15-under net but lost on count back over the back six holes by two strokes.
Third place was held by Tony Thorne, Peter Masters, Don Nellis and Denis Smith, another team to feature a high handicapper in its make up, emphasising that this was truly a tournament for all levels of golfers.
This year it was good to be able to welcome birthday boy Richard Livingston back from illness to present the prizes to the winners after a hiatus of a year and prior to the presentations he received a hearty rendition of Happy Birthday.
Before the presentations Russell Exley was thanked for his invaluable assistance in organising, registration and scoring together with all other IPGC organizers, not least of which were Len Jones, Colin Davis, Glyn Evans and Steve Donovan for promotion.
There was also a long round of applause for the catering staff, including the chefs and bakers and led by the tireless Lumyai, for the now famous Haven Buffet, which seemed to go on forever with a continuing stream of refills from the kitchen.
Following the prize giving, with the scoring so close, it was not surprising to find many post mortems being held throughout the restaurant, as each teams results were analysed and compared and the near misses and lost opportunities contemplated. When mixed with the free bar, in operation between 3pm and 10 pm, it was no surprise to find that the debates going on well into the evening. But all agreed it was a great day and vowed to be back next year to do even better.
Team Results:
1st Graham Davies, Rick Holmes, Brian Libbey, Gordon Millar - 51
2nd Eddie Beilby, Don Lehmer, Jim Brackett, Kris Kritsanjootha - 51
3rd Tony Thorne, Peter Masters, Don Nellis, Denis Smith – 49
4th Dave Richards, Daz Martindale, Tony Duthie, Alan Bissell – 49
5th Al Keith, Russell Exley, Tony Barritt, La Keith - 49
Near Pins: Dave Thomas, Glyn Nicholas, Mod Churaiska, Erik Antonen
Nearest the Barrel: Gordon Millar

“Sure Things” a certainty on Independence Day

PSC Golf from The Outback Golf Bar

Joey’s column
Monday, June 30, Burapha - Stableford
Forty-eight Outbackers just cannot be wrong. This is a course golfers just love coming back to.
Keith Dyson, hot off a plane from Aus the night before, shot a brilliant 40 points to take the overall prize, proving that golfers don’t need to sleep, and yes, he’s been cut already. Paul Quodomine also had an excellent round to take second overall with 38 points.
Div A was a three-way count back, all firing their regulation handicap 36 points, but Des Scott prevailed by virtue of his better back nine. The resident “Turnip” pipped (thanks for the wine & cheese) Mark, also on count back, to win Div B, and Peter Allen got the better of Pimusa & Jochiam to bag Div C.
Suzi Lawton nearly holed out her tee shot on the Par three 12th with the ball looking in the hole but not dropping in. Capt’ Bob said he thought it was resting against the pin, but it wasn’t. Tough luck Suzi, but at least it was an easy 2!
Overall
1st Keith Dyson (21) 40pts
2nd Paul Quodomine (23) 38pts
Div A (0–16)
1st Desmond Scott (9) 36pts
2nd Bruce Milner (13) 36pts
3rd Bernie Segrave (8) 36pts
Div B (17–19)
1st Dennis Persson (17) 34pts
2nd Mark Kembrey (19) 34pts
3rd Mam Morel (19) 33pts
Div C (20+)
1st Peter Allen (23) 36pts
2nd Pimusa Tonkhoksoong (20) 35pts
3rd Joachim Oestreicher (24) 34pts
2’s: Suzi Lawton, Frank O’Neill, Bill Hewitt, Des Scott (2)
Tuesday, July 1, Phoenix – Stableford
Can anybody get up in the morning to alleviate these Outbackers of their accruing 2’s rollover pot? This is four weeks now that nobody’s managed a ‘2’. Actually, that’s not strictly true, David Davies who elected not to go in the 2’s competition, was not satisfied with getting one – he got two, but wins nothing. Next time David!
Just a couple of groups today and another good round from Graham Faithfull, who won the day with 37 points. Thanks go to Norm Martin, the organiser for today as Nigel was away doing other things.
Outback ‘Early Risers’ meet at Phoenix at 07:30 for an 8 am tee time and a quick round with the presentation in the clubhouse. We are usually on our way back to wherever, by 1 pm. Sign-up at Outback or give Bob a call.
1st Graham Faithfull (14) 37pts
2nd David Davies (22) 34pts
3rd Norm Martin (24) 34pts
Wednesday, July 2, Royal Lakeside – Stableford
Twenty-five Outbackers today, not enough to hire the customary 44-seater coach but the Outback minibus and a couple of private cars sufficed.
Nice to see the five girls playing today and one of them, namely Mam, straight back in the winners’ enclosure with an excellent 39 points. Welcome also to Mod & Amphun playing with us again.
Nigel continued his run of form after his back-to-back Phoenix successes with another 36 points and the ever-consistent Bill Hewitt topped Div A with 37 points. Capt’ Bob rushed back today to watch the all important rugby match & Jack was having a rest from golf; so thanks go to Suzi who helped out on the day.
Gus Dickie earned the Outback shirt for his 18-point haul - 2 more than Kevin who has won a shirt or two before!
Div A (0-18)
1st William Hewitt (12) 37pts
2nd Brian Blackford (17) 36pts
3rd David Evans (13) 35pts
4th Desmond Scott (9) 35pts
Div B (19+)
1st Mam Morel (19) 39pts
2nd Nigel Cannon (24) 36pts
3rd Barry Rothberg (20) 34pts
4th Ray Underwood (26) 34pts
2’s: Jean Morel, Brian Blackford & Bill Hewitt.
Friday, July 4, Eastern Star – Stableford
Just seven Outbackers at the Friday alternative venue in a keenly fought competition. Twenty-nine points was the popular score of the day with a five-way count back for third place taken by Peter Gibson. Alan Bishop, back on his feet again after missing the Bintan trip, shot an excellent 33 points, enough to win the day in spite of not being 100% fit.
There were no 2’s, so there will be another rollover.
1st Alan Bishop (16) 33pts
2nd Mark Brenton (27) 30pts
3rd Peter Gibson (29) 29pts
Friday, July 4, Siam Plantation
It was an Outback golf day with a difference as Capt’ Bob handed over the competition and format to his good friend, John Emmerson, in celebration of not only American Independence Day but also the 1st anniversary of The Golf Club in Soi LK Metro. Twenty teams took part, roughly ten from each venue.
A Texas scramble is always a popular format but very often golfers can be heard saying – “Well it’s really a putting competition,” - except round this course. If you miss the green here it’s no sure thing you will get up and down in two. If you hit the green, it’s no sure thing you’ll sink the birdie. However, the team of Simon Philbrook, Stan Dismuke, Jeremy Masse & Jeff Cordiero (nicknamed the Sure Things), went out to prove otherwise, bagging nine birdies on their way to demolishing the rest of the field by almost 2 clear shots.
The runner’s up spot went to the Director’s Choice team led by the new PSC Golf Chairman, Perry McNeely. Third spot went to the aptly named Scandahooligans, which remarkably consisted of three 36 handicappers and a golfer!
The Golf Club laid on a fine spread of food and the beer was flowing a plenty! John complimented the collaboration between the Outback Golf Bar and The Golf Club, looking forward to further events together and then continued with the presentation, which apart from the main prizes for the first four teams included some lucky draw prizes and some near pins. There was also an unusual booby prize consisting of four golf shirts from a well known IPGC location!
This day would not have been complete without the presence of the birthday boy himself, Richard Livingstone – Happy Birthday Richard! - who is now back giving lessons at Pattaya Driving Range.
Team Results:
1st Sure Things: Simon Philbrook, Stan Dismuke, Jeremy Masse, Jeff Cordiero - 58.1
2nd Directors Choice: Derek Brook, Tom Cotton, Dave Richardson, Perry McNeely - 60
3rd Scandahooligans: Rolf Berg-Hansen, Martin Holm, John Olsen, Jason McDonald - 60.1
4th Half & Half: Mark Wood, Jack Spencer, Peter Hynard, Jim Munns - 60.3

The Square Ring: by Howie Reed

The most honorable Jeeves, manservant to the Lord of the Manor, has been notified that many new readers of TSR are unfamiliar with the cast of non-boxing characters that appear each week. A point well taken.
His Lordship, or Lord of the Manor, is of course the no-talent individual masquerading as a boxing writer and self proclaimed “icon” whose name appears at the top of the page. No not “Friday July, 11, 2008,” but the proper name.
Sir Frog in real life is restaurateur Patrick, of Patrick’s Belgian Restaurant on Pattaya Road 2 at Moo 10. He’s a retired professional box fighter, ski diver and belongs to the Hash House Harriers, which should explain everything you need to know.
Being a sky diver, and almost French, the terribly clever folks of the HHH named him the Flying Frog. He became Sir Frog after he explained to The Lord of the Manor that anyone with the number of professional fights he had deserved to be called ‘Sir’. When that was agreed upon Sir Frog removed his frog legs from around the breathing area of the Lord of the Manor.
Croaking from the pond
“What a performance by Manny Pacquiao,” opined Sir Frog last week. “I’ve never seen him boxing that good! Quick and good movement, a good game plan, therefore Freddy Roach is one of the best trainers in the world. Diaz was strong but took a big beating. He couldn’t follow the speed from Manny, as he told the press after: ‘Did you get the numberplate from the truck that hit me?’
“What’s gonna be next for Manny? De La Hoya or Hatton? Maybe ‘Runaway’ Floyd Mayweather comes out of retirement again?”
Well one report has Pacquiao fighting Humberto Soto in December, probably in Las Vegas. Soto was DQ’d against Francisco Lorenzo in a supporting fight on the Pacquiao card.
Sir Frog croaks again: “ Soto-Lorenzo was a big joke. Soto beating Lorenzo for 4 rounds and suddenly Lorenzo takes a knee while getting a combination from Soto. Soto in the combination hit him lightly on the back of the head; Lorenzo falls down crying and gets the win by disqualification. Booooh, the crowd was right, what’s going on there with the WBC judges and leaders?”
Not really fair, but understandable, for boxing fans to blame the WBC and or especially the judges. They had nothing to do with the DQ. The blame should go, rightly, to referee Joe Cortez, aided and abetted by Nevada Executive Director “King” Keith Kizer.
Back in the day, sanctioning organizations (IBF, WBO, WBC, WBA) worked with local commissions on the appointment of judges and referees for world title fights. It’s no secret in boxing that the Nevada Commission under King Kizer has decided that they don’t have to continue the practice that worked so well.
Since the beginning of “King” Kizer’s reign, Nevada has become a joke in regard to “good judging” and sources inside a number of boxing organizations have informed TSR about their displeasure with the Nevada Commission.
This particular commission doesn’t allow anyone to referee a fight that doesn’t live in Nevada. Hard to argue with that rule as at one time Nevada’s referees were among the best in the world. They probably still are. But this is not the first time that Cortez has come under fire for his mishandling of a fight: Holyfield-Ruiz II comes to mind. Soto called Cortez a racist and claimed he allowed Lorenzo to hit him with illegal blows “while disqualifying a clean fighter” like himself, according to fightnews.com.
Even though the bout was for the WBC 130lb belt, the WBC wisely withheld the recognition of Lorenzo as champion. There are not many things that are sure in boxing but you can bet your bottom dollar that Joe Cortez was the referee for this WBC title fight, in spite of, and not because of the WBC.
WBC President, Dr. Jose Suliaman said, “After watching the instant replay, I believe that there is no one in the world not thinking that a disqualification was one of the greatest mistakes ever in boxing.” Amen brother.
You’re kidding right?
On the other hand Yahoo. com’s boxing writer, Kevin Iole, makes the case that “poor old Francisco Lorenzo” is being unfairly treated by the WBC even though making the case that Lorenzo lost. Iole, by the by, is a former Las Vegas daily newspaper boxing and golf writer.
“Francisco Lorenzo’s actions at the end of his fight with Humberto Soto were cowardly, revolting and disgusting. He did the one thing he was required to do to claim the interim WBC super featherweight title. He won. The WBC, though, opted to ignore the official verdict, however tainted it may be, and declared the title vacant, “ said Iole.
He then makes the case that Soto never got the knockout as a “mistake by referee Joe Cortez started a bizarre sequence which resulted in Lorenzo feigning a head injury so as to win a fight he was about to lose.”
Way after the fact, “King” Keith, the Nevada Executive Director, said, “It was definitely a mistake and Joe acknowledges that.” Well actually your “Kingship,” Joe didn’t say anything until two weeks after the fight.
Iole continues, “It’s galling to have to give a guy a belt who was so thoroughly outclassed and who disgraced himself and his sport by behaving like he did. But the rules are the rules and they can’t only be applied when it’s convenient.”
Fine, except for the fact that the “punch” that was landed by Soto was not intentional, as the rules state it must be for a DQ: a fact that Iole fails to consider or mention.
Kudos’ to promoter Bob Arum who said, “Are you out of your mind?” talking to Iole. “Of course they (WBC) shouldn’t have given him the belt. He didn’t win that fight and it would be a disgrace to give him the belt. It’s ludicrous, absolutely ludicrous, to say otherwise.”
Iole answered, “Of course, it’s not ludicrous. Upholding an official’s judgment call is a fundamental truth in sports.”
Not even close. A “fundamental truth in sports” is getting it right, that’s why there’s instant replay. The WBC got it right and the Nevada Commission is playing CYA’s. Iole does make a great point however when he asks, “You just wonder if the Mexican-based WBC would have made the same ruling had it been Soto, a native of Mexico, who had been fouled and won by disqualification, and not Lorenzo, a Dominican.”
Great question for future generations.
Last week in Boxing – (Las Vegas) Torres-Holt
Ricardo Torres (32-1) vs. Kendall Holt (23-2) met on September 1 of last year for the WBO jr. welter title. The fight, held in Colombia, was a classic where the hometown guy and fans wrecked havoc on the ‘tourista’. A check of the gray matter seem to bring back a memory of referee Genaro Rodriguez, who wasn’t good enough to be terrible or had put a bet on Torres.
Holt lost by an 11th round KO after being assaulted by various flying objects including a full beer. Imagine tossing a full beer away? Sacrilegious.
Holt recalls that he was hit in the face by a full beer can someone from the audience hurled into the ring after he had knocked down Torres in round six. For Torres’ part he has a different view. “I don’t remember the first fight being controversial at all,” he said
Holy Cow! What a rematch took place Saturday, July 5, 2008 in Las Vegas. No controversy this time. The futile mind of ‘Flac Extraordinaire’ Johnny B wrote: “Hagler-Hearns gave way to Holt-Torres on Saturday as fireworks arrived a day late in Las Vegas. In one of the most dramatic and explosive opening rounds and rematches in recent memory, Kendall ‘Rated R’ Holt and Ricardo Torres combined to knock each other down three times in 61 seconds.”
It took only 34 seconds of the initial stanza for Holt to hit the deck twice. The first knockdown at 13 seconds came as the result of a right to the head. Holt bounced up but 21 seconds later referee Jay Nady was counting again and asking Holt, “Are you OK?” To which Holt answered in the affirmative.
“I never saw the first knockdown coming,” said Holt. “I looked away and was distracted. I saw the second knockdown coming, but I couldn’t do anything about it.”
“I had him,” said Torres afterwards. “He was in my hands.”
A statement which was correct until Holt landed a hellish overhand right that had Torres collapsing to the canvas in another world. Torres was out colder than a punter with no money … honey! Nadu could have counted to 100 but Holt would still be the new WBO jr. welterweight champion. Torres said later, “I got careless.” One could say that.
(Oberhausen, Germany) Strum-Griffin
At the Oberhausen Arena, in Germany, Felix Sturm (29-2-1) was defending his WBA middleweight title against Randy Griffin (24-1-3). These two met in October of ’07 where they battled to a flat-footed draw. “Flat-footed draw?” Each boxer won on 1 scorecard with the third card being a draw.
Not the case this time as Strum got the “attaboy” from all three judges (118-110, 116-113, 116-112) and so retains his title.
(Panama City)
Cordoba-Arboleda
In Panama City, Ricardo “Maestrito” Cordoba (33-1-2) may have paved the way for a rematch with Poonsawat Kratimdaeng, who is the only man to beat him, after Cordoba got the decision over countryman Jose Arboleda for the right to an interim title shot.
When Cordoba met Poonsawat the first time for the interim WBA bantam title, Poonsawat won on a spilt decision. Cordoba now wants a rematch but not in Thailand.
“I am now looking forward to a rematch with Poonsawat but in Panama,” said Cordoba. “I was victimized by the judges in Thailand and there`s no way I am going back there!”
Strange to hear a tourist speak about being victimized in the ‘Land of Smiles.’ The judging in that fight could have been questioned but with little basis in fact. The “oriental judge” gave it to Poonsawat, the Latin judge to Cordoba and the Farang called it for Poonsawat. No problem.
And the chances of Poonsawat going to Panama to fight Panamanian Cordoba? Zero, Zip, Nada.
Must do
It is an unwritten rule that if there is a heavyweight championship fight it must be mentioned in this column. In the case of Wladimir Kiltschko (50-3) who defends against Tony Thompson (31-1) in Hamburg next Saturday, it’s to warn people not to watch.
Klitschko’s last out against Sultan Ibragimov was so bad that evens Klitschko’s trainer Manny Stewart lost interest. This outing against Thompson will probably be the same. Thompson has a little pop with 19 KO’s from 31 fights which means Klitschko will “kinda jab” while protecting his beautiful face from any punches. Sleep inducing.
Jeeves jives
“Your Lordship, Sir Frog asks the following question: ‘Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (35-1) stopped Jason Butar Butar (2-3). Typical Thailand to make your record nice and healthy. How can they allow that?’”
Well Jeeves, as you go about retrieving the chilled lager, preparing my cigar and arranging the musical entertainment, I can answer that in three words: “This is Thailand.”

McDonald nets monthly award

PSC golf from The Bunker

Monday, June 23, Eastern Star - Stableford
1st Enda Norton (23) net 67
2nd John McDonald (5) net 73
3rd William Macey (10) net 77
4th Reg Smart (24) net 80
Playing a Medal round at Eastern Star is never easy and it was made that much more tricky by having several temporary greens.

John McDonald (left) was June’s ‘golfer of the month’ at the Bunker Bar.

It didn’t stop Enda Norton though as he posted a great score, he came in with a five-under par net 67 to take the honours followed by John McDonald in second place with a net 73. William Macey took third spot net 77 and Reg Smart edged out Jim Payne on a count back to take fourth place with net 80.
Enda took one of the near pin prizes too along with William Macey, John King and Peter Habgood.
Wednesday, June 25, Khao Kheow - Stableford
1st John McDonald (5) 34pts
2nd Jeff Wylie (5) 32pts
3rd William Macey (10) 28pts
John McDonald put himself in the driving seat for the ‘golfer of the month’ title today by winning this stableford competition with 34 points. He was two points ahead of second placed Jeff Wylie and third place was taken up by William Macey with 28 points.
William and John both won a near pin prize too along with Reg Smart and Paul Smith.
Friday, June 27, Green Valley - Medal
1st Alan Sullivan (16) net 66
2nd Richard Baldotto (27) net 73
3rd John McDonald (5) net 76
Alan Sullivan turned in a superb card to win today with a fabulous six-under par net 66 at Green Valley. Richard Baldotto, playing his final game before returning to the UK, came second with net 73 and John McDonald sealed the ‘golfer of the month’ title with his third place finish on net 76 – congratulations to “Johnny Mac” (and a few Bunker Boy’s lost a few bob to this canny old Aussie Bookie!)
Near pins went to the same old faces, namely William Macey, Paul Smith, John McDonald and the exception being “Charlie” Gooch who has just returned from an extended stint working away. So welcome back Charlie.
Wednesday, July 2, Crystal Bay – Medal
1st Paul Smith (3) net 71
2nd Geoff Parker (15) net 72
3rd Reg Smart (24) net 73
Playing medal at Crystal Bay, Paul Smith got back to winning ways with a fine one-under par net 71 for the win, but he was only one shot ahead of Geoff Parker who carded a respectable level par net 72 to finish second, which was also one shot ahead of third placed Reg Smart’s net 73.
Paul Smith also won a near pin prize too, as did PJ Redmond, Mashi Kaneta and Geoff Cox.
Friday, July 4, Green Valley - Stableford
1st Stan Kure (13) 39pts
2nd Paul Smith (3) 37pts
3rd Mashi Kaneta (11) 36pts
Playing stableford at Green Valley today there were some pretty impressive scores on what is by no means considered an easy course - but Stan Kure tore it up. Stan won with 39 points ahead of Paul Smith, who was two points behind, and Mashi Kaneta came in third a further point back.
Stan won one of the near pin prizes as did William Macey and two near pins went to Aussie, Adam Cashmore.

All Don and dusted at The Emerald

Sus takes it by two

PSC golf from The Three Sisters Bar

Winner Sus Ige, right, with runner-up Dale Murphy.

Well, the axe finally fell on Bob Benda as he did not make the top spot for the day. Sus Ige again had the hot hand and scored 35 points off a handicap of 11. As the middle of the month rolls around, the handicaps have made the competition a little stiffer.
In second place this week was Dale Murphy. He is always waiting in the wings to see who falters before pouncing. Dale came in with 33 points - not that he played so good but all the others played so bad.
Hopefully everyone will be in good shape after celebrating the weekend and will be ready for next week.

Daily events are family affairs

IPGC golf from Donovan’s

June 30 thru July 2 -Soi Dao Trip (3 days)
Men’s Flight
1st Paul Maddes (24) 112pts
2nd Jim Brackett (6) 107pts
3rd Ray Dell (13) 107pts
Ladies Flight
1st Gib Jaroenpok (34) 113pts
Kudos to Pierre Bietry who organized a getaway to Soi Dao which was well attended by 28 golfers. Newcomer Paul Maddes parlayed a joint first on Day One into a Men’s Division leading 112 points. Jim Brackett and Ray Dell were knotted at 107 points. Gib Jaroenpok had the best Ladies’ score and the best overall score with her 113 points. While the condition of the course was not up to its usual standard, the weather was dry and the company fantastic.
Thursday July 3, Green Valley (White Tees) - Stableford
Men’s Flight
1st Robbie Bennett (19) 38pts
2nd Steve Mascari (2) 35pts
Ladies Flight
1st Mol Thongkiew (18) 32pts
2’s: Robbie Bennett, Phil Mitchell, Steve Mascari, Mol Thongkiew, Nok Somporn
It was a good day for the Bennett household as Robbie topped the Men out at 38 points and Mol took the Ladies title with 32 points. The Pres took the second spot on the Men’s side.
Saturday, July 5, Green Valley (White Tees) - Stableford
Men’s Flight
1st Oddvar Rykke (17) 35pts
2nd Mark Sherwood (4) 35pts
3rd Steve Mascari (2) 35pts
Ladies Flight
1st Gib Jaroenpok (34) 33pts
2’s: Oddvar Rykke (2), Mark Sherwood, Jack Spencer, Eddy Beilby
Just as happened on Thursday, a single household won both the Men’s and Ladies divisions. Oddvar the Tentmaker topped out the men and his significant other, Gib, was the best of the gals.
Woody Sherwood showed he learned a little golf while carrying a loop on the tour as he took a count back losing second place. The Pres had the last crumbs as a four-way count back ended up showing Mike the Mechanic the door.

Big Ben chimes 44 times

IPGC golf from Lewiinski’s

Sunday, June 29, Green Valley - Stableford
A Flight
1st Gareth Gill (10) 39pts
2nd Roy Thornton (13) 37pts
3rd Bruce Milner (14) 37pts
B Flight
1st Tony Cotter (15) 39pts
2nd Sim Davis (19) 39pts
3rd Mick Gors (19) 37pts
Near Pins: Terry Phur, Ray Fowlis, Bob Lindburg and Eric Desmond.
2’s: Don Lehmer, Bob Lindburg, Jeremy Massie, Ray Fowlis and John Deardon.
Forty-four golfers turned out to play this weeks Sunday stableford comp, but this was far from customer friendly. Nearly all the pins were as far back as possible, a course made in heaven for Peter Ring, but Peter was back in Ireland on business. So on with the show.
Winning the senior flight was the big Geordie, Gareth Gill with 39pts, equal best score of the day. Second in a three-way count back was Roy Thornton MBE on 37pts over Bruce Milner in third and leaving Mark “Happy Shoes” Wood as the unlucky participant.
B Flight was also a tight affair with Tony Cotter, brother to the right honorable, just scraping home on 39pts after edging Sim Davis on count back into second place. Rounding off the flight was Mick Gors with 37pts on count back over the unlucky Terry Phur.
Roy’s inaugural competition “the hidden six” began this week and the lucky winner was Eddie the Eagle with second prize going to Don Lehmer.
Tuesday, July 1, Laem Chabang - Stableford
A Flight
1st Ben O’Conner 44pts
2nd Tony Cotter 41pts
3rd Vic Hestor 40pts
Eighteen golfers took advantage of the low season to play the A/B nines on this great course. Thirty-six points here would normally get you on the podium, but not today. Winning the day with an unbelievable 44 points was the Kerry man, big Ben O’Conner.
Second place went to the County Cork champ, Tony Cotter with a superb 41 points and Vic Hester took third place on 40 points to stop the Paddy’s in there tracks.
Seamus must be there some where? Oh yes he had a ‘2’, along with Paul West and Terry Melvin who had a pair.
That was the end of this week’s golf, because of the Major renovations that are in progress at Lewiinski’s.
Note: Lewiinski’s is situated on Pattaya Land Soi 1, Beach Road, Soi 13/3 near to Walking Street. Anyone wishing to play with us just pop in and add your name to the list or give Colin a call on 089 826 0764. Transport is provided to our golf venues.

Officials plan next year’s Pattaya Professional Women’s Tennis Open

Photo shows: (left to right) Waran Chalermrittichai, Dusit Thani Pattaya’s director of administration; Niran Wattanasasathorn, former city mayor; Ittiphol Khunplume, Pattaya mayor; Geoffrey Rowe, managing director of Pentangle Promotions and Chatchawal Supachayanont, hotel general manager as they emerged from the 2009 WTA- Professional Women’s Tennis Tournament meeting held at Dusit Thani Pattaya.

The Dusit Thani Pattaya recently hosted a meeting to discuss next year’s 18th World Tennis Association (WTA) Professional Women’s Tennis Tournament to be held in Pattaya. The meeting was attended by Pattaya City Mayor Ittiphol Khunplome and his predecessor Niran Wattanasasathorn, Geoffrey Rowe, managing director of event organizer Pentangle Promotions, Waran Chalermrittichai, director of administration of Dusit Thani Pattaya and Chatchawal Supachayanont, the hotel general manager.
The five-star hotel hosted this year’s tennis Open held in February that saw a younger generation of aspiring tennis players on the courts. Polish tennis star Agnieszka Radwanska grabbed the victory from America’s Jill Craybas 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (4). It was the second WTA title for the tennis sensation from Poland. Dusit Thani Pattaya has been the venue of the prestigious event for 17 years now and sources say the 2009 tournament promises to be bigger, better and packed with more thrills and excitement than ever, as numerous top-seeded women players will be participating.

Taylor ‘Powers’ to Desert Classic title

Howie Reed
With the ‘League of Legends’ taking a week off, international darts interest focused instead on the players of the PDC (Professional Darts Corporation) who invaded Las Vegas, Nevada for the annual Desert Classic.
Just as Tiger Woods dominates golf (when he plays), so Phil Taylor dominates the sport of darts. He simply is better than anyone else on a day-by-day basis. Every day.
Those unfamiliar with the format of “major” PDC events might not know that there is a tournament (Players Championship), then a tournament within a tournament (Qualifying) and then a tournament within a tournament within a tournament (Las Vegas Desert Classic).
The event opened with the Las Vegas Players Championship which is restricted to the top 32 players in the Order of Merit. No surprises here as Phil Taylor took the final over Blackburn’s “Rocket” Ronnie Baxter 3 sets to 1.
Qualifying Rounds
The next two days were set for those outside the top 12 in the Order of Merit to qualify for the knockout 32 rounds of the tournament proper. Baxter was unlucky as he was ranked #13 and lost in the qualifying twice to “newcomer” Jelle Kaasen; the second time with a 127 check on the bull.
Kaasen, while a “newcomer” to the PDC, has impressive credentials as he was a champion on the minor league BDO (British Darts Organization) circuit.
Round of 32
The first round of stage and TV play had a couple of minor surprises. No. 2 seed and world champion John Part lost to qualifier Mervyn King 6-4. Holland’s Roland Shelton, “The Human Tripod”, was down 0-3 to Barrie Bates but took 6 of the next 7 to get a 6-4 win and move on. The match between Phil Taylor and Kevin Painter was clearly the match of the day. Taylor got a 6-4 win after leading 3-0, with a scoring average of 36.28. Painter was just a tick below at 34.50.
The final matches had no big surprises. Defending Desert Classic champion, Raymond van Barneveld, coasted 6-0 over Matt Clark as 2003 champ Peter Manley moved on 6-2 over Steve Marsh.
Round of 16
The 16 to 8 round of TV play had some real excitement. Peter Manley down 4-1 came back to scalp Adrian Lewis 8-6. The two combined for 36 tosses of 100+, 15-140’s and 13-180’s. Try that at home.
Only one match went to the 15th leg and that was Andy Hamilton against Jelle Klaasen. Tied at 7, Hamilton took advantage of a 180 and some misfiring on the part of Klaasen to hit double 5 and move on. “Best double 5 I ever hit”, said Hamilton.
Roland Scholten got an 8-6 win over world No. 5 Terry Jenkins by hitting double tops in legs 13 and 14. Qualifier Alan Taben got the biggest win of his career when he sent defending champion Raymond van Barneveld, aka Barney, back across the pond 8-4. Taben did it by running off four on the trot after the match was tied.
Oh yes, Phil Taylor hardly broke a sweat beating Dennis Priestley 8-4.
Quarter Finals
And then there were eight, with Roland Scholten having the easiest time with a 11-2 win over Mervyn King as the format moved to best of 22 legs. James Wade went up 10-4 against Andy Hamilton coasting to an 11-7 win. Peter Manley moved on with an 11-8 win over Alan Tabern who fought back from 5-1 down to level at 6. Manley took control with a “shanghai” 120 finish, much as the Lord of Pattaya, Mr. Stefan Lord, did for Roxy Bar in April. He also had finishes of 161, 117 and a 13 darter. “One Dart” Manley moved on to play James Wade.
If you had gone to the PDC official website you would have read, “Phil Taylor survived a scare from Adrian Gray.” Hogwash. Let’s see, I’m Phil Taylor the greatest player on the planet and I’m down 3-1 in a match that’s first to 11. Am I scared? You’re joking. No I win 10 of the next 11 legs, win 11-4 and get ready to face Roland Scholten in the semis.
Semi and Finals
Not a lot of drama in the semi-finals but some great play by King Phil. He hit on 11 of 13 out shots while winning 4 legs against the darts for an 11-2 spanking of Roland Scholten. Number 3 in the world James Wade came from 8-6 down against Peter Manley to win 5 on the trot for an 11-8 win.
The final was aptly characterized by Sky Sports headline: “Power surge flattens Wade.”
The match itself had some high drama and some great darts. After leading 4-0 Taylor allowed Wade to edge closer at 5-3. That’s when the Power surge kicked in as Taylor went 5-1 over the next 6 as Wade muddled about with his mid game.
At 10-5 Wade made 126 disappear with a bull to temporarily unplug The Power. Taylor used 14 and 13 darts to move within one leg of a win. Wade then turned on a little power of his own with a pair of T80’s and an 11-darter. Wade took the next leg also for his 7th winning leg. It would be Wade’s last of the match when Taylor used a T80 and his own 11-darter for the win.
Taylor post match said the win against Wade was “something special.” Taylor won $50,000 USD for his week in Las Vegas. Surprised he didn’t say. “Mom they’re giving money away in Las Vegas.”