The Outback Golf Bar
Monday, Nov. 13, Burapha – Stableford
A field of 18 took on A and B courses at Burapha where the top five places were paid.
Roger Ellis and Peter Nixon both scored an impressive 39 points but Roger prevailed for top spot with 23 points on the back nine. Third and fourth were also split on count-back after John Fitzgerald and Peter Stonebridge both finished with 38 points, with John registering the better back nine. In fifth place came Kim Danboise on 37 points.
There was only one 2, coming from Howard Marson.
Monday, Nov. 13, Plantation – Stableford
10 players made the short trip to play Plantation Golf Course and Ian Heddle finished top of the heap after edging a count-back over Brendan Cope, both with 40 points overall. Jamie Donaldson came in third with 38 points.
Wednesday, Nov. 15, Khao Kheow – Stableford
On a very hot and humid day 13 played the A and B links at Khao Kheow.
John Hoddy was the man of the day as he recorded 39 points for the win while 2 points in arrears were Steve Plant and Brad Jordison, the count-back ensuring that they finished in that order.
There were two ‘2’s, coming from Brad Jordison and Billy Watkins.
Wednesday, Nov. 15, Siam Waterside – Stableford
A field of 12 took on Siam Waterside where Chris Davidson had a great score of 40 points to take the victory on the day. Bill Bockstahler was just one back in second place while Gregory Jones took third with 37.
Mark Rossiter recorded the only ‘2’ of the day.
Friday, Nov. 17, Green Valley – Stableford
A Flight
1st Vic Hester 46pts
2nd Dennis Pelly 43pts
3rd Paul Hack 42pts
4th Keith Allen 40pts
5th Peter Nixon 39pts
B Flight
1st John Stafford 44pts
2nd Bob Mattes 37pts
3rd Steve Plant 37pts
4th Dave Atkinson 36pts
5th Barney Clarkson 36pts
A large group of 37 players resulted in 2 divisions with 5 places in each. There were some amazing scores which surely requires a review of the slope on this course.
John Stafford won the second division with a fantastic 44 points but even that was overshadowed by Vic Hester’s 46-point effort in the top flight.
Seven ‘2’s came from Peter Nixon (2), Jamie Donaldson, Sugar Ray, Dennis Pelly, John Stafford and Raivo Velsberg.
Friday, Nov. 17, Green Valley – Medal
We finally got our all important Grand Finale medal (scheduled for September) in. The previous two attempts at playing this medal got rained out, so a big sigh of relief for everyone.
The day got off to a pretty good start with 11 monthly finalists and a further 32 players doing battle. The course is in pretty good condition and I suspect it was setup pretty easy since we had nine ‘2’ on the day, coming from David Atkinson, Eddy Beilby, Eng Cotterell, Reijo Heiskanen, Gerry Hughes, Peter Nixon, Paul Smith (2), and Pierre Zbinden.
The battle for first place was tough, with 4 players sharing 6th place with a net 69. In joint 2nd place with 68 net were 4 more players, namely Kim Danboise, Tony Oakes, Dave Stockman and Eng Cotterell, but the overall winner and our first qualified entrant for next year’s final 12 is Reijo Heiskanen, who played just too well with his net 67 and beat the field by a shot. Paul Smith won lowest gross with a brilliant net 73.
For the big prize worth a trip of THB 20,000 to Hua Hin in March next year, Tony Oakes continued his excellent form of late to narrowly beat Eng Cotterell on count-back to win the Grand Final. Well done Tony!
