The Jomtien Golf Society
Monday, March 26, Plutaluang – Stableford
On the way in to the clubhouse the East and South courses looked very busy but luckily we had the North and West nines booked today. The greens here were still very slick and some very tough pin positions were reflected in the scores.
There was a cut of 14-20 and 21+ in the two divisions and 34 points won division 1 for Tim Hake while John Upex was second on 33. Steve Godfrey placed third on 30 points and in fourth place, beating Paul Butler on a 10/9 back six count-back, was John Walsh after they both scored 29.
Steve Cliff took the win in division 2 with 33 points and Frank Grainger beat Theo Bahrt17/15 for second place after both scored 30 points each. Andres van De laan came in fourth with 28 points.
Near pins went to (Div 1) Steve Godfrey, Tim Hake and Dave Horne, and (Div 2) Alan Bissell, William Chang, Paul Sturgeon and Willy van Heetvelde.
Bob Comartin birdied the lighthouse hole for the only ‘2’ of the day.
Wednesday, March 28, Mt. Shadow – Stableford
The low season has now kicked in with us and the numbers are diminishing. The cut today was 14-16 and 20+ in division 2 and off the blue tees today at 6200 yards, Steven Cliff recorded the best score of the day, winning division 2 with 32 points. John Upex took second place behind Steven on 31 points, Theo Bahrt was third with one point less and in fourth came Paul Sturgeon with 28.
Bristol boy Bob Poole topped the podium in division 1 with a meagre 30 points, Tim Hake was second on 29 and fighting for third and fourth places, Ian Dodds beat Paul Butler on a 16/14 count-back after they both came in with 28 points.
Near pins were claimed by (Div 1) Tim Hake, Bob Poole and Dennis Scougall, and (Div 2) Steven Cliff, Frank Grainger and John Upex.
Bob Poole birdied the 17th for the only ‘2’ recorded today.
Friday, March 30, Eastern Star – Stableford
The weather forecast was not too promising today but there was still a good turnout with 7 groups out and the cut at 9-18 and 19+ in the 2 divisions. This course is still improving every week with some very slick greens and this was reflected in the scores today.
Raivo Velsberg, playing off 9, won division 1 with 35 points, Paul Butler was second on 34 and Frank Kelly beat Mark Cooper on a 19/17 count-back after they both came in with 33 points. In fifth place was Dennis Scougall on 30 points.
In his last game with us before his return back to the UK, Paul Sturgeon beat David Phillips 14/13 on the back six to win division 2 with 34 points each. Steven Cliff was third on 33 points, Theo Bahrt took fourth on 31 and after no game in three months Glyn Evans came in fifth with 30 points.
Near pins went to (Div 1) Brian Green and Dennis Scougall, and (Div 2) Colin Aspinall and Bill Kana.
There were no ‘2’s in either division.
