The Jomtien Golf Society
Monday, Dec. 17, Pattavia – Stableford
A totally deserted car park upon arrival here and we teed off 30 minutes ahead of schedule. The cut today in the two divisions was 6-17 and 18+ and posting 37 points for the highest score of the day, Dave Howden won division 2 ahead of Rick Assi in second on 35. Andres van de Laan took third with 34 points and in fourth position was Louis Wong who beat Jim Connelly on a 17/16 countback.
Another back-nine countback (20/19) saw Jerry McCarthy beat Bob Poole in division 1 after they both came in with 36 points. Brian Keating was third on 35 points and in fourth was Harry Vincenzi.
Near pins went to (Div 1) Manny Deftereos, Ron Miller and Chris Slota, and (Div 2) John Carlin, Lars Strom and Harry Vincenzi.
Ron Miller birdied the 7th and Chris Slota the 4th for the only ‘2’s of the day.
Wednesday, Dec. 19, The Emerald – Stableford
Six groups teed off from the clubhouse and it was very busy behind us with at least 25 golfers waiting to follow.
We had an almost identical handicap cut and with 36 points on his card, Pete Sumner topped the podium in division 1 after an amazing 22 points on the back nine. Harry Vincenzi came in second with 35 points while the mad dentist Les Smith took third on 32 and Jerry McCarthy was fourth with 31.
Ray Daws with 20 on the front nine won division 2 with 34 points overall, Colin Aspinall was second one point behind, Bruce Gardner third on 32 and Louis Wong placed fourth one point behind Bruce.
Near pins were claimed by (Div 1) Brian Keating, Dennis Scougall and Les Smith (2), and (Div 2) Ray Daws, Frank Grainger and Louis Wong.
Willy Van Heetvelde recorded the only ‘2’ of the day with a birdie on the 7th.
Friday, Dec. 21, Eastern Star – Stableford
We were one golfer short for three divisions so five places on offer in two divisions with the equal cut at 9-17.5 and 18.2 plus.
Michael Healey recorded the best score of the day with 37 points to win division 1. Harry Vincenzi was second five points behind Michael on 32 and Grant Dickson beat Paul Butler on a 18/16 back-nine countback for third after they both came in with 31 points. In fifth place Dennis Scougall beat Pete Sumner 18/14 after two 30-pointers were recorded.
Frank Kelly was the winner in division 2 with 35 points, Ron Lavette took second on 34 and John Carlin claimed third with 31. We then had a 16/15 back-nine countback where Andres Van De Laan took fourth and Dave Howden fifth after two score of 30.
Near pins went to (Div 1) Grant Dickson (2), Brian Keating and Simon Kendall, and (Div 2) John Carlin, Bruce Gardner, Michael Healey and Harry Vincenzi.
Grant Dickson birdied the 13th and John Carlin the same hole in division 2 so no rollovers to next Friday.
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