Traveller’s Rest Golf Group
Monday, Jan. 21, Khao Kheow – Stableford
Division 1
1st Ito Akitoshi (11) 41pts
2nd Mr Yamao (10) 37pts
3rd Kim Seung-Hwan (12) 32pts
Division 2
1st Toshi Shiraiwa (23) 36pts
2nd Y Takita (19) 34pts
3rd Thomas Knudsen (29) 33pts
Ryder Cup
Burapha A & B
1st Peter Nixon (09) 36pts
2nd Seil Peter (05) 36pts
3rd Fergus Brennan (14) 35pts
Burapha B & A
1st Colin Smith (11) 40pts
2nd Hung Jae-Lee (16) 39pts
3rd Jim Best (14) 39pts
Khao Kheow C & A courses were in perfect condition and in division two Toshi Shiraiwa finally got his name on the winner’s board by playing to his handicap and scoring 36 points. In division one it was the little “pocket rocket” Ito Akitoshi who dresses as though he’s going across the Sahara desert rather than the lush green fairways of a golf course, who brought Khao Kheow to its knees with a blistering 41 points.
Tuesday, Jan. 22, Green Valley – Stableford
Division 1
1st Mike Rushant (11) 40pts
2nd Lee Kwang-Jae (14) 38pts
3rd Yong Hyuen-Baek (12) 37pts
Division 2
1st Gabriel Enright (19) 40pts
2nd Pat Feeney (24) 37pts
3rd S.P. Lee (21) 37pts
Having recovered from the pressure of running the Pattaya Match Play competition it was time for Gabriel Enright to relax. This load off his shoulders certainly allowed him to concentrate on his game and resulted in a rise to the top of the leader board with a very credible 37 points.
In division one Mike “The Machine” Rushant was grinding out his weeks’ salary with another awesome display of consistency, there’s not a week goes by where you will not see Mike in the top three.
Wednesday, Jan. 23, Greenwood – Stableford
Division 1
1st Greg Bates (12) 41pts
2nd Yong Hyeun-Baek (10) 40pts
3rd Nick Thomas (13) 36pts
Division 2
1st Y Takita (27) 38pts
2nd S.P. Lee (32) 37pts
3rd Mike Koh (18) 37pts
Ryder Cup
Burapha B & C
1st Soren Hansen (19) 38pts
2nd Lee Kwang-Jae (14) 37pts
3rd Neil Wilkinson (13) 36pts
Burapha C & B
1st Joe Stranks (15) 39pts
2nd Peter Nixon (09) 39pts
3rd Brendan Cope (21) 37pts
Greg Bates obviously went home for some covert golfing lessons as he came back with a vengeance and absolutely smashed his way around Greenwood today, posting an amazing 41 points to finish ahead of Yong Hyeon-Baek who was snapping at his heels with 40 points.
In division two Y. Takita improved on his score from Monday with a very respectable 38 points.
Thursday, Jan. 24, The Emerald – Stableford
Division 1
1st Lawrence Lee (14) 36pts
2nd Paul Colfar (03) 34pts
3rd Yong Hyeun-Baek (11) 33pts
Division 2
1st Peter McGinty (24) 32pts
2nd Gabriel Enright (18) 31pts
3rd Suresh Mehta (19) 30pts
Emerald has four brilliant par three’s and is a well designed course. Peter McGinty took full advantage of his handicap and golfing expertise to completely destroy the course with a ‘blistering’ score of 32 points, leaving his golfing peers in total awe of his skill around the greens and accuracy through the fairway.
Meanwhile in division one another legend of golf was providing his playing partners with his golfing skills. Lawrence Lee may not hit the ball any great distance, which keeps him out of trouble, but he is normally pretty accurate.
Friday, Jan. 25, Burapha – Stableford
1st Daryl Harvey (28) 41pts
2nd Peter Williamson (15) 39pts
3rd Brendan Abbott (20) 39pts
Ryder Cup
Burapha C & D
1st Keith Buchanan (15) 43pts
2nd Neil Carter (11) 38pts
3rd Alan Thomas (07) 38pts
Burapha D & C
1st Lee Kwang-Jae (13) 38pts
2nd Kim Sang-Kyu (21) 36pts
3rd Soren Hansen (18) 36pts
This week combined with the Ryder Cup we catered for seventy four players off three different tees at Burapha. On A & B course we had our regular competition with some exceptional scores being posted. Deserved of a mention were second and third places who both scored thirty nine points – Brendan Abbott beaten on a countback by Peter Williamson. The winner with a superb 41 points was Daryl Harvey who obviously has a very capable golfer hiding somewhere within.
Saturday, Jan. 26, Plutaluang – Stableford
Division 1
1st Kim Suk-Bum (16) 40pts
2nd Bob Newman (10) 38pts
3rd Kim Seung-Hwan (12) 38pts
Division 2
1st Peter Cahill (18) 32pts
2nd Sam Lee (17) 32pts
3rd Warren Shelly (29) 32pts
We finished this week at Plutaluang where Peter Williamson was relegated to division two but rose to the occasion and creamed the opposition with an awe inspiring 38 points. In division one our good friend Sakai Yasuo emulated Peter’s score of 38 to take the win.
