PSC golf from The Growling Swan
Monday, May 26, Bangpakong – Stableford
With the smallish field we had just the one division with 5 places and there were also rewards for nearest the pin on two of the par 3’s and longest first putt on the 18th green.
There were 2 golfers who had no trouble at all with the greens and scored 44 points each and the resultant count back saw Takeshi Hakozaki (24 point back nine) being declared the winner, with John Davis (23 point back nine) in second place. Then came three players all with 39 points, which meant another count back that left Nolan “Notso” Wise (21 point back nine & 14 points on the last 6 holes) finish third from Mark “Westy” West (21 point back nine and 13 points on the last 6 holes) in fourth place and Nigel Cannon (19 point back nine) taking fifth.
Mark West, Gerd Riedler & Gary Monley.
1st Takeshi Hakozaki (13) 44pts
2nd John Davis (15) 44pts
3rd Nolan Wise (36) 39pts
4th Mark West (13) 39pts
5th Nigel Cannon (25) 39pts
Near Pins: 4th – Alain Taddei, 13th – Niall Stuart
Long Putts: 18th – Alain Taddei
Thursday, May 29, Mt. Shadow – Stroke/Monthly Mug
We had an excellent field of 31 for this the May Monthly Mug competition. In addition to the main award we were able to have 2 divisions with 5 prizes in each division plus rewards for nearest the pins all the par threes and longest first putts on the 9th & 18th greens.
Probably our most consistent golfer at the minute is Gerd Riedler and he was the winner of the Mug (his second) with a fine net 71.
Geri Crilly & Ebrahim.
Mark West was declared the winner in Division A with a net 72 and with 2 golfers on net 74 a count back saw Mike “Hunter” Gosden (net 34 back nine) finish second from your writer Peter “Blacky” Blackburn (net 35 back nine) in third spot. Ebrahim came fourth with a net 75 and fifth place went to Alain “Inspector Clouseau” Taddei who finished with a net 76.
In B Division the winner was Gary Monley with net 75, Andrew “Turtle” Allen came second with a net 78 and Fred Dineley was third with a net 81. There were 2 golfers tied on net 83 and the resultant count back determined that Frank “Woody” Donnelly (net 40 back nine) finished in fourth place from Geri Crilly (net 41 back nine) in fifth spot.
Monthly Mug
1st Gerd Riedler (7) net 71
A Division (0-22)
1st Mark West (13) net 72
2nd Mike Gosden (12) net 74
3rd Peter Blackburn (12) net 74
4th Ebrahim (13) net 75
5th Alain Taddei (15) net 76
B Division (23+)
1st Gary Monley (33) net 75
2nd Andrew Allen (32) net 78
3rd Fred Dineley (23) net 81
4th Frank Donnelly (23) net 83
5th Geri Crilly (26) net 83
Near Pins: 5th – Paul Sharples, 8th – Russell Calcutt, 15th – Mashi Kaneta
Long Putts: 9th – Lindsay Slender, 18th – Mike Gosden
Monday, June 2, Crystal Bay A & C – Stableford
It was time to play our monthly game at the popular Crystal Bay Golf Course with 18 starters on the sheet.
Ian Steele, Rocky Lawson & Peter Blackburn.
I had the pleasure of marking the Division A winner’s card, and playing some excellent golf it was Ebrahim who finished in first place with an outstanding 44 points. There were 2 golfers with 37 points so a count back was necessary to decide the minor placings and as a result it was John Davis (16 point back nine) who finished second ahead of your writer Peter “Blacky” Blackburn (15 point back nine) in third spot.
In Division B Geri Crilly was declared the winner with 37 points with Russell Calcutt second on 36 and Nolan “Notso” Wise finished third with 35.
Division A (0-22)
1st Ebrahim (13) 44pts
2nd John Davis (14) 37pts
3rd Peter Blackburn (12) 37pts
Division B (23+)
1st Geri Crilly (26) 37pts
2nd Russell Calcutt (35) 36pts
3rd Nolan Wise (36) 35pts
Near Pins: A8 – Mark West, C4 – Geri Crilly
Long Putts: A9 – Ken Hole, C9 – Mark West
Thursday, June 5, Treasure Hill – Stableford
After some heavy overnight rain it was a gloomy Thursday morning as we made our way up 331 to the challenging Treasure Hill Golf Course. Our first four ball got away at 9.50 am in very light drizzling rain which soon stopped and the golf course was in terrific shape and just gets better all the time.
A Division winner was your writer, Peter “Blacky” Blackburn with 37 points and Mike Allidi came second with 35. With 3 golfers scoring 34 points a count back was required which resulted in third place being awarded to Mashi Kaneta (17 point back nine) with Gerd Riedler (16 point back nine) and Ebrahim (15 point back nine) just missing out.
Ian Steele was the winner of Division B with 30 points and John Anderson was second on 27, with Sandy “Cindy Lauper” Leiper in third spot with 25.
Division A (0-14)
1st Peter Blackburn (12) 37pts
2nd Mike Allidi (2) 35pts
3rd Mashi Kaneta (14) 34pts
Division B (15+)
1st Ian Steele (23) 30pts
2nd John Anderson (21) 27pts
3rd Sandy Leiper (34) 25pts
Near Pins: 6th – Mashi Kaneta, 17th – Ebrahim
Long Putts: 9th – Mickey Nield, 18th – Gerd Riedler
Note: Growling Swan Golf welcomes golfers of any persuasion – low & high handicappers alike, female golfers and beginners. We generally play Mondays & Thursdays, meeting at The Growling Swan in Soi Chaiyapoon at 8.00 am with transport departing at 8.30 am. For bookings or more information please contact Peter on 0806 351 386 or email to petermalcolmblackburn @gmail.com.
We also play bowls out of the Growling Swan every Wednesday and Sunday. Sunday is Lawn Bowls and Wednesday is Indoor Bowls. All are welcome and for more information please contact Paul Rennison on 0843 454 005.
