Travellers Rest Golf Group
The weather may have improved this past week but my golf certainly didn’t and neither did it for my three playing partners, it was like watching Nightmare on Elm Street, or should that be Nightmare at Eastern Star?
All began fairly quietly except for my opening drive onto the neighbouring fairway, in fact by the sixth hole the caddies were racing ahead to distribute hard hats to any other players in the vicinity. The other three soon descended to my level, one started duck hooking or slicing everything out of bounds or into the water (there is a lot of water at Eastern Star), one couldn’t putt to save his life and four putts became his norm and the other guy who is normally brilliant around the greens started duffing twenty and thirty yard chips three feet ahead of him.
Mike Sanders – winner at Khao Kheow.
By the end the caddies were calling the Samaritans or the Thai equivalent to rush to the course before a mass suicide took place. Discussing things rationally after the debacle was concluded we all agreed it was the worst golf we had ever played and that somehow we had all managed collectively to upset the golfing gods and that there were dark forces in the area.
Elsewhere everything proceeded as normal.
Monday, Oct. 13, Khao Kheow – Stableford
Monday saw the TRGG head off to play Khao Kheow (C and B courses), never an easy course as the final scores reflected.
Mike Sanders, who has experienced his own golfing nightmares in the distant past, held it all together and marched confidently to the top of the leaderboard with a very conservative 34 points. He was closely followed by big Martin Cooper, who was in turn closely followed home by Tim Dalton (not literally).
1st Mike Sanders (6) 34pts
2nd Martin Cooper (3) 33pts
3rd Tim Dalton (19) 32pts
Wednesday, Oct. 15, Eastern Star – Stableford
On Wednesday you will already have gathered we were playing Eastern Star and as the TRGG golfers headed down the first fairway nobody could have forecast the carnage that would follow. Half the field failed to make it to 30 points and there is something really sad watching grown men cry and wandering round in a complete daze.
Mike Rushant – winner at Treasure Hill.
Some men, of course, are made from sterner stuff. Jim Sykes is one such guy and he took everything the course had to throw at him and held off all challengers to finish top dog. Mike Sanders had another good day and was only beaten to top spot on count back. Big hitting Jim Cleaver made it into third place.
1st Jim Sykes (11) 35pts
2nd Mike Sanders (6) 35pts
3rd Jim Cleaver (9) 33pts
Friday, Oct. 17, Treasure Hill – Stableford
The TRGG rounded off the week on Friday at another tough course, Treasure Hill. Did I say tough, not for recently returned Mike Rushant. Pocket battleship Mike stormed off with first place when he recorded an amazing 41 points. He left all others in his wake and it was only Neil Bramley who posted a more than respectable 37 points who got anywhere near him. David Booth also had a good day finishing third on 35.
1st Mike Rushant (13) 41pts
2nd Neil Bramley (8) 37pts
3rd David Booth (14) 35pts
Good luck to all you golfers for the coming week and if you would like to play a round of golf with the TRGG please phone Fergus Brennan on 086 056 7019 or pop into the Ned Kelly Bar in Soi Lengkee and add your name to the weekly lists which are posted on the notice board.
