PSC Golf from The Growling Swan
Monday, Feb. 8, Pattaya C.C.- Stableford
A fantastic field of 35 spritely golfers gathered for the Growling Swan trip to Pattaya Country Club to play a stableford event. Warm welcomes were extended to Gert Riedler, David Marshall & John Ferris.
Pre-game, Gerri Crilly summised that a good golf partner is one who’s always slightly worse than you are… that’s why Gerri gets so many requests to play with friends. Gerri’s sledging of late has peaked, so much so that he even makes fun of his own bad haircut.
(L to R) Pierre Cere, Khan Speechley & John Anderson.
On course, we played off the white tees in cool conditions. The course played tough with bare hardpan lies. The green keeper must have had a big night out because many hole locations were on slopes, which made putting very difficult on the slick greens
Fred Cuypers, Troy Pickford and Paul Jackson enjoyed resounding wins in their respective grades. On a packed leader board the highly excited Khan Speechley, Ian Masterson, Dennis Steele and Peter Grey all snuck in to enjoy podium finishes.
A Flight (0-17)
1st Fred Cuypers (17) 37pts
2nd Mark Stapleton (17) 34pts
3rd Dennis Steele (14) 34pts
B Flight (18-25)
1st Troy Pickford (19) 38pts
2nd Khan Speechley (18) 33pts
3rd F Starbeck (18) 33pts
C Flight (26+)
1st Paul Jackson (36) 37pts
2nd Peter Grey (36) 33pts
3rd Ian Masterson (35) 32pts
Near Pins: #5 Ebrahim, #7 Troy Pickford, #12 Piere Cere, #16 Alain Taddai
Long Putts: #9 Dennis Steele, #18 Martin Todd
Thursday, Feb. 11, Greenwood – Stableford
Four buses loaded with 31 enthusiastic golfers departed from The Swan for the one hour plus trip up the highway to Greenwood Golf Club. Most of the bus banter was about the grudge match that was about to take place as Geri Chilly and Jayson Schembri had challenged Shane (Jockey) Young and Peter Grey to a winner takes all contest.
(L to R) Paul Jackson, Troy Pickford & Fred Cuypers.
The weather was in our favour with a bit of cloud cover and a slight breeze from time to time. The course was in great nick although there was little run on the fairways but the greens were playing true and we were all in for an interesting game of golf. We played courses A & B from the yellow tees.
Pierre showed the way yet again in Div. 1, with Peter Bars and Don Richardson filling the miner places. In Div. 2 it was a bigger story as Khan Speechley shot an amazing 48 points from his handicap of 18, what a great effort. Coming in second and third were Ebrahim and newcomer Bernie Stevens. Div3 was taken out by John Anderson who appears to have hit a purple patch, with JC Lhoste and Ian Masterson filling second and third podium spots.
With regards to the ‘grudge match’, Young and Grey did everything right on the front nine and started the tenth with an eleven shot lead. To their credit, Crilly and Schembri fought themselves back into the game but the margin was too great and they fell four points short.
Div. 1
1st Pierre Cere (11) 40pts
2nd Peter Bass (14) 37pts
3rd Don Richardson (14) 37pts
Div. 2
1st Khan Speechley (18) 48pts
2nd Ebrahim Al-Ansari (17) 39pts
3rd Bernie Stevens (19) 38pts
Div. 3
1st John Anderson (29) 38pts
2nd JC Lhoste (29) 35pts
3rd Ian Masterson (35) 34pts
Near Pins: A2 Pierre Cere, A6 Martin Todd, B3 Ashley Taylor, B5 Don Richardson.
Long Putts: A9 Ebrahim, B9 Martin Todd.
Note: The GS is a “friendly” golf outlet and caters for and encourages all golfers, young and old, male or female to have a hit on any of our weekly outings. We generally play Mondays and Thursdays at one of the many fine golf courses in and around Pattaya. Please contact Peter Grey if you are interested in playing on 0861 503086.
The Growling Swan also caters to the bowls enthusiasts. Bus transport departs the GS on Sundays at 10am for open grass bowling at The Retreat. Please contact Paul Rennison on 0843 005 if you wish to partake. The cost including return bus transport, bowling fees and a hot lunch is about 400 baht, so great value for a day out!
