The Pattaya Golf Society (IPGC) at Rabbi’s Elephant Bar
It was “Millionaires’ Golf” again as the Pattaya Golf Society visited an empty Silky Oak on Monday, 17th February to play a stableford competition on the enigmatic course. It was in fine condition but the greens had been unevenly sanded and were therefore tough to judge.
The two flights, cut at seventeen and under, made a good fist of things however and in the second flight Martin Hennessy finished in third place with 29 points on the eve of his departure back to Ireland. In second place was Mr Len with 31 points, only one behind the flight winner Tony Browne on 32. How he rued the three-putts which had blighted his card.
In the top flight Alan Flynn, Mike Earley and Ian Rowson all shared second place with 37 points but the winner was Ken Page, setting a PB for Pattaya golf, with a splendid 41 points.
Dave Moriarty and Phil “PJ” Mitchell both recorded birdie ‘2’s on the fifth and Larry Slattery’s luck saw no bounds as his non-winners’ card was pulled out for the fourth time in two weeks giving him another very lucky cool beer, courtesy of Rabbi.
It had been a good start to another golfing week for the popular Soi Buakhao based group.
Log jam at Khao Kheow
The Pattaya Golf Society was represented at Khao Kheow on Wednesday, 19th February by its largest field of the year so far that turned out to play a stableford event on the B and A nines, which were in good condition but with slow greens.
The two flights were cut at fifteen and under with those in the top flight playing from the longer yellow tees. Across the board scores were competitive with only one shot covering the first six places, as in the second flight Larry Slattery made third place with 34 points. The joint winners were Larry Ang and Murray Edwards both with 35 points.
In the yellow flight three golfers shared top spot with 35 points, namely John Chelo, Rick Schramm and Khun Arai.
The ‘2’s pot was shared by David Thomas, Chris Smith, Martin Grimoldby, Paul Sturgeon, Henry Mah and Murray Edwards whilst Richard Dobson again enjoyed the Booby Bevy for another lacklustre performance with a 15-4 split.
The day had been splendidly competitive at Khao Kheow.
Emerald, Page 2
On Friday, 21st February the Pattaya Golf Society visited Emerald in Ban Chang to play a stableford event on the popular course. A sharp shower just before the start almost put the competition in doubt but when it began to ease the group teed off with the local ‘lift and place’ rule applied. The large field was divided into two flights with the cut at seventeen and under and the course was damp and the greens were slow to start with.
Emerald is always a tough test of golf and a course on which Lady Luck plays a very active role, generally keeping scores at a respectable level. Today was no different with the second flight seeing Larry Ang take third place with 31 points, just one behind the second placed man Rod Stevens. The flight winner on his final round this trip was Canadian Harry Lankoff and his 34 points marked his best round in a few years of playing with the group.
In the top flight Mike Earley tied with Chris Smith on 31 points for third, the latter firing the day’s best gross figures of 78. In second place was Larry Slattery with 33 points but the winner was Ken Page, repeating his feat of Monday, this time 36 points giving him the victory.
The ‘2’s pot was shared by Wichai Tananusorn, Ian Rowson, Vic Woolton and Dave Plaiter, the latter’s being an eagle as a sixty yard wedge on the sixteenth unerringly found the bottom of the hole.
The Booby Bevy went to John Chelo who suffered an injury on the fifth and therefore “en-arred” on a course he enjoys. Rabbi’s consolation beer went to Paul Sturgeon.
Thus another successful and busy week with the PGS concluded, with the promise of more to come after a weekend’s rest.
