The Pattaya Golf Society (IPGC) at Rabbi’s Elephant Bar
On Monday, 8th July, the Pattaya Golf Society paid an overdue visit to Pleasant Valley golf club to play a stableford competition from the blue tees on a cool and overcast day with damp conditions underfoot, good fairways and slow greens.
For most of the field it was a first visit to the course and scoring got off to a ponderous start as golfers found their feet on the track where yardage markers were a hindrance, rather than a help. With the advice of some good caddies however Craig Thomas, Geoff Reynolds and Mike Marshall managed to record 35 points for a share of third place only to see a fourth Aussie, Alan Walker, take first place with an excellent 39 points.
There were no birdie ‘2’s and the return of Icelandic golfer, Kerry Jonsson, with split figures of nine and seventeen saw the Booby Bevy go to a deserving cause.
The day was splendidly marshalled by Robbie Taylor and his reward was Rabbi’s “non-winner’s” free beer. Pleasant Valley had lived up to its name again.
Takeshi takes another win
The Pattaya Golf Society visited Pattana on Wednesday, 10th July to play a stableford competition on the C and A nines which were in excellent condition but soft, and from the white tees the course was a tough challenge demanding accuracy and length.
It was little wonder then that only a quarter of the field managed a score of thirty points or more with Dave Edwards and Phil Carter sharing third place with 34 points. A golfer going “great guns” at present is Takeshi Hakozaki and he continued his latest winning ways with an excellent return of 35 points, giving him the best gross of the day, 82, as well.
There were no birdie ‘2’s and the Booby Bevy went to Dick Batson for misplacing his golf shoes somewhere between the bar and the clubhouse, thus incurring the extra expense of hiring a pair for the day. The things some people do for a day’s golf at Pattana!
Competent Carter
On Friday, 12th July, the Pattaya Golf Society visited Khao Kheow to play a stableford competition on the A and C nines. The day was fine but the state of the fairways was of concern with many bare patches, similar to the condition of the B nine over the last two years, which has caused the relaying of seven fairways.
An inauspicious start to the day then which saw a few good scores only. With Aussies Geoff Reynolds and Mike Marshall posting scores of thirty-plus the only lady in the field, Orawan Meeraka was making a good fist of things with 35 points. The best score of the day however was the 37 points returned by Phil Carter having played well at Pattana also two days before.
There were no birdie ‘2’s and Rod Black’s seven points out and fifteen points back assured him of the Booby Bevy.
Khao Kheow is very disappointing at present and may well fall off the PGS schedules as a result, at a time when course selection is paramount to Pattaya’s discerning golfers.
