PSC Golf from The Growling Swan
Monday, Dec. 21, Mt. Shadow – Stableford
Many of our regulars have headed back to their families for the Christmas/New Year festivities, however on a whim and a prayer, 26 golfers rocked up for today’s jousting where the pre-game locker room banter was relentless.
On this day we played off the blue tees in pleasant conditions. Fine performances were displayed by Ian Parry and Kissy Buchanan, but it was the smiling assassin, John Anderson who stole the march in B Grade.
(L to R) Jason Schembri, Volker Buley & Tom McDowell.
At the other end of the scale, all Geri Crilly wanted for Christmas to go with his two front teeth was to play like John Anderson. Ando is clearly enjoying his multiple-winning form.
All and sundry were trying to gain some Christmas spending and whilst there were a few steady efforts, some were regrettable. Geri had a day to remember for all the wrong reasons, and was swabbed post game. It seems that Geri is like my football team and takes his performance enhancing pills after the game and not before.
A Flight
1st Ian Parry (11) 37pts
2nd Keith Buchanan (17) 36pts
3rd Ebrahim (16) 33pts
B Flight
1st John Anderson (27) 34pts
2nd Volker Buley (33) 31pts
3rd Patrick Poussier (25) 30pts
Near Pins: #5 Keith Buchanan, #8 Rita Zoebelli, #15 Sandy Leiper, #17 Rita Zoebelli
Long Putts: #9 Sandy Leiper, #18 Ian Masterson
Back at ‘The Swan’, the Christmas spirit kicked in and the ‘Coodabeen Champions’ celebrated with the winners. Dee Mark4 (charity dog) was delighted to receive many donations and the players are thanked for their continued generosity. Farewells were extended to JC Lhoste and Ian Parry.
Thursday, Dec. 24, Plutaluang – Monthly Mug
Plutaluang’s South and East nines off the yellow tees posed the challenge for the ‘Growlers’ on Thursday. We were originally set for Pattana GC, however their rates have gone through the roof and they lost our 34 starters.
John Anderson (left) with Ian Parry.
In the spirit of Christmas several of the players brought hangovers with them, Andrew Allen brought his nostalgic, non-matching apparel and Sandy Leiper brought his humour. S andy declared he would shoot his age if he lived to 105.
It was count em all, Monthly Mug time and greetings were extended to Tom McDowell, Sandy Lyl and Jason Schembri.
The course was busy with quite a lot of golfers squeezing a game in prior to Christmas Day. This scribe considers that the greens have become a lot slicker than in the past, but they played reasonably true on this day considering the constant heavy traffic. As per usual, the gnarly crabgrass lies took their toll on most of the field, only the unflappable Volker Buley bettered his handicap.
Wily Don Richardson enjoys this track and started out like a German band until he missed a short putt, promptly did a few ‘hockey one, hockey two, hockey three’s and … Oops, we’re playing stroke’. Stapo, Wayco and Gozzo were more like Martin, Barton and Fargo whilst our host Peter Grey wrote his speech 9 holes too early.
Jason Schembri eked out his first A Grade win, but it was the affable Volker Buley who enjoyed a wonderful day out with a resounding 65 net to blitz the field. A very popular winner indeed, well done Volker!
Monthly Mug
1st Volker Buley (33) net 65
A Flight (0-15)
1st Jason Schembri (15) net 75
2nd Mashi Kaneta (14) net 75
3rd Kevin Waycott (8) net 76
B Flight (16-26)
1st Tom McDowell (21) net 74
2nd Mike Gosden (16) net 76
3rd Ebrahim (16) net 76
C Flight (27+)
1st Volker Buley (33) net 65
2nd Sandy Leiper (30) net 72
3rd Andrew Allen (30) net 76
Near Pins: E2 Bill Steinman, E5 Kevin Waycott, S13 Shane Young, S16 Sandy Leiper
Long Putts: #9 Ebrahim, #18 Frank Waterhouse
Back at ‘The Swan’ Sandy continued in good form. His doctor had told him to play 36 holes a day, so he was heading out to buy a harmonica. We said good bye to Geri Crilly heading back to the old country for a wedding. Travel safe mate and have a good trip! Peter Grey was thanked for the fine spread of food and Peter Bass (Asia Backpackers) for his continued sponsorship.
Note: The GS is a friendly golf outlet and welcomes golfers of all persuasions. We generally play on Mondays and Thursdays at any one of the fine courses around Pattaya. For some serious golf with a dash of fun, please contact Peter Grey for bookings or any information on 0861 503086.
