PSC Golf from the Tropical Golf Group
Tuesday, Nov. 27, Greenwood B & C – Medal
This day it was time to play for the Tropical Golf monthly mug and to hoist and/or drink from this lovely vessel is the dream of many Pattaya golfers. Sixteen golfers headed out to Greenwood with visions of cradling the mug later in the day.
The B-course at Greenwood is open again and although it has a little more “growing in” to do it is in excellent shape and also quite challenging. Previous rains left parts of the course slightly soggy but we avoided ‘lift-n-clean’.
Don Carmody (c/h 32) used his handicap strokes wisely and negotiated the tricky course with a rock solid net 70. A steady back nine helped Don win on countback and take the mug over Gordon Clegg.
In the A-Flight (0-19), Takeshi Hakozaki (c/h 16) had a fine net par-tying 72, just one stroke ahead of Mashi Keneta (16) at net 73. Big Deryl Neufeld and Andre Van Dyk had identical scores off identical handicaps (17 & 74) with Deryl taking the countback honors.
In B-Flight (20+), poor Gorden Clegg (29) lost the mug by half a point with his net 70. Mick Coghlan (26) was four shots off with his net 74, followed by “Buckers” Buckingham (26) at net 75 and Colm Mullen (31) rounding out the flight with net 76.
Friday, Nov. 30,
Treasure Hill – Stableford
November wound down with a trip to the always challenging Treasure Hill Golf and Country Club. The three and four-balls had been set and 20 hopeful players hit the road.
The first hole at Treasure Hill is a difficult par 5, dogleg, left, that is followed by a long par three. In fact, most every hole offers some kind of challenge. The course is not easy, but it was a great day to walk around the course. The three-balls that led the way were able to complete the circuit without delay. As the last of the four balls returned to the clubhouse, the day’s winners were determined and the golfers packed back into the cars for the drive back to Pattaya.
The A flight (0–15) had the score of the day, with Takeshi Hakozaki totaling 39 stableford points, playing from his course handicap of 15. Second went to Rob Brown (7) with 31 points while John Davis (12) was able to sneak into third with 28.
In the B flight (16-25), Graham Buckingham (25) was in first, right on his handicap with 36 points. Second was Tom Harrington (18) with 35 points, making what has been recently a rare appearance on the winner’s list. Mick Coghlan (24) was third with 34.
Daryl Evans (26) was first in the C flight (26+) with 35 points, Colm Mullen (30) took second with 31 and Frank Xin (24) was third with 30.
The best front nine, not placing, went to Gorden Clegg’s 17 while, Mashi Kaneta had the best back nine score with 18 points.
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