Traveller’s Rest Golf Group
Monday, Dec. 10, Khao Kheow – Stableford
Division 1
1st Claus Krogsgaard (8) 39pts
2nd Tae Hyoung-Kim (16) 37pts
3rd Terry Ball (12) 31pts
Division 2
1st Masayuki Okada (22) 30pts
2nd Shigeki Toyoshima (19) 30pts
3rd Roy Kim (17) 28pts
Claus Krogsgaard, who bears a striking resemblance to his namesake Santa Claus, was merrily riding his sleigh around Khao Kheow and ‘Ho Hoed’ his way to an incredible 39 points. Along the way he stole all the kiddies presents by taking first prize in division one. Meanwhile, in division two, one of his little elves who goes by the name of Masayuki Okada was helping himself to the cookies and milk, scoring only 30 points as he scraped home by virtue of a countback.
Tuesday, Dec. 11, Green Valley – Stableford
Division 1
1st Kevin Labar (13) 39pts
2nd Mike Rushant (11) 37pts
3rd Alan Thomas (6) 35pts
Division 2
1st Shigeki Toyoshima (19) 39pts
2nd Chun Yong-Park (30) 38pts
3rd Seung Hwan-Kim (16) 35pts
Our regular Tuesday outing and we were once again negotiating our way around the Green Valley course. One person who negotiated it better than everyone else was Kevin Labar who amassed an amazing 24 points on the front nine; however he dragged the anchor down every fairway on the back nine but still finished in first place with an unbeatable 39 points.
Shigeki Toyoshima, who was disappointed to have been beaten on a countback on Monday, made certain of his win today. Shigeki also had 24 points on the front nine but found a lot of Kevin’s anchor tracks on the inward half and just scrambled home to line honours in his division.
Wednesday, Dec. 12, Pattana – Stableford
Division 1
1st Hung Jae-Lee (16) 38pts
2nd Peter Williamson (15) 34pts
3rd Terry Ball (12) 34pts
Division 2
1st John O’Donoghue (19) 37pts
2nd Sang Kyu-Kim (21) 34pts
3rd Seung Hwan-Kim (18) 34pts
Pattana is a true test of golf and not a course to be taken lightly, and if you’re not consistently hitting the ball straight then this course can chew you up and spit you out!
Today’s winner of division one, Hung Jae-Lee, hits the ball long but managed to stay on the fairway and was rewarded with a very fine score of 38 points. In division two John O’Donoghue, who’s not a long hitter also kept the ball up the middle and posted a commendable score of 37 points.
Thursday, Dec. 13, Phoenix – Stableford
Division 1
1st Mike Rushant (11) 37pts
2nd Neil Bramley (10) 36pts
3rd Greg Bates (14) 35pts
Division 2
1st Peter McGinty (23) 34pts
2nd Seung Hwan-Kim (18) 34pts
3rd Suk Bum-Kim (18) 34pts
Thursday we played Phoenix, where the TRGG hopefuls took on the Mountain & Ocean courses. Mike “The Machine” Rushant put in a sterling performance with a solid 37 points to claim a much deserved first place position. In division two, Peter McGinty claimed victory with 34 points beating the second and third place finishers by the merest of margins.
Friday, Dec. 14, Burapha – Stableford
Division 1
1st Val Kienast (8) 38pts
2nd Mike Rushant(11) 38pts
3rd Huang Jae-Lee (16) 38pts
Division 2
1st Seung Hwan-Kim (18) 39pts
2nd Phil Voas (22) 39pts
3rd Chun Yong-Park (29) 38pts
Friday saw the largest turnout for the week with thirty six players vying for the top spot. A new visitor to the TRGG, Val Kienast, took out division one with a great score of 38 points off an eight handicap. In division two our Korean friends were adding to their successes during the week with Seung Hwan-Kim taking out the number one position with a brilliant score of 39 points.
Saturday, Dec. 15, Mt. Shadow – Stableford
1st Billy Allan (22) 32pts
2nd Jack Watkins (12) 30pts
3rd Neil Bramley (10) 29pts
We closed the week out at Mountain Shadow where only two players scored thirty points or more and not much more at that! The winning score was a mere thirty two points with second place on thirty and third place a ridiculous twenty nine points. A very humble and apologetic Billy Allan accepted line honours for the second consecutive Saturday and had the audacity to announce that he only scored one point over the last three holes.
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