PSC Golf from The Golf Club
Monday, March 19, Green Valley (white tees) – Stableford
T1st Peter LeNoury 40pts
T1st Peter Thomas 40pts
3rd Bob Catlow 38pts
4th Nat Meesuk 35pts
I will always give credit where credit is due and the course condition here at Green Valley is quite superb. In fact, it has been great for months now, so our regular Monday venue is certainly living up to her reputation.
Today we had to squeeze in 30 golfers and the locals had an edge on the tourists as Messrs.’ Le Noury and Thomas matched blows to a dead heat 40 point round. Bob Catlow pounced on third place while TGC’s own Nat Meesuk counted 35 on the card to just get in the money.
Zed Belogavec took the near pin and his birdie earned a drink from the scribe (boo hoo).
Tuesday, March 20, Khao Kheow (yellow tees) – Stableford
1st Doc Beard 38pts
2nd Mark Wood 36pts
3rd Kenny Aihara 35pts
Another full sign-up sheet for Khao Kheow, in fact we had to get another to make 6 times and 24 golfers here today. It is a great course and in great condition so with a 950 baht green fee it will always be in high demand.
We don’t know what got into Doc Beard today, but he played like a house on fire! Fending off Mark Wood and Kenny Aihara is no easy task but Doc seemed to take it all in stride. Last week Doc had a win here at Khao Kheow so it looks like the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
Thursday, March 22, Bangpakong Riverside (white tees) – Stableford
1st Steve Gamble 41pts
2nd Mitch Black 40pts
T3rd Kenny Aihara 39pts
T3rd Franjo Blazevic 39pts
There were some great comments about this course and how beautiful the condition was. The superb clubhouse also got rave reviews and requests to put B.R. back on the TGC playlist shall be fulfilled. We shall return!
We timed it to exactly one hour from home base so really not so bad at all. It was surprising how good the scoring was for a track that most had never played. Being essentially a “Bangkok” course you must expect a pretty flat track, like those you would find in Florida.
Steve Gamble stole the show today and 41 points was great going on this course.
Friday, March 23, Silky Oak (white tees) – Stableford
1st Franjo Blazevic 40pts
2nd Thierry Danzas 34pts
T3rd Dan Dietz 32pts
T3rd Pierre Gymer 32pts
I don’t know if it was the threat of rain, or rumours of the condition of this course that only netted 9 golfers here today. Frankly, we have never seen this course in such bad shape and it will be many months before we return. There is a type of crabgrass that appears to have taken over the fairways and the greens had lumps and bumps.
None of that seemed to bother Franjo who racked up an impressive 40 point tally today. Next week he starts his journey into the Senior Asian Tour so best of luck to him on his quest.
Thierry Danzas turned in a fine 34 and Pierre Gymer claimed the Caddy Smile near pin as well as a tie for third with Dan Dietz.
Alas, we sadly said au revoir to Dandy Dr. Dan Dietz who (tearfully) heads home after this final round.
