Jomtien Golf with the IPGC
Monday, August 4, Green Valley – Stableford
As we teed off today the weather looked very threatening but all six groups went out bang on schedule. Playing off 19, Bruce Gardner came in with 39 points to win division 2 ahead of Bob Poole in second on 37 and in third place was Iain Walsh with 33.
Slightly lower scores in division 1 with the cut at 9-17. Don Head took top spot after beating Chris Voller 14/13 on a back six count back after they both returned scores of 34 points. Terry Madsen came in third on 32 points.
(L to R) Lindsay Phillips, Alan Bissell and Bruce Gardner.
Chris Voller claimed three near pins in division 1 while Bruce Gardner, Curtis Hessler and Bob Poole were all winners in division 2.
Curtis Hessler birdied the 8th and Bob Poole the 12th to share the ‘2’s pot and in division 2 and Chris Voller got the only ‘2’ in division 1.
Back at the presentation at Siam Cats there was a warm welcome return to Bruce Gardner, Chris Reed, Bob Poole, Miss Nut and Don Head.
Wednesday, August 6, Burapha – Stableford
There was a large Singha competition being played here today on the A and B courses so obviously we were allocated the C and D nines.
We teed off 30 minutes ahead of schedule on a course that was in excellent condition and the weather conditions were also perfect. This did not reflect in the scores however as Robert Garrick, playing off 17, was able to win division 1 with just 32 points ahead of Lindsay Phillips and Tony Bless on 31 points, with Lindsay taking the count back verdict 11/10 on the back six.
Jimmy Johnson’s 30 points was enough to win division 2, with Rod Howett in second two points behind and an unheard of 26 points coming in for third place for Alan Bissell.
Near pins went to Lindsay Phillips, Harry Vincenzi, Chris Voller, Paul Hartley and Rodney Howett.
Chris Voller birdied C8 for the only ‘2’ of the day.
Friday, August 8, Eastern Star – Stableford
This course is still improving each week and today there was a perfect cool breeze coming off the coast making it an enjoyable round for everybody. There were seven groups out with the cut in the two divisions at 9-16 and 17+ and the best score returned came in division 1, with Bill Bertram winning with 38 points. Back in form after a few months in the doldrums and now playing off 10, Mikael Andersson took second on 37 points and Karl Flood was third with a meager 36.
Thirty seven points was enough to win division 2 for Joe Kubon while Colin Aspinall came in second one point behind and Frank Kelly was third with 35.
There were some tough tee placements on the par threes today and a strong breeze which meant that only one person managed a near pin in division 1, that being Tony Bless on the 6th, while in division 2 Colin Aspinall, Gary Harrison and Bryan Rought (2) shared the pot.
Colin Aspinall birdied the 17th, Robert Garrick the 6th and Bryan Rought the 17th to share the second division ‘2’s pot while there was a rollover in the top flight.
