IPGC Golf from The Tara Court Golf Society
Sunday, April 17, Green Valley – Medal
Another month gone round quickly and time once again for our monthly medal on what was another hot day for golf here at Green Valley.
Gerry Hannan may have to rethink his holiday plans for next year if he wants to compete in our Gold Medal competition in January as he was the winner today and claimed the monthly medal with a net seventy one. Allan Parker had looked like he was going to win it but he had a slip of concentration on the sixteenth where he had a six and so had to settle for second place with a net seventy two. John Beshoff took the third place with a net seventy five and Rod Torrie took the fourth and last place with a net seventy seven.
Gerry Hannan.
We had three ‘2’s, with Donal McGuigan, Ged Foy and Michael Williams having one each and sharing a good pot as we had a carryover from last week.
1st Gerry Hannan (13) net 71
2nd Allan Parker (11) net 72
3rd John Beshoff (17) net 75
4th Rod Torrie (13) net 77
Tuesday, April 19, Pattana – Stableford
It had been a long time since we played here at Pattana because of the road works which had been going on but we decided to give it a try today as some of the courses which we usually play are in very poor condition at the moment. It turned out to be a very good decision as here we found a course in absolutely beautiful condition, probably the best we have played in a long time and we will definitely be coming back on a regular basis from now on as it is also great value for money.
We had a small group out as many of our friends were away from what is the madness of Songkran in Pattaya. It was also an extremely hot day for golf but still enjoyable.
Kevin Blake has arrived back from his trip home and made a good start to his golf by winning with thirty three points. Kevin beat Craig Hitchens who also had thirty three on a count back while Ted Morris took the third place with thirty two.
John Fenwick got the only ‘2’ of the day.
1st Kevin Blake (7) 33pts
2nd Craig Hitchens (13) 33pts
3rd Ted Morris 14, 32pts
Thursday, April 21, Burapha – Stableford
It was a little cooler here today at Burapha with a little breeze blowing and not as humid as the last day we played. Again the group was small and we played the A and B nines off the blue tees.
Frank McGowan.
Frank McGowan was playing his last game with us for a while as he is going back to Ireland and he certainly signed off in style with what was probably his best score ever with us. Frank had forty one points, which on this long course was an excellent score and when he comes back to join us again he is going to be playing off a very different handicap! Well done Frank, way to go!
In a distant second place and seven points behind Frank on thirty four points was Lyle Blaw. Joe McArdle was a further one point behind to take the third and last place with thirty three.
We had two ‘2’s, with Joe McArdle and Lyle Blaw having one each.
1st Frank McGowan (20) 41pts
2nd Lyle Blaw (11) 34pts
3rd Joe McArdle (13) 33pts
Note: The Tara Court Golf Group play every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, leaving O’Gara’s Bar and Restaurant in the Tara Court on Pratamnak Rd. around 10.00 a.m. Sign up either in O’Gara’s or ring Joe on 089 249 1364.
