PSC Golf from the Tropical Golf Group
Tuesday, Feb 5, Khao Kheow – Stableford
A-Flight (0-15)
1st Richard Kubicki 37pts
2nd Rob Brown 32pts
3rd Tom Herrington 31pts
4th John Davis 31pts
B-Flight (16-25)
1st Graham Buckingham 36pts
2nd Brian Gabe 35pts
3rd Walter Baechli 33pts
4th Dave Cooper 32pts
C-Flight (26+)
1st Karen Brown 39pts
2nd Colm Mullen 29pts
3rd Henry Wong 28pts
4th Roland Raeber 26pts
This Tuesday the Tropical golfers decided to really test themselves and booked a round at Khao Kheow. Twenty-six golfers decided they were up to the challenge, though it would be seen later many were rather optimistic.
Khao Kheow (literally “mountain green” in Thai) is a course that everyone knows to stock up on golf balls before heading out. Course management is at a premium here, and “risk-reward” shots have very few “reward” most times. Playing C then B, the island green was saved for the end. There were some high scores but they dropped off quickly. A generous fourteen of the twenty-six golfers had some cause for cheer however. Special notice goes to Karen Brown who smashed her flight by ten shots, and Richard Kubicki who his by five!
If there was an “I missed out on everything” award it would have gone to Carole Kubicki after she was being beaten on 3 countbacks for fourth place in B flight and then lost out in the best front 9 and best back 9 prizes, those being won by Andre Van Dyk and Paul Weatherley.
Friday, Feb. 8,
Crystal Bay – Medal
Crystal Bay was hot and humid, but a steady breeze kept playing conditions from being too unpleasant. We played the B and C nines, and the greens were in good condition. However the C greens were considerably slower than more reasonable speed of the B nine.
The change in green speeds didn’t slow down Richard Kubicki, who must have been able to fine-tune his putting feel to match the conditions. Richard shot a net 70, from his handicap of 11, to win the February monthly mug.
We had a total field of 27 players, with sixteen winners, spread over three flights. In the A flight (0–15) John Davis came first with 74 net from his handicap of eleven, on countback over Brian Parish (H/cap 13). Third was Steve Truelove (10) with 76 net. Fourth and fifth place were decided on countback with Takeshi Hakozaki (12) taking fourth over Landis Brooks (7), both with 77 net.
In the B flight (16–22), Andre Van Dyk (17) took first with a net 72, Jadwiga was (21) second with 76, third went to Josef Buchburger’s (16) net 77, and Dave Cooper (22) and Joe Sparwirth (21) both scored net 79 but the countback went in Dave’s favor. Sadly Carole Kubicki missed out on countback once again.
In the C flight (23+), Graham Buckingham (25) took first place with a net 71, Roland Raeber (28) was second on net 73 and Colm Mullen (28) came third with a net 76. Barry Elphick (28) and Karen Brown (30) both tied with 80 net but Barry’s back nine gave him fourth place on countback.
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