The Traveller’s Rest Golf Group
Monday, Oct. 15, Greenwood – Stableford
1st Derek Thorogood (18) 38pts
2nd Graeme Gamble (13) 38pts
3rd Jim Sykes (14) 36pts
Greewood on Monday and the scribe managed to overcome the dreaded shanks long enough to keep the ball in the sweet spot and post six pars on the back nine. His inward twenty-two points proved enough to beat Graeme Gamble on a countback to claim the first prize.
Tuesday, Oct. 16, Green Valley – Stableford
1st Neil Wilkinson (14) 42pts
2nd Ron Hulen (14) 35pts
3rd Richard Talbot (16) 34pts
Tuesday we were back at the Valley where Neil Wilkinson had a steady front nine with eighteen points but absolutely smashed it on the back nine with an incredible display of iron shots to pick up a further twenty four points, beating his closest rival by a massive seven shots.
Wednesday, Oct. 17, Pattana – Stableford
1st John O’Donoghue (21) 36pts
2nd Bobby Rattanaruangsup (22) 35pts
3rd New Boysen (21) 35pts
We drove up the 331 to Pattana in beautiful sunshine and not a dark cloud in sight, however this all changed by the 9th hole with the loudest clap of thunder most of us had ever heard. About a minute later another one went off which was even louder than the first and with the siren wailing across the course everyone scurried to the nearest drinks station for cover. Within minutes a mini-tornado blew rain at right angles and we were treated to an awesome display of the power of Mother Nature. After about an hour or so it began to subside and almost fifteen minutes later we were back out on the course with the sun belting down and in steaming hot sauna conditions. Don’t you just love the Thai weather?
Anyway, undeterred John O’Donoghue had a nineteen point start and ended up completing the round with a very respectable 36 points to take the day’s honours.
Thursday, Oct. 18, Phoenix – Stableford
1st Don Hawkins (15) 33pts
2nd Mike Rushant (11) 32pts
3rd Alex Fenwick (20) 32pts
You may remember the “Hawk” who went M.I.A earlier in the year, well he’s back again and today he took on the mighty Phoenix and clipped its wings to claim victory with a measly 33 points. Normally Phoenix records some very high scores but not today. Although the “Hawk” may have won the battle, Phoenix was the real victor holding the entire field to below par!
Friday, Oct. 19, Burapha – Stableford
Division 1
1st Mike Rushant (12) 39pts
2nd Gerry Fernandez (12) 34pts
3rd Bill Reid (11) 33pts
Division 2
1st Lawrence Lee (27) 45pts
2nd Alex Fenwick (12) 40pts
3rd Andrew Rich (12) 40pts
It was this time last week on A & B courses at Burapha that Lawrence Lee claimed his first ever TRGG win with forty points. Well today he completely blew that out of the water by posting the week’s highest score as well as his own personal best score of 45 points to take out division 2’s number one spot.
In division one it was Mike “The Machine” Rushant, who popped his shoulder earlier in the week when he fell out of bed, that fought on through the pain and impressed everyone with a fine round of 39 points.
Saturday, Oct. 20, Treasure Hill – Stableford
1st Richard Talbot (18) 31pts
2nd John O’Donoghue (14) 31pts
3rd Tommy Bjerrum (36) 30pts
We closed the week out at Treasure Hill where Richard Talbot finally got his name on the leader board and won the day on a count back with 31 points. Once again it was the course that emerged victorious as only three players shot thirty points or better.
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