PSC golf with I-Rovers
Tuesday, August 27, Pleasant Valley (white tees) – Stroke play
A good group today, off to Pleasant Valley and we left on time after a few wake up calls for the overzealous players. We have been using a really good bus driver lately; good safe driving, not to fast, knows where all the courses are located and makes the organizer’s job a lot easier.
Pleasant Valley looked very busy today, but there was no-one on the first tee. The first group set off at a flying pace and after three holes they were in front by a hole and completed the first nine in 1 hour 25 minutes! I think they finished in just a touch over 3 hours while the scribe’s group still made it round in less than 4 hours. Good quick golf.
Pleasant Valley is in fairly good condition, with the greens looking a bit rough but they run quick. This is a course I don’t normally like. I never seem to score well here with the odd slight spray off the tee being very costly. After a few shanks to get started, I finally sorted my game out and got 5 birdies in the last 12 holes. Happy days!
There were some good scores coming in today, with the course playing fairly short. A well deserved congratulations to Leigh. He’s been playing with us for a while now, and his consistency is starting to really come. Leigh shot his first ever sub 100 score today by making a par on the last to record a 99. Well done mate. Keep moving forward.
Rocky shot his best score with us as well today, Gary, Bruce and Dave also recorded good scores.
1st Paul (11) 78 gross
2nd Dave (9) 83 gross
3rd Gary (13) 89 gross
Thursday, August 29, Burapha C & D (white tees) – Stroke play
A small group today off to Burapha where the course was in its usual pristine condition. We actually teed off on time, but had about 3 groups of Koreans in front so time wise it was a fairly quick round, about 4 hours, but we seemed to be waiting on every shot.
We welcomed two new good golfers today, Les (hcp 10) from Scotland and Allan (hcp 14) from France.
C & D course was the challenge and the greens at Burapha always run fairly fast and true, as proven by some of our scores. I must admit that at some times throughout the day it felt like someone had put glad wrap or clear plastic over the holes because our balls seemed to run right over the cup and never drop.
The only real result of mention today was Les (hcp 10) who had a 76 gross, which is one of his best scores ever in Pattaya. Many of our other golfers, myself included, had days to forget, still, it was a great day out.
Note: If you are interested in playing golf with I-Rovers, please contact Paul on 087 189 5250 or call into the bar on Soi LK Metro.
