IPGC Pattaya Golf Society at The Elephant Bar
The Pattaya Golf Society visited Pleasant Valley on the last day of the month, June 30, to play a stableford competition on a course which, frankly, was not worth visiting.
All golfers when hitting straight off the tee are entitled to believe they will play their next shot from the short stuff but at Pleasant Valley that could only be expected on the par threes. Fairways were uneven and worse, uncut, meaning the best drive of the day could be lying four inches deep in rough, in the middle of the fairway.
Winning scores were David Thomas 34 points and John O’Sullivan and Larry Slattery both on 27 points. The only birdie ‘2’ of the day was John O’Sullivan’s chip in on the seventeenth.
Purdie and Tynell tough it out
On Wednesday, July 2, The Pattaya Golf Society travelled to Burapha to play a stableford competition on the C and D nines. Organiser David Thomas chewed over the options of a blue tee event but he and the rest of the field were relieved when common sense won the day. With some tees well back, cruel “US Open” rough and two greens in particular needing some urgent repair it would challenge all the golfers, even off the whites.
Results showed the wisdom of the choice as a very tight competition followed. Sharing third place with 33 points were David Thomas, Roy Bassett and Graham Davis whilst the joint leaders, Andrew Purdie and Markku Tynell, recorded 34 points for the win. The victory was a boost for Andrew Purdie as he would leave very shortly to play in the European Amateur Tour events in Ayrshire, Scotland and the group wished him well on links courses such as Royal Troon and Prestwick.
The bar’s beer draw was won by Evan Millar and the Booby Bevy went to Tom McCarthy, once a regular with the group in Soi Rungland, as being the only Haven golfer to miss out. There’s something for everyone with PGS.
Plaiter leads the parade
On Independence Day, 4th July, an assorted group of PGS golfers travelled to Mountain Shadow to play a stableford competition on a course which from the first blue tee to the final green was in splendid condition throughout.
The eclectic field saw the higher handicappers get the best of the day with Larry Slattery and Dave Edwards sharing second place with 35 points and Dave Plaiter top the frame with 36 points after two or three forgettable recent rounds. Dave Thomas took the ‘2’s pot with birdie on the fifth and the Booby Bevy went to Erik Anttonen after salvaging some personal pride on the eighteenth hole.
