The Jomtien Golf Society
Monday, Jan. 7, Plutaluang – Stableford
The North and West courses were booked here today and we had eight groups out with the equal cut in the three divisions at 8-15.0, 15.3-19 and 20+ in division 3.
On our last round here four weeks ago the greens were the slickest we had ever seen at this course and they were in an identical condition today.
Bob Poole with 36 points recorded the highest score of the day to win division 1 ahead of Terry Drake is second on 33. The Durham boy John Hughes took third on 32 and in fourth place with 31 points was Bob Comartin.
There were two 33’s in for division 2 and with a 20/19 countback Colin Aspinall beat Bill Kana for top spot and with a 17/16 countback in third place Jerry McCarthy edged Harry Vincenzi after two scores of 32.
An amazing 29 points won division 3 for Louis Wong and five points behind in second place was Frank Grainger. Then there were three 31’s in and Dave Howden took third place with a 13/11/11 countback over Andres Van De Laan in fourth and John Dawson just missing out.
Near pins went to (Div 1) John Hughes, Brian Keating and Bob Poole (x2), and (Div 2) Frank Grainger, Rod King and Rob Sommers.
There are five ‘2’s in division 1 coming from John Chambers, John Hughes (x2), Bob Poole and Harry Vincenzi while in division 2 Frank Grainger birdied the lighthouse to scoop the pot.
Wednesday, Jan. 9, Wangjuntr Highlands – Stableford
Our once a year visit to Wangjuntr and there were quite a few golfers who had not played here before and were looking forward to the experience playing the course.
We had a reasonable turnout with six groups and the cut in the two divisions at 8-17 and 19+. We were glad we picked the white tees today as the yellow and blue had some outrageous placings on some of the holes.
Playing off 11 today, Marc Brunner recorded the best score of the day and won division 1 with 39 points. Bob Comartin was second on 35 points, Pete Sumner took third with 33 and in fourth place with 30 was Rob Sommers.
On the podium again in division 2 was Bruce Gardner who won with 35 points while Frank Grainger came in second after beating John Carlin on an 18/11 countback after two score of 33. Kari Aarnio completed the podium in fourth on 31.
Near pins were claimed by (Div 1) Bob Comartin, Brian Keating and Pete Sumner (x2), and (Div 2) Kari Aarnio, Mike Lewis, Finn Olsen and Rudi Thurschmid.
Rob Sommers birdied the 4th and in division 2 Mike Lewis the same in the ‘2’s today.
Friday, Jan. 11, Eastern Star – Stableford
We had 36 players out today with the cut set at 9-16, 17-21 and 22+ in the three divisions. As always here at this time of the year it will be a slow round. The greens are still improving and there were some very tough pin placements and this was reflected in the scores today.
Louis Wong won division 3 with 34 points, the highest score of the day, and there were 27’s battling for second with Ron Lavett taking it over Tom Novak in third and Lars Strom fourth.
Les Smith topped division 1 with 33 points while Harry Vincenzi took second after beating John Hughes on countback, both scoring 31 overall. With 30 points Brian Keating beat Pete Sumner on countback for fourth.
John Carlin was the best in division 2 with 32 points while in second place Mike Lewis beat Bill Kana on countback after they both scored 31 and Jerry McCarthy was fourth with 29.
Near pins went to (Div 1) John Chambers, John Hughes and Pete Sumner, and (Div 2) Tony Irving, Bert Jumelet , Bill Kana and Finn Olsen.
Colin Aspinall recorded the only ‘2’ of the day.
