PSC golf from The Outback Golf Bar
Monday, Sept. 12, Khao Kheow – Stableford
In the aftermath of the heavy rains in the early hours of Sunday morning (11th Sept) it was hardly surprising that the Khao Kheow field was severely diminished. Central Pattaya was inaccessible to most, apart from the foolhardy, with many businesses under deep water, including those of our good friend Rosco, the Good Everything Bar in second road and his Sports Bar opposite the Bay Breeze just across the way.
It’s hard to tell the full extent of the damage but there is one condo block in soi 15 which must have sustained some serious damage in its underground parking area, not only the cars but also to the electrical system, as the building still seems to be without power. General Jack, who lives just a bit further down the same soi, got out of bed around 4.30 a.m. and stepped into water; he lives on the fourth floor! His entire wooden floor was under about 30mm of water through a faulty drain on his balcony!
Noel Taylor (left), 2nd in Div B on Friday scored more points than Dennis Pelly (right) who was the winner of Div A.
So the few who played golf (12 to be precise) on C & A, had to deal with a pretty damp course to say the least, but we hear the greens were OK. Dennis Pelly bounced back from his “driver only” round at Green Valley, but quite why he took 11 to get out of a bunker using only his driver, we cannot really reveal. Nevertheless, his 36 points today was enough for the win from Alan Ansell (34) and Sel Wegner (33).
There were no ‘2’s.
1st Dennis Pelly (13/Hi12.5) 36pts
2nd Alan Ansell (24/Hi22.2) 34pts
3rd Sel Wegner (15/Hi13.7) 33pts
Tuesday, Sept. 13, Pattaya C.C. – Stableford
With no further rain, there was an excellent turnout at Pattaya Country Club with a field of 24 on a course that was soggy underfoot on some of the lower lying holes but dry and firm on the higher ground. The greens were in good nick but the bunkers were generally poor, even if it was after the heavy rains, with many of them poorly raked from previous players.
It was a slow round for whatever reason, we always try to spot the slower players and put them out towards the back. There was one group that we identified as losing two holes on the group in front and they will be at the back next time! One thing that Chad, today’s organizer, said, “next week we’re not going out last again!”
So it was Pottsy’s day, having only last week appealed that he couldn’t play to his EGA handicap, the system was vindicated as he returned his best ever gross score of 82 (42pts) and his target now is to break 80. Well done mate! The next best score was 35; Sel Wegner had that for 1st place in Div A and Mam also for 2nd place in Div B.
There were three ‘2’s from Sel Wegner on hole 5 and Billy Fitzgerald & Owen Walkley on hole 7.
Div A (0-15)
1st Sel Wegner (12/Hi13.7) 35pts
2nd John Cogan (15/Hi16.2) 34pts
3rd Lloyd Shuttleworth (4/Hi5.7) 34pts
4th Owen Walkley (8/Hi9.7) 34pts
Div B (16+)
1st Campbell Potts (16/Hi17.5) 42pts
2nd Phompinmon Seesa (29/Hi27.7) 35pts
3rd Alan White (16/Hi17.6) 35pts
4th Kurt Eric Persson (29/Hi29.2) 34pts
Wednesday, Sept. 14, Burapha – Stableford
Well the rain threatened but never eventuated, the course was in great shape, apart from a few damp areas. How this course can stay in this condition with the amount of rain we have had is quite spectacular, there was no player out today that could fault the course at all.
A good sized group of 37 playing C and D loops but alas it was a slow round of golf, thanks to the starter not letting me put out three 3-balls first and he made us wait till he could send a 5-ball and a 4-ball group out in front of us and they were playing 2 mulligans per person per nine holes.
Anyway with a little bit of adjustment, the Capt’ finished playing as a 5-ball at the back, but I felt sorry for the guy playing by himself behind us and the three 3-balls chasing him, alas there was nothing we could do to help as we all waited on every shot.
We were joined by Benn Nelson and a few mates today, great to see you fellas, and another group of our Aussie boys were there, but unfortunately going home Sunday, this being a short trip but they will be back in March to take some more cash off us.
It was good of Eddy Beilby to call in to see us on Sunday when he couldn’t play at Green Valley due to the rainy season not quite being over yet. Play with us at Burapha mate, it doesn’t rain there.
Well done to Paul Bourke for his 41 points to easily win Div A from Lloyd Shuttleworth (35), but the top score of the day came from one of the Aussie visitors in Div C, Chris Van Hausen with 42, from Ivan Plunkett who has finally cracked it, on 39. Three were all tied up with 36 points apiece in Div B, Murray Hart taking it from Sel Wegner and Benn Nelson.
There were seven ‘2’s: one from Lloyd Shuttleworth on hole 5, three on hole 8 from Paul Bourke, Billy Gray & Jean Paul, another one from Lloyd on hole 11 and also from Mick Morrison and finally one from Ivan Plunkett on hole 17.
Div A (0-12)
1st Paul Bourke (10/Hi10.3) 41pts
2nd Lloyd Shuttleworth (5/Hi5.7) 35pts
3rd Steve Mann (11/Hi10.5) 34pts
4th Mike Mier (7/Hi7.5) 34pts
Div B (13-17)
1st Murray Hart (13/Hi12.8) 36pts
2nd Sel Wegner (14/Hi13.7) 36pts
3rd Benn Nelson (13/Hi12.4) 36pts
4th John O’Keefe (17/Hi16.4) 35pts
Div C (18+)
1st Chris Van Hausen (28/Hi27) 42pts
2nd Ivan Plunkett (20/Hi19.6) 39pts
3rd Howard Marsden (19/Hi18.6) 34pts
4th Vaulton Reece (18/Hi17.6) 33pts
Friday, Sept. 16, Green Valley – Stableford
Looking at the scores returned from 20 players at Green Valley today, one wonders what made the scoring so difficult on a day of pleasant weather and a course with good greens and otherwise also in excellent nick. Surprisingly the hardest hole was not the first as one might expect, but the fifteenth and the easiest hole was the par 5 fourteenth.
Just 32 points was enough to win Div A, which was achieved by Dennis Pelly playing off 12, with Billy Fitzgerald, also off 12, one point back as was Owen Walkley. Div B did much better as John Stafford won with the only under par round of 37 points, from Noel Taylor’s parting round of 34, as he returns to Aus this weekend.
There were three ‘2’s from Owen Walkley on hole 9 and Andy Makara & Sang on hole 16.
Div A (0–15)
1st Dennis Pelly (12/Hi12.5) 32pts
2nd Billy Fitzgerald (12/Hi12.9) 31pts
3rd Owen Walkley (9/Hi9.8) 31pts
4th Sugar Ray (15/Hi15.2) 30pts
Div B [16+]
1st John Stafford (17/Hi16.7) 37pts
2nd Noel Taylor (22/Hi21.4) 34pts
3rd Bruce McAdam (23/Hi22.9) 33pts
4th Brian Maddox (18/Hi17.6) 33pts
Note: The Outback Golf Bar is situated about 6km from Sukhumvit Road along Soi Siam Country. All are welcome to come and join us for a beer and a hit. Just call in and put your name down on the list or give Bob a call on 087 941 2474.
