PSC Golf Bunker Boys at The Ranch
Monday, April 6, Plutaluang – Stableford
Navy has never been a favorite venue of the Bunker Boys and this was apparent today as only eleven players showed up. Unquestionably it’s a difficult track, considering the layout, with hardpan fairways and having to use your driver on the greens.
As an aside, your scribe will never forget the day, years ago, when I posted a career best half-round of 35 on the East course, followed a week later by a 36 on the North course. Needless to say, I always show up for Navy. Besides, at 20 baht a towel, it’s a good way to stock your linen closet – just kidding!
1st Colin Greig (9) 35pts
2nd Steve Durey (20) 34pts
3rd Geoff Parker (12) 33pts
Near Pins: Colin Greig, Steve Durey, Peter Hausberger, Ken Hopkins
Wednesday, April 8, Pattaya C.C. – Stableford
It was quite an eventful day at the very uneventful (read, unattractive/bleak) Pattaya C.C. The day began with ominous black clouds threatening rain, and ended with Ken Hopkins attempting to smash his way through the glass panels of the clubhouse. Darting off the 18th green to avoid the downpour that was beginning to take place overhead, Ken ran headlong into the new glass panels surrounding the enclosed section of the clubhouse resulting in a golf ball size hickey in the middle of his forehead. Fortunately the glass withstood the charge.
Colin Greig was a double winner for the week.
Meanwhile, the real action had taken place previously when our one and only Bunker girl, Pornthip, eclipsed all the boys with a brilliant 40 points, and Colin “The Putter Man” Greig recorded a birdie from forty feet off the green with, what else, his putter.
A Flight
1st Trevor Priestley (18) 35pts
2nd Dave Ashman (18) 35pts
3rd Gerry Cooney (16) 33pts
B Flight
1st Pornthip Vimoljaroen (36) 40pts
2nd Frank Quinlan (31) 37pts
3rd Peter Allen (31) 33pts
Near Pins: Gerry Cooney, Torben Lindgard, Trevor Priestley
Friday, April 10, Crystal Bay C & A – Stableford
I would wager that Jimmy and Frank were rooting for Ernie Els to do the same at the Masters as they do at The Ranch, i.e. take the money and run. Are these guys in the money every week, or what? It must be the rarity of elephants and giraffes on the courses here that make them play so well. Keep at it Frank, that handicap is coming down by leaps and bounds. Jimmy, well, you’re in trouble as soon as you have to start using a real putter.
Crystal Bay is a favorite of the Bunker Boys and 24 golfers assembled at The Ranch, under threatening skies, to make the trek up the never to be completed motorway. We did manage to tee-off on time after being stuck in a traffic jam for what seemed like an eternity.
The course was very playable, even considering that many of the greens on A have grass growing in all different directions. This was no problem for Colin, being the putter-man that he is, and his playing partner was more than happy to mark an impressive gross 75 on his card.
A Flight
1st Colin Greig (9) 42pts
2nd Les Cobban (7) 36pts
3rd Gerry Cooney (16) 34pts
B Flight
1st Frank Quinlan (31) 43pts
2nd Jimmy Carr (18) 34pts
3rd Geoff Hart (23) 33pts
Near Pins: Colin Greig, Steve Durey, Tore Eliassen, John Murphy
Note: The Bunker Boys is a PSC affiliated golf society that plays out of The Ranch bar on Pattaya 3rd Road (in front of the fire station, and almost opposite the Buffalo Bar). We play on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, so if you enjoy a fun day out, and a friendly but competitive golf competition why not come and join us. We meet at The Ranch at 9 a.m. for breakfast and transportation, and new players are always welcome.
Contact “Buff” on 086 046 5091 or 080 605 5663 for all enquiries or got to website: www.bunkersociety.com.
