PSC golf from The Outback Golf Bar
Monday, Oct. 21, Burapha – Stableford
Even though it continued to rain in Pattaya, a great field of 45 players enjoyed an overcast but fine day on Burapha A and B nines from the white tees. Which tees we play from is often a subject of discussion but as soon as the course dries out we shall return to the blues on A & B, maybe not every time but certainly equally so with the whites.
With the field being bolstered by some of the Aussies from the Chiang Mai trip and another six from Melbourne, we had first to fourth in three divisions.
Rosco celebrates his Ace with (seated left) Shane and Anton and (seated right) Steve Poznanski.
The day, however, belonged to Rosco Langoulant, who finished “eagle, eagle” on B8 & B9 for a two hole score of 9pts. His perfect 6-iron took one bounce into the hole on the par 3 eighth on B for a “hole in one”, then he sank a 10ft putt on B9 for an eagle – odds of some 33,000 to 1 so we have been reliably been advised. Well done Roscoe and thanks for the bell ring back at the Outback!
Andy Makara had an easy win in Div 3 with 39pts, from Shane Crane (34), Clint Pingree (33) and Greg Hill on 32. In spite of Rosco’s 9pt two hole haul it wasn’t enough for him to win his division as Div B was won by Pete Stonebridge on 39pts, from the big ‘R’ with 37. Stephen Blazanyik (36) was third and John Greenhaigh (33) fourth, beating his mate Bruce Milner on c/b.
Steve Poznanski won the premier division with the day’s top score of 40pts, beating Steve Mann on 36, who beat Chris Fry on c/b. Andre Coetzee was fourth on 34pts, beating two others on c/b with the same score.
The seven players who had ‘2’s all missed out as Rosco scooped the pool with his Ace.
Div A (0-12)
1st Steve Poznanski (12) 40pts
2nd Stephen Mann (10) 36pts
3rd Chris Fry (6) 36pts
4th Andre Coetzee (6) 34pts
Div B (13-17)
1st Pete Stonebridge (16) 39pts
2nd Rosco Langoulant (13) 37pts
3rd Stephen Blazsanyik (17) 35pts
4th John Greenhalgh (13) 33pts
Div C (18+)
1st Andy Makara (25) 39pts
2nd Shane Crane (22) 34pts
3rd Clint Pingree (30) 33pts
4th Greg Hill (19) 32pts
Wednesday, Oct. 23, Khao Kheow – Stableford
Today was Chulalongkorn Day, a Thai National Holiday but we were offered such an attractive rate by Khao Kheow we decided to give it whirl. 21 players turned up for a slightly delayed start, most of whom were expecting soggy fairways and rain. Well just how wrong could they have been, the weather was the best we’ve seen in weeks, blue sky and brilliant sunshine and the course was generally dry, using the 90 deg rule for the carts.
We played C & B, in that order but by the time the last group reached the green on the fourth hole, news was reaching of us of an incident concerning one of the Outback groups in front. Clint Pingree, one of our regular visitors, who had just arrived from the US with his brother-in-law, Chris Thompson, had collapsed on the fifth green.
(From left) Sel Wegner, Peter LeNoury, Steve Mann and Greg Hill.
Playing in the group behind were Murray Hart & Steve Mann, both of whom have First Aid training and realising something was wrong they rushed to Clint’s assistance with CPR and mouth to mouth until the emergency services arrived about 15 minutes later when they took over. Shortly after that more help arrived including two ambulances from Sriracha and Clint was whisked off to hospital where we later learned that he did not regain consciousness and sadly died, from what we understand was a heart attack.
Jack spoke to Chris about continuing on with the golf and it was agreed that would have been what Clint would have wanted.
It’s been a couple of months since we’ve seen the brace of Bracegirdles, Geoff & Max, but they hit us with a vengeance today; Geoff winning Div A with the day’s top score of 42pts and Max taking Div B with 35pts and not satisfied with that, they also both got ‘2’s. Welcome back to both of you and well done! And thanks for ringing the bell back at the bar.
There were four ‘2’s from Don Anderson, Geoff Bracegirdle & Andy Makara (all on B8) and Max Bracegirdle on C3.
Div A (0-21)
1st Geoff Bracegirdle (21) 42pts
2nd Rod Crosswell (14) 38pts
3rd John Lawton (20) 34pts
4th John O’Keefe (14) 33pts
Div B (22+)
1st Max Bracegirdle (25) 35pts
2nd Andy Whitton (28) 33pts
3rd Shane Crane (22) 30pts
4th Barney Clarkson (23) 29pts
Friday, Oct. 25, Green Valley – Stableford
What a glorious day it was for the 34 Outbackers who played at Green Valley today, with blue skies overhead and the sun at last, smiling down at us (where have you been?)
We had one no-show but another person turned up so there were no major hiccups. When we checked in at reception we were handed a notice to say that they are planning to decrease the interval between the tee times (which used to be seven minutes) down to six minutes due to the increased demand for tee-times. This should no problem for the Outbackers as I recorded every group and we were off every five minutes. So well done everyone.
The course was slightly soggy underfoot so we had ‘lift, clean and place’ on the fairways but in another couple of weeks it is expected to be back to normal. They had also sanded the greens, giving the illusion that they were very slow but that wasn’t the case, which some of us found out.
Congratulations to husband John, for walking the complete 18 holes as he normally takes a cart and welcome to Nat and Sven, both having their first game with us.
There were familiar names at the top of all three divisions today with Sel Wegner (Div A winner) on 37pts, the rapidly improving Greg Hill (Div B winner) with 36pts and Andy Makara (Div C winner) with the day’s best score of 38.
Other notables included Peter LeNoury (36), already back in the groove since returning to Thailand a couple of days ago, Steve Mann (36), Norm Cheetham, the lovable rogue with 35 and his travelling companion John O’Connor (35). Finally Chris Thompson (33), who was doing so well considering the loss of his brother-in-law Clint on Wednesday, and last but not least, Moi – who has eventually stopped the rot with 32pts, having seen my handicap drift, nay slide, to 26.
There were five ‘2’s from; Murray Hart (4th), Greg Hill (12th) and Rod Crosswell, Pat Quinlivan & Chris Thompson (all on the 16th).
Div A (0-14)
1st Sel Wegner (10) 37pts
2nd Peter LeNoury (10) 36pts
3rd Stephen Mann (10) 36pts
4th Pat Quinlivan (14) 35pts
Div B (15-20)
1st Greg Hill (19) 36pts
2nd Norm Cheetham (16) 35pts
3rd John O’Connor (17) 35pts
4th Pete Stonebridge (16) 33pts
Div C (21+)
1st Andy Makara (25) 38pts
2nd Chris Thompson (26) 33pts
3rd Suzi Lawton (26) 32pts
4th Tim Knight (24) 30pts
Note: The Outback Golf Bar is situated about 6km from Sukhumvit Road along Soi Siam Country. Call Jack on 081 578 1956.
