Travellers Rest Golf Group
Monday, June 5, St. Andrews – Stableford
1st Norman Cheetham (15) 40pts
2nd Robert Asanuma (13) 37pts
3rd Peter Seil (8) 33pts
On Monday the golfers of the TRGG took on the challenges set by St Andrews golf course. This is very much a “marmite golf course” as you either love it or hate it.
Peter Seil continued with the recent improvements of his form, shooting 33 points to claim third position. Robert Asanuma, playing his third round of golf with the society, claimed his third time on the podium with his 37 points being good enough for second spot.
Now it usually takes a golfer with real patience and natural ability to shoot a good score at this fine venue. That being said, it was even more remarkable that the day’s top round was achieved by Norman Cheetham with a fantastic 40 points and to round off the day there was a rumour that Norman even cracked out a cheeky little smile.
Tuesday, June 6, Phoenix – Stableford
1st Norman Cheetham (14) 36pts
2nd Roger Wilkinson (15) 35pts
3rd Darryl Ottaway (7) 34pts
Phoenix was the destination for the golf group on Tuesday and left hander Australian Darryl Ottaway, playing his first round with the group since November, scored 34 points which was good enough to take third position today.
Roger Wilkinson’s caddie not only knows every slope on every green at Phoenix but she also possesses the same knowledge of each and every fairway. Armed with this information Roger was able to shoot 35 points and take second spot. However, this is the week not to be messing with “storming Norman” Cheetham and the sweet talking generous Australian took his second win in 2 days with 36 points.
Thursday, June 8, Silky Oaks – Stableford
1st Sakai Yasuo (11) 41pts
2nd Robert Asanuma (13) 41pts
3rd Neil Wilkinson (11) 40pts
Thursday saw the group visiting Silky Oaks and we witnessed a day of remarkable scoring. Neil Wilkinson shot a fine round of 40 points but this was only good enough to claim third position. Robet Asanuma’s fine form continued and he shot a splendid 41 points, however, on this occasion he was pipped for pole position by Sakai Yasuo who produced a better back 9.
On the day, 14 of the 19 golfers who played scored over 30 points and this reflected the generosity of the course.
Friday, June 9, Burapha – Stableford
1st John Baxter (17) 41pts
2nd Jim Cooper (16) 38pts
3rd Andrew Ottaway (16) 36pts
Burapha welcomed the TRGG on Friday with the A and B nines being played. Andrew Ottaway shot 36 points to take third place by virtue of count-back while Aberdeen’s very own Jim Cooper shot 38 to take second spot. In a week of there being a general election in the UK, and also Scotland playing England at football, how Mr Cooper managed to concentrate on golf is a minor miracle. Actually his passion for football and politics, both based around the theme of “anti English”, actually makes his success on the golf course more of a major miracle.
Even the efforts of the tartan terror could not stop John Baxter who always manages to stay at the other end of the excitement metre compared to Jim. Laid back John managed 41 points and this was more than enough to take the day’s top prize.
Saturday, June 10, Greenwood – Stableford
The end of the week saw a long trip out to Greenwood and Billy Allen saw a slight improvement in his recent shocking form to take third spot with 31 points.
Just ahead of Billy came Glenn Campell with 32 points but the winner as a result of a better back 9 was Joe Depasquale. This was Joe’s first win at the TRGG in 15 attempts so this proved to be a popular result to end off another fine week of golf.
