PSC golf from The Outback Golf Bar
Monday, April 14, Burapha – Songkran Tournament Day 1
Last week the Outback discarded the notion that all golfers have to leave Pattaya at Songkran by remaining here for the week and organising a three-day tournament; playing Burapha on Monday, Khao Kheow on Wednesday with the final round at Laem Chabang on Thursday.
On Monday, the 19 players in the overall competition were joined at Burapha by another 10 to take part in the regular daily comp. We played B & D, the same nines as the Singha Open which finished the day before (Sunday), using the blue tees on B and the white tees on D. The going was tough, the greens not as fast as one might have expected and the rough not too long but long enough to cause a few problems when in it.
(From left): Ron Dickie, Kev Mackintosh, Suzi Lawton, Geoff Stimpson and Steve Mann.
The scoring was generally on the low side with the two best cards both in Div A; Peter Nixon won with 36pts from Kev Mackintosh on 34. Kev’s mate Ron Dickie was third after a count back of four players all on 31, with John Cunningham heading the other two, to take the fourth podium place.
Barry McIntosh (Jnr) took Div B with 33pts from Bruce McAdam who beat Ivan Plunkett on c/b, both on 32, and Bob Lindborg rounded off the quartet with 30.
We were joined by SK Kwok for the first time, a Korean PSC member who lives in Hong Kong, so welcome to him as we said good-bye to Greg LeBlanc who was headed back to Canada.
There were two ‘2’s from John Cunningham & S K Kwok, both on D2.
Div A (0-17)
1st Peter Nixon (11) 36pts
2nd Kevin Mackintosh (6) 34pts
3rd Ron Dickie (6) 31pts
4th John Cunningham (6) 31pts
Div B (18+)
1st Barry McIntosh (Jnr) (24) 33pts
2nd Bruce McAdam (25) 32pts
3rd Ivan Plunkett (23) 32pts
4th Bob Lindborg (21) 30pts
Wednesday, April 16, Khao Kheow – Songkran Tournament Day 2
We continued the three day tournament, with the second day at Khao Kheow, starting on the C loop and then moving on to the B loop.
Many of the field of 27 yielded to this great course, which seems to always take its fair share of prisoners. Nevertheless, Kev Mackintosh followed up his second place on Monday at Burapha with a fine 37pts playing off 6, to win Div A from Dennis Pelly (12) on 36 and Waldo (17) in third with 35. Three shots further back, Gerd Riedler beat Billy Shepley on c/b, both on 32.
Course specialist Suzi Lawton moved into contention overall, recording 39pts to win Div B from Barry McIntosh (36pts), this time Dad, not to be outdone by his son, who won on Monday as Andy Makara and Jorn Finnerup both finished on 31.
There were three more ‘2’s today from Svenn Ole Lund & Greg Hill (C8) and Dennis Pelly (B3).
Div A (0-17)
1st Kevin Mackintosh (6) 37pts
2nd Dennis Pelly (12) 36pts
3rd Stephen Blazsanyik (17) 35pts
4th Gerd Riedler (7) 32pts
Div B (18+)
1st Suzi Lawton (27) 39pts
2nd Barry McIntosh (19) 36pts
3rd Andy Makara (25) 31pts
4th Jorn Finnerup (25) 31pts
Thursday. April 17, Laem Chabang – Songkran Tournament Day 3
The final round was on Thursday at Laem Chabang, where the rain and lightning almost had the final say as only about 17 or 18 players completed their round out of the 27 starters. Fortunately, those who were in contention battled on after sheltering and none more so than Steve Mann, who, after wiping the first two holes after the break, completed the last four holes in level par to move him into fifth place overall, on a total of 89. He also finished second on the day with 33.
Geoff Stimpson stayed very solid throughout the three days, shooting 30, 30 and 31 for his total of 91 and a fourth place finish.
Ron Dickie won Div A with 35pts today to take him into third place overall with a total of 97, as Kerry Rothman (Chopper) took third over Kevin Mackintosh on c/b, both with 32.
Now once upon a time there was a hare (Kevin) and a tortoise (Suzi) – now Kevin could hit the ball a long way off the tee and it took Suzi two or three shots to catch up with him but sometimes slowly does it, as Suzi just got to the winning post first, by winning Div B today with 36pts and just pipping Kevin in the overall by one, finishing on 104pts to Kev’s 103.
Bob St. Aubin kindly sponsored the near-pins for the day which were won by Tony Garnet (C5) and his good lady, Sakorn (A7); with the other two (A2) & (C8) going to Suzi & Kevin respectively.
Back at the bar, the Outback put on some complimentary spaghetti bolognaise and after presentation there were a number of bell rings from the winners with the concept of playing a three day comp in Pattaya during Songkran being hailed as a great success.
There was only one ‘2’ from Kevin Mackintosh (A2).
Div A (0-17)
1st Ron Dickie (6) 35pts
2nd Stephen Mann (11) 33pts
3rd Kerry Rothman (12) 32pts
4th Kevin Mackintosh (6) 32pts
Div B (18+)
1st Suzi Lawton (27) 36pts
2nd Greg Hill (18) 26pts
3rd Bob Lindborg (21) 24pts
4th Barney Clarkson (25) 24pts
Overall
1st Suzi Lawton 104pts
2nd Kevin Mackintosh 103pts
3rd Ron Dickie 97pts
4th Geoff Stimpson 91pts
5th Stephen Mann 89pts
Saturday, April 19, Green Valley – Stableford
Green Valley was closed for our usual appointment on Friday, which worked out well for the three day tournament which finished on Thursday. 12 players turned out to play here on Saturday for a pleasant day out and to avoid Pattaya’s big water throwing day, although unfortunately the greens had been sanded and cored.
Nevertheless the scoring was excellent as two players had 40pts or more. Both were regular Saturday guys here and DeVere sponsor, Greg Hirst, who is currently in the UK, will be delighted when he reads the result. Neil Farrell won with 41pts playing off 20 and has had his handicap reduced to 19 and in second was Andrew Fromholtz, who scored 40. Bob Finley was third with 38 from Sel Wegner (36) and Sel got the only ‘2’.
Race 2Bkk points were awarded as follows; Neil 600pts, Andrew 400, Bob 300 and Sel 200.
Note: The Outback Golf Bar is situated about 6km from Sukhumvit Road along Soi Siam Country. Call Jack on 081 578 1956.
