Travellers Rest Golf Group
Was it really only last week that I was telling you it was uneventful in Pattaya at the moment? “Au contraire!”
This past week the rain hit us big time, soaking anybody brave enough to venture out. It was by far and away the wettest week of the year but amazingly we got in three days of golf without anybody drowning.
Then on Wednesday we had an unfortunate motor accident on the way to play Laem Chabang with luckily no one injured just the driver”s pride. Good piece of advice I guess is never pick a fight with somebody bigger than you, especially a twenty tonne lorry. Anyway we all arrived eventually at the course in James Bond mode “shaken not stirred”
Ged Higgins & Jim Sykes.
To finish the week off on Friday we had by far and away the best score of the month so far. Whilst the rest of us just kept hearing the same plopping sound as our balls buried themselves in marshmallow fairways, Jim Sykes managed to get his balls to walk on water and amassed an unbelievable 43 points at Greenwood.
Monday, Oct. 6, Plutaluang – Stableford
On Monday the TRGG headed off under leaden skies to do battle at Plutaluang (East and South courses). Despite all the rain over the weekend there were some very good scores posted and it was Ged Higgins who clambered to the top of the pile but only just. It required a count back before it was discovered that Ged had just managed to get his nose in front of Graham Hurdon. Daryl Ottaway was tucked in close behind to take third place.
1st Ged Higgins (20 39pts
2nd Graham Hurdon (8) 39pts
3rd Daryl Ottaway (6) 38pts
Wednesday, Oct. 8, Laem Chabang – Stableford
On Wednesday we all headed off to play Laem Chabang (C and B courses). Because of the aforementioned accident everything got delayed, which was not a bad thing as it gave the course a chance to dry out a little from early morning rain. However it certainly didn’t help the players’ scores where after every shot it required ‘lift, clean and place.’
The outcome was an extremely tight finish with the top four places all within 2 points and it required a count back to decide who had finished in second, third and fourth places. There was no doubt, however, who finished in first place, it was “moi” who ended up “le grande fromage” for the day. I think everybody agreed it was a tough day.
1st Andy Rich (20) 32pts
2nd Jim Sykes (12) 31pts
3rd Jim Cleaver (8) 31pts
Friday, Oct. 10, Greenwood – Stableford
Weather-wise Friday was the best day of the week but boy was it hot and steamy out there as we made our way over to Greenwood (A & C courses), a last minute change of venue after we discovered that Pattavia had just sanded their greens.
Again ‘lift, clean and place’ was the order of the day but Jim Sykes, who finished first, and Mike Sanders in second made light work of the difficult conditions and returned terrific scores. Even Graham Hurdon on 35 points deserves a mention as believe me it wasn’t easy out there.
1st Jim Sykes (13) 43pts
2nd Mike Sanders (6) 38pts
3rd Graham Hurdon (7) 35pts
Good luck to all you golfers for the coming week and if you would like to play a round of golf with the TRGG please phone Fergus Brennan on 0860567019 or pop into the Ned Kelly Bar in Soi Lengkee and add your name to the weekly lists which are posted on the notice board.
