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Splinter Golf Group Results
Texas Scramble at Century, Chonburi, Monday, January 20,
1997: Four teams of four enjoyed the well watered conditions at Century,
supplemented briefly with a hint of rain! Century were generous in giving
SGG an additional 50% discount off the normal green fee, making the day
extremely good value!
Winners: Steve Ross, Arthur Bailey, Brian Ewen, and Norman Brooks with a
creditable score of 59.6 net.
Runners-Up: Mike Riley, Colin Morgan, Phil Sharpe, and Harvey Witherall with
a score of 61.1.
Stroke Play at Natural Park Resort, Wednesday, January 22: A flight: Winner:
Keith Watson, net 73. 2nd; Mats Levine, net 77. 3rd: Gez Tracy, net 77 (lost
on count back). B flight: Winner: Steve Ross, net 73. 2nd: Arthur Bailey
(again), net 74. 3rd: Brian Ewen, net 75.
Stableford competition at Eastern Star, Friday, January 24: A flight:
Winner: Phil Sharpe, 41 points (26 on the front nine!). 2nd: Neil Williams,
37 points. 3rd: Mike Morris, 35 points.
B flight: Winner: 45 points (a good week for Steve). 2nd: Colin Morgan, 36
points. 3rd: Arthur Bailey, 36 points, lost on count back (a good week for
Arthur, too!)
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Beer Put makes it lucky seven
Beer Put has extended their season opening winning streak
to seven straight matches now in the Friday Night Mickey Mouse Darts League.
With their seventh win in a row, Beer Put has maintained their 3 game lead
atop the table.
Mick’s Place has now gained control of second place, and in doing so, have
handed Cheers their fourth straight loss. Cheers has dropped from tie first,
which they enjoyed just four weeks ago, all the way down into third from the
bottom.
Results from week 7: Rising Sun, who had desires on actually catching Beer
Put, became Beer Put’s latest victim, losing the beer leg as well at home.
Mick’s Place took sole control of second place by winning the match, but
losing the beer leg, with Cheers on the road. Pleasure Dome won the battle
of the basement, winning both the match and the beer leg at home over
Palmer’s.
No surprise, Nervous Dave from Rising Sun is holding on to the lead for the
league’s highest checkout, a 103 he achieved against Mick’s Place in week
three.
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Ken Carr puts it all together to win PGS
Ken Carr relaxes after a hard
fought 9 under par net and a first place finish in the Pattaya Golf Society
stroke play tournament on Tuesday, January 21, 1997.
They all knew he had it in him, and Ken Carr finally put
it all together to finish a net 9 under par on Tuesday, January 21, 1997,
winning the Pattaya Golf Society stroke play tournament at Eastern Star. A
28 handicapper, Ken went out in 42, finishing with a scratch 91 in a round
which included 5 natural pars. A brilliant effort.
Roy Mitchell returned to form, finishing a net 3 under par in second place.
William Rice finished third with a net 2 under par 70. Billy Russel placed
fourth with a net 1 under par. Les Winch rounded out the top five with an
even par net.
Tony Spencer won closest to the pin honors on #6, while Mike Parson won
closest to the pin honors on #17.
The Pattaya Golf Society plays various courses every Tuesday, meeting at the
First House Hotel on Soi Buakao. Transportation is available leaving around
10:30 a.m. The next tourna-ment will be a Stableford competition at Khao
Kheow on February 4. All golfers are welcome to join the fun.
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Paul Kraft takes
TAGGS 4 club title
Paul Kraft (right) gets congratulations from
Wayne Tischbern after winning the TAGGS 4
Club tournament.
Paul Kraft, following up on his Division I second place finish in the Hare
House Invitational, put together 37 Stableford points to win The Alternative
Gentlemen’s Golf Society 4 club tournament at Phoenix Country Club on
Wednesday, January 22, 1997. Paul shot a consistent 85 off his 14 handicap,
using just a driver, 7 iron, pitching wedge and putter.
Matt Miller, who was also coming off a second place finish in the Hare House
Invitational (Division II), finished second again with 36 Stableford points.
Matt shot a scratch 94 off his 22 handicap.
The most extraordinary round of the day came from Paul Nolan. Paul’s front
nine consisted of 3 birdies, one quadruple bogie, one double bogie, a bogie
and 3 pars for an opening 40. Alas, Paul’s back nine wasn’t quite as “good”,
and he finished out of the running.
All golfers in the competition were limited to using only 4 clubs of their
choice. The format demands shot making skills and a concentrated course
management effort. No-one who played in the competition on Wednesday shot
worse than 27 points, which goes to show how using the brain truly helps a
golfer’s score.
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Improve your Bridge
by Barrie Kenyon
Today’s sad story concerns No Hope Norman, the only
British bookmaker ever to lose a fortune. He was robbed three times in a
year, saw his uninsured house burn down and finally fell into a churchyard
grave pit during a blinding blizzard. After recovering in hospital, he found
that his wife had left him for the vicar. Norman fared no better at the
bridge table.
Norman, sitting South, found himself in a contract of
three no trumps. The left hand opponent, West, held seven spades to the Jack
and four diamonds to the nine. He elected to lead a small spade and dummy,
sitting North, put down:
Spades None
Hearts King, Jack, 3, 2
Diamonds Ace, Queen, Ten, 4, 3
Clubs 8, 7, 6, 5
Norman paused for breath as he examined his own hand as
declarer. He held:
Spades Ace, King, Queen
Hearts Ten, 9, 8, 7
Diamonds 7, 5
Clubs Ace, King, Queen, Jack
With a combined high card point count of twenty nine,
Norman felt confident enough. He could see seven obvious winners in his own
hand. Dummy provided the eighth with Ace of Diamonds and, if West held the
King, dummy’s Queen could be successfully finessed.
So Norman took the opening spade lead with his Queen and
promptly led one of his two small diamonds. West played low and Norman
hopefully put on dummy’s Queen. Alas, East took the trick with his King and
punched back a spade which Norman won with his King. Sweating a bit, Norman
now led his second diamond praying that West had the Jack behind dummy’s Ace
and Ten. No luck, East punched with the Jack as fourth player and led an
unwelcome spade which Norman took with his Ace.
Eventually, Norman had to lose to the Ace of Hearts. The
enemy then cashed three spade tricks as well as the Nine of Diamonds.
Contract badly down, yet Norman could have made his three no trumps with an
over-trick. At trick two, he should have led a small heart and persisted in
hearts when he regained the lead. No matter where the Ace and Queen of
Hearts lie, he can develop two tricks in this suit. His count is then two
hearts, one diamond, four clubs and three spades. Norman’s mistake was to
try to develop the diamond suit which allowed the defense to break through
in their spade suit. Finesses have a fifty percent chance of success. The
alternative line of play here has a copper bottomed guarantee of success.
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Meigh Aces his way to
Wild Chicken Championship
George Meigh (left), after
acing the 5th at Pattaya Country Club, receives his 8th Annual Wild Chicken
Jungle Classic Invitational Open championship trophy from Graham Snook at
the Wild Chicken.
Just for good measure, George Meigh threw in a
spectacular ace on his way to winning the 8th Annual Wild Chicken Jungle
Classic Invitational Open played at Pattaya Country Club on Thursday,
January 23, 1997. George’s hole in one came on the 5th hole, a tough par 3
with water to the left and a tricky green that watches many a good golfer
three putt.
George scored 41 Stableford points to out-distance a strong field of 48
players who turned out for the much anticipated annual event. During his
remarkable round, George only took 18 putts. Surely a round to remember.
Brendan Kelly came out atop a three way tie for second place, winning on
count back with 39 points. Also finishing with 39 points, but losing to
Kelly on the count back, were Gregor Raneblad and Heinz Benz.
Earning nearest the pin honors were; George for his ace on #5, Bob
Greenfield on #7, Leo Williams on #12, and Gregor Raneblad on #16.
Cameron Randford left nothing in his bag while winning the long drive
competition.
Erik Ôstergårds represented his Scandinavian friends well by winning the
longest first putt holed competition on the 18th green.
Gordon McKnight, usually a stable golfer, had an unusual round for him and
won the right to wear the Wild Chicken cap for compiling the least amount of
Stableford points out of all the golfers who turned in their cards. Gordy
Mac put together just 15 points in 18 holes. No holing sand shots this time
around.
Special mention should be made of Lewis “Woody” Underwood and Matt Miller.
Both have made all eight Wild Chicken Open’s since its inception.
The tournament will long be remembered for, amongst other things, the
“Attack of the Rats” episode on the 4th hole. After Mike Mullis teed up his
ball and just as he was half way through his back swing, 3 rats jumped out
of a hole on the tee box and scurried past him, prompting a dance routine
that would have made most bar owners proud. Not to be outdone, the same
thing happened to his golf partner Figge on the same hole. Apparently, Figge
was less taken back by the episode, and even had the little critters
performing circus tricks by jumping over his driver.
Golfers were treated to great course conditions. As PGA pro Richard
Livingston put it, “These (Pattaya Country Club’s) fairways are the best in
the area. Smooth as Thai silk.”
Golfers were also treated to the traditional Bloody Mary’s before tee-off,
and a spectacular spread of food put on by the Wild Chicken at the awards
presentation party following the tournament.
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A’s take two in
PSC softball
In the first game of the double header played on Sunday,
January 19 by the Pattaya Sports Club Softball division, good hitting from
Kenny “T.D.” and Doug Douglas, along with good pitching by Douglas, rallied
the Pattaya A’s to a convincing 13 - 6 trouncing of the Pattaya Blues.
The crowd was cheering, but the Blues were singing the blues when Kenny from
Caltex blasted a grand salami to put the game out of reach.
Game Two was never a contest as the A’s came out blasting. The A’s got off
to a 9 run first inning and never looked back. Consistent fielding and
hitting by Mike Berg, best known for all his efforts to get PSC Softball
back on track, along with Don Brown and Canadian Bill hitting the right side
kept the Blues from ever catching up.
The Blues didn’t exactly help themselves. Pitching and fielding were rather
sloppy, but all had a great day in the crowd pleasing, fun-filled games.
The Pattaya Sports Club invites all ball players to come out and play ball.
Players sign-in between 1:30 and 2:00 p.m. every Sunday. Teams are made-up
from those ready to take the field. Cold drinks and hot dogs are available.
The playing field is at Pattaya School No. 7 on Sukhumvit Highway just past
Greenway Driving Range and Caltex gas station. Transportation to the games
can be arranged through the Hare House on Soi Post Office and the Cafe
Kronborg on Soi Diana Inn.
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