PSC Golf from the Tropical Golf Group
Tuesday, Nov. 10, Greenwood – Stableford
With a contingent of regular players off to Kanchanaburi for Poppy Day ceremonies, a fair sized group of 19 met at our golfing home, The BJ Holiday Lodge, for breakfast and transport arrangements for the days outing to Greenwood.
What has always been one of the longer drives has now turned into an even longer one due to long stretches of road works underway on Hwy 331. However we did manage to get there before our scheduled tee time and, with the parking lot virtually deserted, we found we had the course to ourselves. Check-in was swift and all enjoyed the special packages currently on offer, 1,150 baht with a cart or 850 baht to walk. Almost too good to be true for November!
Bill McGarvie and Jim Ferris.
So with a bit of a breeze under warm, sunny skies we were soon off to negotiate our way around the well manicured “B” and “C” nines. The tees and fairways were well grassed and not wet enough to require any thought of ‘ball-in-hand’ and the greens were running at a reasonable speed and true. Now, would the golfers take full advantage of the pristine conditions and turn in some respectable scores?
Play moved along at a good pace and soon all cards were in and the transport loaded up and back through the road construction to BJ’s for a late lunch and the results. With two flights split at handicap 18, we certainly did have respectable scores. Congratulations to both Jim Ferris (21) and Bill McGarvie (9) for turning in the best of the day for their respective flights.
A Flight (0–17)
1st Bill McGarvie (9) 37pts
2nd Mashi Kaneta (13) 35pts
3rd Alan Sullivan (11) 34pts
B Flight (18+)
1st Jim Ferris (21) 38pts
2nd Barry Elphick (24) 36pts
3rd Henry Wing Yip (18) 34pts
Near Pins: Tom Cotton, Landis Brooks, Henry Wing Yip, Dick Warberg
Friday, Nov. 13, Treasure Hill – Stableford
It was Friday the 13th and seventeen Tropical Golfers met to see who would be lucky this day and who would fall victim to superstitions. It’s that time of year when familiar faces start showing up to catch up on the news and golf conditions. After filling up on food and beverage it was time to head to Treasure Hill.
The trip to Treasure Hill is a bid arduous with all the construction and industrial areas to go through. Is it worth it? Yes! The course is attractive and secluded, with a tricky, yet thought provoking, layout that eliminates grip it and rip it on most every hole. The course is in excellent shape and until the end of November offers a price of 1050 baht including cart and caddie! You can’t beat that with a wedge. So who would win this unlucky Friday?
Ignoring all omens John Davis (H/’cap 15) had nothing but good luck and skill as he destroyed the course and competition with 40 points! This included a 130-yard approach shot to the difficult 16th hole finding its way to the bottom of the cup for birdie. Hats off to John. Landis Brooks (9) came close with an excellent 38 points on this difficult course, followed by Brian Parish (13) with a fine 36, and Brian Gabe (18) with 33.
Near Pins: Landis Brooks, Daryl Evans, Dick Warberg, Bob Watson.
Long Putts: Don Carmody.
