The Jomtien Golf Society
Monday, Dec. 31, Parichat – Stableford
We were off the white tees today with the equal cut at 6-15 and 19+ in the two divisions.
Thirty-three points was the winning score for both divisions and in the top flight Ian Speirs beat Mark Robertson on a 17/14 countback while Rob Brown took third on 32 and in fourth place Brian Keating beat Ron Miller on a 14/11 back nine countback after they both came in with 30 points.
Bruce Gardner was yet again the winner in division 2 ahead of Leo Adam in second place on 30 points and John Seton beat Alan Bissell on a countback for third after both posted scores of 29.
Near pins went to (Div 1) Rob Brown (2), Mark Robertson and Harry Vincenzi, and (Div 2) Leo Adam, Jerry McCarthy and John Seton.
Brian Keating birdied the 11th and Harry Vincenzi the 2nd for the only ‘2’s of the day.
Wednesday, Jan. 2, Crystal Bay – Stableford
Complete chaos today as we arrived at the Mountain Shadow clubhouse as there was no booking for us and we were not down to play, so seven groups moved over to Crystal l Bay instead. The course was in reasonable condition with the front nine B course having very slick greens but on the back-nine some of the putting surfaces were very slow.
Bruce Gardner won the B flight with 38 points while John Carlin beat Lars Strom countback for second at the 37 point mark and Jerry McCarthy was fourth with 35.
Paul Butler topped the premier division with 36 points, Harry Vincenzi, with a 17/16 countback, beat Pete Sumner for second after two 34-pointers came in, and in fourth place there were four contenders but Mark Robertson’s back-nine edged the best efforts of Ian Speirs, Brian Keating and Ron Miller.
Near pins were claimed by (Div 1) John Chambers, Ron Miller and Dennis Scougall, and (Div 2) Bruce Gardner, Conrad and Jerry McCarthy.
Jerry McCarthy was also happy with a ‘2’ on C7 to scoop the division 2 pot and in division 1 the spoils were shared by John Chambers, Ron Miller and Harry Vincenzi.
Friday, Jan. 4,
Eastern Star -Stableford
With ten groups out the cut today was set at 9-16, 17-21 and 22 plus in the three divisions. With some very slick greens and wicked pin placements, which we had never experienced here before, there was only one score over 35 points coming from the 40 players.
Frank Kelly posted it to win division 2 with 39 points while John Carlin took second after beating Bruce Gardner on a 13/12 countback, both on 31 points. Conrad placed fourth, beating Colin Aspinall 19/14 after two 29’s were returned.
In division 1 Brian Keating was the winner with 35 points, Ian Speirs was second on 33, the mad dentist took third with 32 and Pete Sumner finished fourth on 31 points.
Louis Wong topped division 3 with 35 points, Glyn Evans came in second with 34, Ron Lavette was third on 29 and Andres van De Laan took fourth with 28 points, playing off the red tees for the last time.
Near pins went to (Div 1) John Hughes, Mark Robertson and Harry Vincenzi, and (Div 2) Horst Starchl, Volker Suhr and Louis Wong.
No ‘2’s in either division today.
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