PSC Golf Pattaya Links Golf Society
Monday, Jan. 29, Pattavia – Stableford
A Flight
1st Wayne Peppernell (15) 38pts
2nd Ray Banks (14) 36pts
3rd Chris Barker (11) 35pts
B Flight
1st Simon Watts (20) 42pts
2nd Mashi Kaneta (16) 38pts
3rd Tony Browne (19) 36pts
C Flight
1st Larry Slattery (21) 35pts
2nd Helene Lindberg (22) 33pts
3rd Mike Wilsher (24) 33pts
The final week of January started with a visit to Pattavia as the Pattaya Links Golf Society took another large field to the testing course that never fails to impress with its well maintained fairways and bunkers and challenging greens.
Conditions were favourable for good scoring and in the third flight Mike Wilsher drifted off the pace towards the end, losing second place on count-back to Helene Lindberg’s 33 points on her final round this trip. The flight winner was Irishman Larry Slattery with 35 points.
In the top flight Chris Barker’s solid 35 points was enough to edge Bob Watson out of third place, leaving Ray Banks second on 36 and Wayne Peppernell again made his presence felt with a well crafted 38 points taking the win.
The second flight saw the best scores of the day with Tony Browne holding down third place with 36 points, a couple behind second placed Mashi Kaneta. The flight winner with an excellent 42 points was Simon Watts whose golf was obviously quite electric.
Near pins went to Chris Barker, Mashi Kaneta and Masaaki Sugaya.
The consolation prizes went to Phil Davies for his excellent front nine total of 22 points and Maurice Roberts for his back nine haul of 20.
Wednesday, Jan. 31, Crystal Bay – Stableford
A Flight
1st Ray Banks (14) 37pts
2nd Takeshi Hakozaki (15) 36pts
3rd Wayne Peppernell (14) 29pts
B Flight
1st Stuart James (20) 35pts
2nd Paul Chesney (19) 35pts
3rd Michael McGuigan (24) 33pts
The PLGS visited Crystal Bay on the final day of the month and found the C and B nines in reasonable condition with fairways soft in places and greens which hardly passed muster.
Scores were not startling and in the second flight third place went to Big Mike McGuigan with a score of 33 points. Count-back was needed to identify the flight winner and Stuart James took the win from Paul Chesney, both with 35 points.
In the top flight count-back again identified the third place winner, Wayne Peppernell. The unlucky golfers level with him being Masa Takano, John Kelly and Maurice Roberts.
In second was Takeshi Hakozaki with 36 points and the only sub-par round of the day was recorded by Ray Banks in his penultimate round this trip, a meritorious 37 points.
Near pins were won by Takeshi Hakozaki, Wayne Peppernell and Tony Browne (2).
Consolation prizes for best nines went to Richard Dobson (18pts) and Colin Service (17pts).
Friday, Feb. 2,
Pleasant Valley – Stableford
A Flight
1st Ray Banks (14) 41pts
2nd Olli Orth (12) 39pts
3rd Udo Emmerich (12) 38pts
B Flight
1st Colin Service (20) 46pts
2nd Tina Orth (20) 44pts
3rd Richard Dobson (23) 39pts
Pleasant Valley is a course which golfers either love or hate but the scores today were incredible, with a quarter of the field breaking par. The course played short from the shorter than normal tees and the persistent wind seemed to help on almost every hole.
In the top flight German golfer Udo Emmerich took third place on count-back with 38 points for his first podium place this trip. In second was Udo’s compatriot Olli Orth with 39 points and the winner was Ray Banks, concluding his visit this day, with 41 points.
In the second flight Richard Dobson at last came good with 39 points but this was eclipsed by the top two. Tina Orth enjoyed a splendid “PB” with 44 points but saw “Murphy’s Law” kick in when Colin Service returned a score of 46 points to take the day. Such scoring brought the number of PLGS “69-or-less” rounds this year to thirteen.
Near pins went to Masa Takano, Tip Briney, Tina Orth and Colin Service.
The consolation places went to Pierre Cere for the best front nine of 22 points and Keith Melbourne for the best back nine of 22 points.
