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Vol. 8 No. 1 ! 16 - 30 September 2008
Golf from The Cafe Kronborg MBMG Matchplay by Derek Brook Khao Kheow ( Stableford) The Pete Dye designed Khao Kheow A & B Layouts were the Host to Stableford Competition where once again the Course was the ultimate winner. We started out with relatively dry conditions but there was thunder in the area. After about 8 holes however a storm came in and we had to stop for about 40 minutes. After resuming the Course was sopping wet for the rest of the round. Graham Buckingham was the overall winner with a magnificent 31 points. Yes 31 points. Second was Monte Sykes with 29 points with Henry O’Brien in third with 27 and Bill Plath in fourth on countback over Martyn
Monster. Note that the Course is offering various special deals, pl check out their Web Sites. Greenwood ( Stableford) All the players like to go to Greenwood. When you have played some of the really hard Courses it is nice to return to reality and play a Course that is not only forgiving, but is a pleasure to play. The Course is in very good condition considering it is classed as one of the lesser Courses, but it is on everyone’s list of favourite places to play when you take into count value over all. After a few weeks of disaster, I quite looked forward to a good day out, and in fact that is how it turned out, with only a misplaced penalty causing the Scribe to be beaten on countback. This Course
by Jack
Graham Buckingham So after a really enjoyable day the winner was P.S. Basi with 39 points on countback over Derek Brook in second. In third was Monte Sykes, now playing off a handicap of 4, with 37 points and in fourth was Mike Winfield with 36 points. With the roads now much
WITH only two more matches remaining for each team to be played in October, mathematically there are four teams that can still win; Tony’s Tiger’s have a slender lead ahead of Caddyshack, The Golf Club & the Bunker. There are some very interesting final matches with the Tiger’s playing the Outback Golf Bar at home & The Bunker away; Caddyshack have The Golf Club at home & Café Kronborg away; The Bunker have the Outback Golf Bar away and The Golf Club have the Driving Range at home. Bangpra 3rd Sept (delayed match) The Bunker v Café Kronborg – match drawn - 3 to 3
The Bunker Café Kronborg P J Redmond Lost 2 & 1 v Peter Basi John Hughes Won 3 & 1 v Henry O’Brien
William Macey Lost 1 down v Dave Richardson Mashi Kaneta Won 2 up v Graham Buckingham John MacDonald Lost 2 & 1 v Monty Sykes Gerry Cooney Won 3 & 1 v Ebrahim
Golf from the Travellers Rest Fitzgerald, Alun Webber, Robert Lamond and George Robinson. On Thursday the 4th it was again back to one of our regular visits to Phoenix (Lakes and Mountain). Yes and again we had a very good turnout and two flights 018 and 19 up. Division one saw a win for Ito Akitoshi with thirty eight points. Nice to see him back at the top again. He was followed
taking the spoils in Division 1 with a count back thirty six THE nearly’s make it at last pointer over “Mr Second Matt Some of our golfers try week Gibbons. George Robinson was after week to make the top spot third. only to come up short time and I have reported many times time again. Well this week two over past weeks second and Derek Brook P.S. Basi of them finally made it. thirds for Steve Gould so it Topham, both 25 points. always helps a long hitter, easier to navigate, the drive Roger Wilkinson won the B gives me great pleasure to see Noted the scores are not great, especially when they can keep there and back were much flight on Monday at Pattana him take the win of the B but you only have to score it on the short stuff. If I learned easier, but beware that Route 7 and Ito Akitoshi the A flight at Division with thirty three enough points to win, and after anything on this day it was to now has 90 KMPH speed limit Phoenix on Thursday. points and a count back rain this Course can be a real carry a Rule Book with me. signs on it. T.T.F.N. Matt Gibbons “Mr Second” win over Ted Senior. Garry Hall carried on just as he left off last was third. week and was second yet again Three two’s recorded. Kevin on Saturday at Eastern Star. Read, Matt Gibbons, and “Mr Organiser” Fergus Dean Rice Marc Levy also played system until the end of the took the win of “A” at Full Results for the by Jack well for his 66 as did Alan second day, nobody was to Eastern Star with Steve week – THE two day Decanter was Bishop who also shot 69, know whether they had won Gould taking the “B” Monday 1st September at The shortage of two’s of staged to mark the coming of as prizes were awarded anything in the matrix of four Pattana age of The Outback Golf right down to Pottsy in tenth separate tournaments, until the late is also over with four Flight A (0-14) last score was counted. Nobody on Monday just the one on Bar, just one year since it place. George Robinson 36 hc There was also a two day could win two prizes and Thurs and three on opened on 6 th Sept 2007. 12 Nigel Cannon told the story stableford competition for finally when all the calculations Saturday. Robert Lamond 35 hc 05 The weather also tried to of how the bar was born those that failed to make had been completed, some Billy Fitzgerald 34 hc 14 with Capt’ Bob, Jack the Lad the cut for the Decanter. The 41 players out of the average mess up things a bit this Flight B (15 up) and of course Queen Lot. scores may seem low, but field of 66 for the two days, week with delays both on Roger Wilkinson 32 hc 15 Monday and again on Her team of little helpers remember that all the top walked away with a prize. Gunner Vangsnes 31 hc Additionally, there were a Saturday but our hardy and especially the success of scorers were playing in the 22 Mr & Mrs Cook must not be main Decanter tournament. number of sponsor prizes participants rode it out as Frank Kelly 30 hc 16 kindly donated by:- The they always seem to do and forgotten either, he went on 2’s –Billy Fitzgerald, Courtyard Restaurant then carried on with play. to say. Alun Webber, Robert First outing this week was Saturday’s Winner – Fergus Brennan Lamond, George Robinson & Bar, Khun John’s, Harvey Samuel, the Mulligans on the lake, to Pattana on Monday instead by Harvey Samuel with a good clear leader on day one, Thursday 4th at Phoenix Best Secret Bar, Orchid of our usual Tuesday on the thirty four count back over (Lakes and Mountain) had a nightmare of a start Bar, The Horn Bar, Paradise first of September again this is third place Fergus Brennan. with a ten on the first Division One Bar, & Boxing Roo. All a course not visited by us a Division two belonged to hole. But he’s made of Ito Akitoshi 38 hc 09 well recommended if great deal and the reason we Gary Hall with a great thirty sterling stuff is our Harvey Harvey Samuel 34 hc 17 c/b you fancy a beer or a bite went on Monday was because seven and just the one ahead of and instead of giving up Fergus Brennan 34 hc 10 c/b to eat. Thanks guys! & one of a large event planned for Alan Evans on thirty six. One as most would, he dug in Roger Wilkinson 32 hc 15 the Tuesday. We had a good further back in third was Alun girl. and proceeded to play the Divison Two There were eight near pin turnout and two divisions. The Webber who also took the one next seventeen holes 3 Gary Hall 37 hc 22 Jack & Bob with the Outbacker prizes (day 1 - john course as you would expect two on the day. under his handicap, to end Alan Evans 36 hc 25 Decanter Winner, Carl Lovatt (centre) emmerson, jim moreton, with a big comp planned was up fifth. On Saturday the 6th we went Alun Webber 33 hc 23 Frank O’Neill looked as The surprise winner was Ted bruce milner & kathy doody. in tip top condition. However to our usual weekend venue at Peter Morris 31 hc 23 though he was going to take Gardner with a total of 62 day 2 - john emmerson, steve the weather played up and Eastern Star. 2’s – Alun Webber the Decanter but faltered at points, from Des Scott on 60 morton, paul greenaway & bob caused delays during play and We had yet another good Saturday 6th September at the last two holes, finishing and Peter Allen with 59. Prizes philp) as well as a total of affected the playing conditions turnout on the day the numbers Eastern Star double-bogey, double-bogey in this tournament were fifteen ‘2’s over the two days preventing players from are definitely picking up again Division 1 and had to be satisfied a net awarded down to seventh (day 1 - alan bishop, steve enjoying the full potential of a But as last week it turned out Fergus Brennan 36 hc 10 c/b morton, bruce mcadam, bruce well prepared course. But to be no easy day for anyone. 69 to come second. place. Matt Gibbons 36 hc 14 c/b The round of the day came The remaining players were milner, john emmerson & George Robinson thirty six The weather was unkind with George Robinson 32 hc 11 from Carl Lovatt, who with a in two more daily competitions, charles sheppard. day 2 - frank came out on top of the A rain delays during the round and Division 2 net 64, catapulted himself up 1st day strokeplay & 2nd day o’neill, bob philp, john division flight and Roger the pin placements were still Steve Gould 33 hc 19 c/b th the leaderboard from 8 to take stableford, split into the usual emmerson, shane ruddle, Wilkinson the “B” with thirty testing. Ted Senior 33 hc 17 c/b brendon dougal, paul sharples, two. Nice to see him have a win So no fabulous scores were the Decanter by three clear three divisions. Garry Hall 31 hc 22 posted. But this failed to deter shots on 139. That’s a great It had been impossible to alan thomas, paul greenaway at last. 2’s Kevin Read, Matt Four Two’s - Billy “Whiz” organiser Fergus Brennan from Gibbons and Dean Rice round of golf Carl. unravel the complex scoring & briany christie)
by Barry Hooper
The Outbacker Decanter - Day 2