Rayong Green Valley Country Club

Rayong Green Valley Country Club

Monday 23rd November

There was a great turnout with 86 golfers taking part in our increasingly popular tournament that raised a fantastic 90,000 Baht for our adopted Children’s Charity, the ‘Drop In Centre for Streetkids.’

The Green Valley course was in good condition except the greens had been lightly sanded which made the speed inconsistent – but not slow!  Good organisation by the course staff with players starting simultaneously from the 1st and 10th tees without any hitches. Some tees in their forward (weekend) positions which made holes shorter than normal and may account for the large number of players beating their handicaps. No significant hold-ups during the round and most groups finishing within 4 1/2 hours. The field was split into two flights, the A Flight being handicaps 0 – 18 and the B Flight handicap 19 and above.

Trophies

For the first time there was a team competition with some handsome trophies for the winners. Trophies were also presented for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd in both flights along with a host of awards for the technical prize winners. Last year’s winner John Hughes gave it all he had to try to retain the trophy scoring 20 Stableford points on the front nine holes and a pretty impressive 19 points on the more difficult back nine, but, unfortunately it wasn’t enough. He did have the consolation of winning the team prize trophy with his team mates Glen Cunningham, Alan Sullivan and Brian Maddox. The individual winner in the A Flight was Banjo Bannister followed by runner up Tony Scambler who beat Clive Robinson on a count back. In the B Flight Dave Keats had a good round again, as he did last year, but had to settle for third place, Dean Roberts scored an impressive 40 points but could only manage second place behind this year’s winner P.J. Redmond who won with a brilliant round scoring 42 points.

Xmas Carols from the 'Streetkids'

After the game all the golfer’s were treated to some carol singing by the children from the drop in centre and a superb buffet at the U Too Bar on 2^nd Rd. where the presentation of trophies was made and a lucky draw took place. Among the prizes were free green fees for Green Valley, free golf lessons  with David Race, gift vouchers for local restaurants and loads of booze!

Results: 

Banjo Bannister - A Flight Winner

A Flight:

1^st Banjo Bannister                  (hcp 11) 41 points

2^nd Tony Scambler                   (hcp 8) 40 points

3^rd Clive Robinson                  (hcp 7) 40 points 

B Flight:

1^st PJ Redmond                       (hcp 19) 42 points

2^nd Dean Roberts                    (hcp 25) 40 points

3^rd Dave Keats                          (hcp 25) 38 points

Technical Prizes: 

Alan Evans with his 'Nearest the Pin' Certificate

Longest Drive Winner – hole # 15      -          

Jeff Wylie

Longest Putt Winner – hole # 18        -          

Geoff Cox

Straightest Drive Winner – hole # 4   -          

Bob Rasmussen

Nearest the Pin Winner – hole # 2      -          

Tony Dauth

Nearest the Pin Winner – hole # 9      -           Trevor Sharman

Nearest the Pin Winner – hole # 12    -           Alan Evans

Nearest the Pin Winner – hole # 16    -           Tommy Nystrom

Team Winners

Team Winners (Best 3 combined Stableford scores) –

John Hughes

Glen Cunningham

Alan Sullivan

Brian Maddox

Champion PJ Redmond!

John Preddy Memorial Tournament Champion 2009 – PJ Redmond.

Boys From The Bunker

This year The Bunker Bar Golf Society got together with a number of other Golf Societies and helped to form the Pattaya Golf Matchplay League 2008, sponsored by MBMG Financial Group.

The teams consist of a minimum of 6 players and a maximum of 10 players to have flexibility for the low and high seasons. One “Home” game and one “Away” is played each each month with the exceptions being April (Songkran) and September when the Ryder Cup is played.

There have been some great matches played and all have been played in the right spirit with good sportsmanship shown by all players. An outstanding feature has been the friendlines shown by supposedly “rival” golf organisations like IPGC and PSC which can only be a good thing for golf in the region.

It has also been a good opportunity for The Bunker’s regular golfer’s to get to know many other fellow golfer’s from around the city and to visit their local drinking holes to rib each other about the day’s golf and to generally have a good time.

The first season is coming to a close as most teams only have two or three matches to play and it is very close at the top with The Bunker Boy’s only two points behind the leaders Caddyshack. The three remaining games see us play at “Home” to Cafe Kronberg tomorrow 3rd September (delayed August game), “Home” to Tony’s Tigers and “Away” to the Outback Golf Bar.

With more “regular” golfer’s returning each week to Pattaya, William Macey the team Captain (who I must say has done a splendid job along with Vice-Captain Geoff Parker) will have a strong squad to choose from for the last three games.