Green Valley

B Flight Winner Neil.

Neil Griffin won on 5^th February at Rayong Country Club and he’s left it a month to the day to win again! Neil took the B Flight honours with 37 Stableford points beating Kenny Chung on a count back, Don McPherson took third place a single point behind. Tony Robbins won the A Flight after his return from the Phillipines – it seems these breaks away do him good as he tends to have a good round when he gets back! Mashi was runner up and Gerry Cooney came in third.

 Results:

A Flight:

1^st Tony Robbins                     (hcp 15) 38 points

2^nd Mashi Kaneta                    (hcp 11) 36 points

3^rd Gerry Cooney                    (hcp 13) 35 points

B Flight:

1^st Neil Griffin                              (hcp 28) 37 points

2^nd Kenny Chung                       (hcp 26) 37 points

3^rd Don McPherson                   (hcp 21) 36 points

Near pin winners – Peter Bevis, Mashi, Reg Smart and William Macey.

Wednesday 3rd March 2010

Bang Pra

Reg (foreground) with Peter (right) and Heath (centre)

There was a packed golf course when we arrived at Bang Pra for a Medal round today which resulted in having to tee off on the 10^th and having to endure another painfully slow round of golf! It didn’t bother Paul Smith though, he had a level par round which was enough to win the A Flight. PJ, who found himself in the A Flight, as the cut was handicap 19, took the runner up spot beating Mashi on a count back. After a break down in Phuket Reg Smart was glad to be back, Reg won the B Flight beating Tom Jones on a count back and Graeme Preston got in the frame for a change claiming third place a shot behind.

 Results:

A Flight:

1^st Paul Smith                            (hcp 3) nett 72

2^nd PJ Redmond                      (hcp 19) nett 75

3^rd Mashi Kaneta                     (hcp 11) nett 75

B Flight:

1^st Reg Smart                               (hcp 25) nett 75

2^nd Tom Jones                            (hcp 23) nett 75

3^rd Graeme Preston                  (hcp 25) nett 76

Near Pin Winners – Jackie McPherson, Peter Habgood, Sunny Khanna and Paul Smith.

Monday 1st March 2010

Rayong CC

On a busy holiday which the course must have overbooked the golf so slow it was painful, but was Sunny Khanna made a happy return to Thailand, gradually getting into the swing of things and taking the honours in the A Flight. Playing Stableford Tony Robbins came runner up a couple of points behind with Gary Warburton edging out John Hughes on a count back to claim third place. In the B Flight lady golfer Jackie McPherson had the best round of the day and won the B Flight for the first time, winning with a fabulous 41 points. Darren Bennett playing his first game with The Bunker Boy’s came second ahead of Jack Robinson in third.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Sunny Khanna                                  (hcp 12) 40 points

2^nd Tony Robbins                                 (hcp 15) 38 points

3^rd Gary Warburton                             (hcp 15) 37 points

B Flight:

1^st Jackie McPherson                          (hcp 19) 41 points

2^nd Darren Bennett                              (hcp 22) 37 points

3^rd Jack Robertson                               (hcp 23) 36 points.

Near Pin Winners – William Macey, Sunny Khanna and Gerry Cooney took the other two.

Phoenix

Mike - February Golfer of The Month

Playing a Medal round at Phoenix we had identical scores in both the A and B Flights. The cut was set at handicap 18 and Mashi got back to winning ways, winning the A Flight with a one under, Tony Robbins came second a shot behind and Gary Warburton beat Gerry Cooney on a count back to claim third place one further shot behind. With the same scores Mike Corner won the B Flight, these points being enough to win Mike the February golfer of the month title! PJ came runner up and, as in the A Flight and Tom Jones claimed third place beating Neil Griffin on a count back.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Mashi Kaneta                         (hcp 11) nett 71

2^nd Tony Robbins                      (hcp 15) nett 72

3^rd Gary Warburton                  (hcp 15) nett 73

B Flight:

1^st Mike Corner                          (hcp 21) nett 71

2^nd PJ Redmond                       (hcp 19) nett 72

3^rd Tom Jones                           (hcp 24) nett 73

Near pin winners – Only three greens were hit and they were hit by Rod Stevens, Dave Warburton and Tony Scambler.

Wednesday 24th February 2010

Mountain Shadow

Tony Scambler had another good round winning the A Flight with 38 points. Takeshi beat Gerry Cooney on a count back to claim second place with Dave Dolle, also having the same number of points, losing out having had a poor back nine! Dave Warburton had the best round of the day scoring 41  points to easily win the B Flight, Laurence Harding took second place, which  put him in the lead for the golfer of the month title race and Paul Edgar came third a couple of points further back.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Tony Scambler                      (hcp 9) 38 points

2^nd Takeshi Hakozaki                (hcp 14) 35 points

3^rd Gerry Cooney                       (hcp 13) 35 points

B Flight:

1^st Dave Warburton                  (hcp 24) 41 points

2^nd Laurence Harding             (hcp 18) 35 points

3^rd Paul Edgar                             (hcp 17) 33 points

Near Pin Winners – Gerry Cooney, John Hughes, Paul Edgar and Tom Jones.

Monday 22nd February 2010

Emerald

Playing a Stableford round at Emerald there was a smaller field than usual but it didn’t bother Tom Jones! Tom had his best round in a while and he put it all down to his new driver that he bought himself for his birthday, winning with 37 points. Tony Scambler had a decent round also, as he has been struggling lately, but he took the runner up spot a few points behind Tom. Alan Sullivan came third and Marion Melia beat fellow lady golfer Jackie McPherson on a count back to claim fourth place.

Results:

1^st Tom Jones                              (hcp 24) 37 points

2^nd Tony Scambler                    (hcp 10) 34 points

3^rd Alan Sullivan                        (hcp 13) 32 points

4^th Marion Melia                        (hcp 19) 30 points

Near Pin Winners – Lady golfer’s Marion and Jackie both won a near pin prize, the other two going to Mike Corner and Terry Pike.

Crystal Bay

Gordon Celebrating With Marion

Some of the Bunker Boy’s played in the Pattaya Sports Club monthly Medal competition which left a smaller group to play Crystal Bay but what a day we had! Playing in a single flight it was very tight at the top, a count back required to separate Gordon and Gary, both shooting a four under nett 68, Gordon just shading it on the back nine. Gerry Cooney’s nett 71 took third place and Mario Benavidez came fourth with a level par.

Results:

1^st Gordon Melia                      (hcp 14) nett 68

2^nd Gary Austin                       (hcp 17) nett 68

3^rd Gerry Cooney                    (hcp 13) nett 71

4^th Mario Benavidez              (hcp 25) nett 72

Near pin winners – Neil Griffin, ‘Dev’ Devlin and Gerry won the other two.

Wednesday 17th February 2010

Khaow Kheow

Some very surprising results today in the Stableford competition with the tee boxes further back than usual! A record low score won the A Flight, John Hughes the very surprised winner with a measly 29 points, only one point behind was Geoff Cox and Peter Platt came in third a further point behind. Lady golfer Jackie McPherson came third in the B Flight, Mike Corner took the runner up spot and it’s anybody’s guess how Kenny Chung scored 38 points but that’s what he won the B Flight with!

Results:

A Flight:

1^st John Hughes                       (hcp 15) 29 points

2^nd Geoff Cox                            (hcp 12) 28 points

3^rd Peter Platt                          (hcp 13) 27 points

B Flight:

1^st Kenny Chung                          (hcp 26) 38 points

2^nd Mike Corner                          (hcp 21) 34 points

3^rd Jackie McPherson              (hcp 19) 31 points

Near Pin Winners – Mike Corner, John Hughes and Frank Dante won the other two.

Monday 15th February 2010

Greenwood

Reg Smart returned from up ‘The Village’ with recharged batteries and promptly won the B Flight coming into the clubhouse with a level par score on his card.  Mike Corner is picking up points here and there keeping him in touch with the golfer of the month contenders, Mike finished second ahead of Ken Young who was in the money for the second time this year to  claim third place! Alan Sullivan got back to winning ways after a barren spell, winning the A Flight just a single shot ahead of Geoff Hart (who’s still not used to being in the A Flight), Tony Robbins settled for third place having returned from another ‘working holiday’ in the Philippines!

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Alan Sullivan                       (hcp 13) nett 75

2^nd Geoff Hart                           (hcp 18) nett 76

3^rd Tony Robbins                    (hcp 14) nett 77

B Flight:

1^st Reg Smart                             (hcp 25) nett 72

2^nd Mike Corner                       (hcp 21) nett 75

3^rd Ken Young                          (hcp 28) nett 77

Near Pin Winners – Gordon Melia got two today, the other two going to Gary Austin and Geoff Hart.

Phoenix

Phoenix played unusually tough today as the scores reflected, the only exception being Gary Warburton’s five under par round which won the A Flight by a five shot margin!  (He must have stayed off the beer!) Tony Scambler had a level par round to take the runner up spot and John Graham playing his last game for a while finished third. The same three players who won the money at Treasure Hills shared the spoils again in the B Flight, PJ winning this time, beating Mike Corner on a count back and Laurence Harding had to settle for third place.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Gary Warburton                 (hcp 15) nett 67

2^nd Tony Scambler                   (hcp 9) nett 72

3^rd John Graham                       (hcp 12) nett 74

B Flight:

1^st PJ Redmond                       (hcp 19) nett 76

2^nd Mike Corner                      (hcp 21) nett 76

3^rd Laurence Harding           (hcp 20) nett 77

Near pin winners – Frank Pilkington, ‘Dev’, Laurence and Dave Warburton.

Wednesday 10th February 2010

Treasure Hill

A large field turned up for this tough but popular course and there were some great scores in the A Flight! With the cut set unusually high at handicap 18 Geoff Hart was disappointed to find himself in the A Flight, his 36 points would have been enough to win the B Flight but it was only enough to take second place where he beat Paul Smith on a count back, John Graham had another good round winning with 38 points. The B Flight was decided on a count back, Mike Corner just shading it from Laurence and PJ did enough to take third spot with 30 points.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st John Graham                      (hcp 12) 38 points

2^nd Geoff Hart                           (hcp 18) 36 points

3^rd Paul Smith                          (hcp 3) 36 points

B Flight:

1^st Mike Corner                       (hcp 21) 32 points

2^nd Laurence Harding          (hcp 20) 32 points

3^rd PJ Redmond                      (hcp 19) 30 points

Near Pin Winners – Jack Robertson, PJ and Paul Smith won another two!

Monday 8th February 2010

Green Valley

After more problems with the booking times we eventually teed off around 40 minutes late (high season tourists appear to be given preference over Pattaya Sports Club members who play all year round!) Obviously the round was slow with too many golfers on the course but we soldiered on anyway. Harry Lankoff who’s just returned from snow covered Canada enjoyed being back in the sun by winning the B Flight with 39 points, a point  ahead of in-form Laurence and Mike Corner brought up the rear with a steady 35 points. Paul Smith won the A Flight with the same number of points, John Graham and Gary Warburton finishing second and third respectively.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Paul Smith                             (hcp 3) 39 points

2^nd John Graham                      (hcp 12) 35 points

3^rd Gary Warburton                 (hcp 15) 34 points

B Flight:

1^st Harry Lankoff                    (hcp 25) 39 points

2^nd Lawrence Harding          (hcp 20) 38 points

3^rd Mike Corner                       (hcp 21) 35 points

Near Pin Winners – Harry Lankoff, Alan Harris and Paul Smith (2).

Rayong Country Club

What an unusual day we had on Friday at Rayong Country Club where there were three torrential downpours during the round resulting in some of the lesser mortals crying off before  the end.

 Those soldiering on struggled with flooded fairways and greens sometimes under water, but the star of the show, who mastered the conditions was William Macey who shot a brilliant four under to win the A Flight. Tony Scambler did pretty good too taking runner up place one shot ahead of JJ Harney. We had a first time winner in the B Flight, Neil Griffin taking the honours one shot ahead of Jackie McPherson and Wednesday’s hero Laurence came down to earth with a pretty dismal nett 82 to finish third!

Results:

A Flight:

1^st William Macey                    (hcp 15) nett 68

2^nd Tony Scambler                  (hcp 10) nett 73

3^rd JJ Harney                             (hcp 10) nett 74

B Flight:

1^st Neil Griffin                              (hcp 28) nett 78

2^nd Jackie McPherson              (hcp 19) nett 79

3^rd Laurence Harding               (hcp 18) nett 82

Near pin winners – William finished off a very profitable day by winning two near pins, the others going to JJ and Alan Harris.

Wednesday 3rd February 2010

Crystal Bay

There were some fairly mediocre scores at Crystal Bay, unusually, because this course doesn’t play as tough as it’s neighbour Mountain Shadow, the exceptions being both A and B Flight winners. Tony Robbins scored 39 Stableford points to win the A Flight with a count back needed to separate Alan Harris and John Graham, Alan just edging out John. The best score today was shot by Laurence Harding who scored a magnificent 43 points to win the B Flight a full 10 points ahead of Tom Jones who came runner up beating PJ on a count back.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Tony Robbins                      (hcp 15) 39 points

2^nd Alan Harris                         (hcp 9) 34 points

3^rd John Graham                      (hcp 12) 34 points

B Flight:

1^st Laurence Harding              (hcp 21) 43 points

2^nd Tom Jones                           (hcp 23) 33 points

3^rd PJ Redmond                        (hcp 19) 33 points

Near Pin Winners – Reg Smart, Bob Taylor, Jack Robertson and Tony Robbins.

Monday 1st February 2010

Bang Pra

Last week’s star man was shining again this week! Jack Robertson began where he left off by winning the B Flight again, this time, playing Medal format he romped home with a six under par score to beat Lawrence Harding who fancied his chances with a three under par round, but not today with Jack in this form! Third place went to ‘Skinny’ who, playing his last game before returning to the UK, beat Mike Corner on a count back. It was closer in the A Flight with just one shot separating the top three. Paul Smith won by a single shot and Art Benavidez took the runner up spot beating Alan Sullivan on a count back.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Paul Smith                            (hcp 3) nett 74

2^nd Art Benavidez                   (hcp 14) nett 75

3^rd Alan Sullivan                     (hcp 13) nett 75

B Flight:

1^st Jack Robertson                    (hcp 23) nett 66

2^nd Lawrence Harding             (hcp 21) nett 69

3^rd ‘Skinny’ Newton                  (hcp 28) nett 75

Near Pin Winners – Paul Smith, Steve Bush, Peter Kelly (2)

Mountain Shadow

Double Winner Jack!

Eight of the Bunker Boy’s made the long journey to Wangjuntr Golf Course  for a change but the rest of the boys played a Stableford comp at Mountain Shadow. The B Flight was won by that man Jack again, winning today with a whopping 40 points which is a fantastic score on this notoriously difficult course! Lawrence Harding, now enjoying his retirement in Thailand, was pleased to find himself in second place and Duncan Lee made a rare appearance and was astounded to discover he’d won third prize with an embarrassing 26 points! The A Flight was a little closer, JJ beating Alan Sullivan by a point and Tony Robbins claimed third place with 32 points.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st JJ Harney                             (hcp 11) 37 points

2^nd Alan Sullivan                     (hcp 13) 36 points

3^rd Tony Robbins                     (hcp 14) 32 points

B Flight:

1^st Jack Robertson                    (hcp 23) 40 points

2^nd Lawrence Harding             (hcp 21) 34 points

3^rd Duncan Lee                           (hcp 17) 26 points

Near pin winners – Art Benavidez, Kevin Dunne, Geoff Cox and Duncan Lee.

Wednesday 27th January 2010

Green Valley

After some confusion on the first tee caused by double booking by the Green Valley staff the golfer’s eventually teed off and what a great day it turned out! There was a count back required to determine the A Flight winner, William just beating JJ Harney by virtue of a better back nine and Gary Warburton beat Paul Smith also on a count back to nick third place. It wasn’t so close in the B Flight where Jack Robertson beat Reg by  a stroke and Arthur Rowley was pleased to find his nett 79 was enough to steal third place

Results:

A Flight:

1^st William Macey                     (hcp 15) nett 71

2^nd JJ Harney                             (hcp 11) nett 71

3^rd Gary Warburton                 (hcp 15) nett 72

B Flight:

1^st Jack Robertson                   (hcp 23) nett 74

2^nd Reg Smart                            (hcp 25) nett 75

3^rd Arthur Rowley                   (hcp 28) nett 79

Near Pin Winners – Gordon Melia took one prize and Alan Harris won the other three!

Monday 25th January 2010

Treasure Hill

'Skinny' All Smiles!

With weather that was ideal for golf and the course in great condition the scene was set for a great day’s golf. ‘Skinny’ Newton had the best round shooting a level par 36 Stableford points and, as any golfer will tell you that’s some going at Treasure Hill. ‘Skinny’ won the B Flight ahead of Geordie Les Humphrey and fellow Geordie Tom Jones claimed third place. Gary Warburton took the A Flight while a count back decided second and third places, another Geordie, Alan Harris beating Mashi to finish runner up.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Gary Warburton                 (hcp 15) 35 points

2^nd Alan Harris                        (hcp 9) 32 points

3^rd Mashi Kaneta                     (hcp 12) 32 points

B Flight:

1^st ‘Skinny’ Newton                  (hcp 28) 36 points

2^nd Les Humphrey                   (hcp 24) 34 points

3^rd Tom Jones                            (hcp 24) 31 points

Near Pin Winners – Anders, Mashi and Gerry Cooney won the other two.

Emerald

What started out as a lovely day for golf, weather wise, turned into a washout when the heaven’s opened about half way around the course and the game had to be abandoned. This proved to be a bonus for the Ban Chang pub owners as the Bunker Boy’s had to spend the afternoon frequenting their fine establishments all afternoon!      (TIT!)

Wednesday 20th January 2010

Royal Lakeside

Tom Jones Celebrating

The long drive to this lovely course is always worth it and Paul Smith certainly didn’t suffer from it as he won with a fantastic six under par nett 64 to take the A Flight. Dave Dolle had a good sub par round to take the runner up spot and, with the cut set at handicap 17 Lee Butler found himself in the A Flight and managed to take the third place. This course is one of Tom Jones’ favourite courses and it showed in his game today, Tom won the B Flight with a two under par round, Mike Corner was a shot behind and Jack Robertson came third a couple of shots further back.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Paul Smith                           (hcp 4) nett 64

2^nd Dave Dolle                         (hcp 12) nett 69

3^rd Lee Butler                           (hcp 17) nett 70

B Flight:

1^st Tom Jones                              (hcp 24) nett 70

2^nd Mike Corner                         (hcp 20) nett 71

3^rd Jack Robertson                   (hcp 24) nett 73

Near Pin Winners – Lee Butler, Gordon Melia and Dave Dolle won the other two.

Monday 18th January 2010

Rayong CC

The condition of the course at Rayong Country Club is improving little by little and is still great value for money. In two flights with the cut set at handicap 15 Alan Harris had the best round of the day to win the A Flight a shot ahead of William who, in turn, was a point ahead of Paul Smith who beat JJ on a count back to take third place. It was close in the B Flight too where Geoff Hart won by a point ahead of Skinny who again was one point ahead of John Hughes who beat Mike Corner on a count back!

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Alan Harris                          (hcp 9) 36 points

2^nd William Macey                  (hcp 15) 35 points

3^rd Paul Smith                           (hcp 4) 34 points

B Flight:

1^st Geoff Hart                             (hcp 18) 35 points

2^nd ‘Skinny’ Newton               (hcp 28) 34 points

3^rd John Hughes                      (hcp 16) 33 points

Near Pin Winners – Gerry Cooney, Lee Butler, Paul Smith and Ken Young

Phoenix

With a lot of the Bunker Boy’s playing in the Pattaya Sports Club Annual Championship we had a smaller than usual field with just a single flight. Dougie Crowe took the honours shooting a nett 74 a shot ahead of Reg who, in turn, was two shots ahead of third placed Alan Harris.

Results:

1^st Dougie Crowe                      (hcp 8) nett 74

2^nd Reg Smart                           (hcp 26) nett 75

3^rd Alan Harris                         (hcp 9) nett 77

Near Pin Winners – Only two greens were hit so Jerry Waselenkof and Alan Harris shared the kitty.

Wednesday 13th January 2010

Khaow Kheow

Double Winner Jack

Khaow Kheow was in it’s usual good condition with the greens playing exceptionally well, Jack Robertson thought so anyway as he won the B Flight again racking up 35 points. Geoff Hart took second place and Tom Jones claimed third spot close behind. JJ won the A Flight with the best score of the day and Dougie beat Tony Robbins on a count back.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st JJ Harney                              (hcp 11) 38 points

2^nd Dougie Crowe                     (hcp 8) 35 points

3^rd Tony Robbins                     (hcp 11) 35 points

B Flight:

1^st Jack Robertson                   (hcp 24) 35 points

2^nd Geoff Hart                            (hcp 18) 33 points

3^rd Tom Jones                            (hcp 24) 31 points

Near Pin Winners – Tom Jones, Dougie Crowe, Jerry Waselenkof and Tony Robbins.

Monday 11th January 2010

Greenwood

The relatively long drive to Greenwood is always worth it as the course is in great shape and wasn’t too busy considering it’s the high season. Paul Smith had a good day winning the A Flight by four shots and picking up a near pin prize to boot and Gerry Cooney beat Gary Warburton by a shot to nick the runner up spot. Jack Robertson shot a two under to win the B Flight ahead of Reg Smart who won two near pin prizes as well with Mike Corner taking third place with a nett 76.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Paul Smith                              (hcp 4) nett 71

2^nd Gerry Cooney                     (hcp 12) nett 75

3^rd Gary Warburton                 (hcp 15) nett 76

B Flight:

1^st Jack Robertson                   (hcp 24) nett 70

2^nd Reg Smart                           (hcp 26) nett 73

3^rd Mike Corner                       (hcp 20) nett 76

Near Pin Winners – Reg Smart (2), Paul Smith

Pleasant Valley

Kevin Dunne celebrating!

It may be ‘Unpleasant Valley’ for some but not for Kevin Dunne, Kevin shot a six under par today to win the A Flight by a mile. Gordon Melia tok the runner up spot beating Gerry Cooney by one stroke. The cut was set at handicap 15 which put Roger Privett in the B Flight which he duly won with a level par round. A count back was needed for second and third places, Neil Griffin just pipping John Hughes to take the runner up place.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Kevin Dunne                        (hcp 12) nett 66

2^nd Gordon Melia                     (hcp 14) nett 70

3^rd Gerry Cooney                     (hcp 12) nett 71

B Flight:

1^st Roger Privett                     (hcp 16) nett 72

2^nd Neil Griffin                        (hcp 28) nett 73

3^rd John Hughes                     (hcp 16) nett 73

Near Pin Winners – Gerry Cooney won two the other two went to Lee Butler and Tom Jones.

Wednesday 6th January 2010

Bang Pra

Playing Stableford at Bang Pra for a change and it was that man Mashi again, winning the A Flight by one point ahead of Paul Smith and Gerry Cooney. In the B Flight PJ was surprised to learn that he’d won with 32 points with Ken Ellerey second and Jim Wooler claiming third place beating Tom Jones on a count back.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Mashi Kaneta                     (hcp 10) 35 points

2^nd Paul Smith                         (hcp 4) 34 points

3^rd Gerry Cooney                    (hcp 12) 33 points

B Flight:

1^st PJ Redmond                       (hcp 19) 32 points

2^nd Ken Ellerey                        (hcp 16) 29 points

3^rd Jim Wooler                         (hcp 21) 28 points

Near Pin Winners – Geoff Hart, Gary Warburton, Paul Smith and Gerry Cooney.

Monday 4th January 2010

Crystal Bay

Ronnie Hall got amongst the money today having the best round shooting a five under par to win the B Flight. Tom Jones had a level par round to finish runner up and John Hughes came third with a nett 75. In the A Flight Mashi took the honours with a two under par round, Paul Smith was second a shot behind and Alan Sullivan came third a further shot back.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Mashi Kaneta                     (hcp 10) nett 70

2^nd Paul Smith                         (hcp 4) nett 71

3^rd Alan Sullivan                     (hcp 13) nett 72

B Flight:

1^st Ronnie Hall                          (hcp 17) nett 67

2^nd Tom Jones                          (hcp 24) nett 72

3^rd John Hughes                      (hcp 16) nett 75

Near Pin Winners – Ronnie Hall, Andy Batt, Mashi and Paul Smith.

Geoff celebrates with Tuk

Friday 1st January 2010

Rayong CC 

A small group of dedicated golfers, ‘teetotallers’, and party poopers set out after the New Year festivities to start the new year off in the best possible way. This ever improving course was surprisingly quiet and an extremely pleasant day was had by all. Especially if your name was Geoff! As Geoff Parker won the money in the Stableford competition and Geoff Hart won the 2’s competition which we had in place of the ‘near pins’ just for a change.

Results:

1^st Geoff Parker                       (hcp 15) 36 points

2^nd Geoff Hart                          (hcp 18) 35 points

3^rd Tony Berry                         (hcp 10) 33 points

Wednesday 30th December2009

Green Valley

With the Golfer of the Month still up for grabs, the 4 players in contention were grouped together for the final game of the month. Geoff Parker got off to a flying start with a birdie on the 1st and everything was tight up to the 4th and 5th holes where Mike Corner suffered a pair of disasters which effectively put him out of contention at this early stage. By the turn only a couple of shots separated the 3 leading protagonists up to the par 5, 14th hole where Colin Greig proceeded to put 2 tee shots into the hazard and walked off with an 8 on what was on the day one of the easiest holes on the course. Geoff was beginning to pull a few shots clear, but Gerry Cooney was still in contention until disaster struck on the par 3, 16th hole. Playing his 2nd shot from the greenside bunker, the ball flew the green and raced up the cart path out of sight of the green. With no reasonable place to drop either side of the path Gerry decided to pay a “crazy golf” shot, putting the ball down the path with the reverse blade of the putter, hoping to bounce the ball off the wall and round towards the green. However the golf gods were not shining on Gerry today and the ball bounced over the wall and into the cactus garden. Gerry eventually walked off the green with a 6 and left the door open wide for Geoff Parker to finish the last 2 holes with bogies and complete the round with a 3 under total of 69 nett and win the last golfer of the month trophy in 2009! In the B Flight Lee Butler beat Tom Jones on a count back and PJ claimed third place.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Geoff Parker                        (hcp 16) nett 68

2^nd Dougie Crowe                   (hcp 8) nett 73

3^rd Eddy Graham                    (hcp 7) nett 75

B Flight:

1^st Lee Butler                             (hcp 16) nett 74

2^nd Tom Jones                          (hcp 24) nett 74

3^rd PJ Redmond                       (hcp 18) nett 77

Near Pin Winners – Dougie Crowe, Ronnie Hall, John Robertson and Gerry Cooney.

Monday 28th December 2009

Eastern Star

B Flight Winner Mike

With the recent reduction in green fee price the Bunker Boy’s decided to make another visit to Eastern Star, a course we have played sparingly throughout the year, due to poor course conditions and lack of value for money in comparison to other local courses. We found the course generally in good condition, although the greens still leave something to be desired. The course was quiet and the groups played the round without any holdups. The cut was set at handicap 16 and Colin Greig beat Geoff Parker by a single point to win with Mashi coming in third a couple of points back. Mike Corner scored the most points today winning the B Flight with 37 points which is no mean feat at Eastern Star, Kenny Chung came second a point ahead of Dave Keats.

Results:

A Flight:

1^st Colin Greig                          (hcp 13) 35 points

2^nd Geoff Parker                      (hcp 16) 34 points

3^rd Mashi Kaneta                     (hcp 9) 32 points

B Flight:

1^st Mike Corner                       (hcp 20) 37 points

2^nd Kenny Chung                    (hcp 26) 34 points

3^rd Dave Keats                          (hcp 25) 33 points

Near Pin Winners – Eddy Graham, Jack Robertson and Lee Butler got the other two.