PSC Golf…… ….Pattaya Links Golf Society……..Mt.Shadow…….Fri. Feb.23..S/ford

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One Tough Day

There are times when even the golf gods have a bad day and contrive to be spiteful. Friday, 23rd February was one such day as the PLGS visited Mountain Shadow to play a stableford competition.

 Heavy drizzle dogged the journey and a delay at check-in lasted until ten minutes before the due tee-off time. Heavy skies and very high humidity saw the group tee off on time on a course where the fairways were soft and with very little run.

Greens were slower than normal but got better as they dried out. Everyone in the two flights struggled to come to terms with the conditions and an overall average of 25 points tells the story of the day.

In the second flight the twenty plus handicappers tried manfully to make an impact but it was left only to three to break the magic thirty points mark. Bart Bingham was third with 30 points whilst Martin Hoblyn won the flight on countback from Rod Stevens, both recording 32 points.

The first flight was almost a mirror image with Tony Browne’s 30 points edging Masa Takano into third on countback and a very chirpy John Kelly enjoying a win with 32 points.

Near pins went to John Kelly (5), Masa Sugaya (8), Phil Mitchell (15) and Wayne Peppernell (17)

Best Front Nine ( non winners)…..Andrew Purdie……19 pts

Best Back Nine (non winners)…….Andrew Roberts…..15 pts 

Winner..”A” flight………John Kelly (13)…………….32pts

2^nd Place…………………..Tony Browne (18)…………30 pts c/back

3^rd Place……………………Masa Takano (8)…………..30 pts

Winner “B” flight………Martin Hoblyn (26)………..32 pts c/back

2^nd Place…………………..Rod Stevens (23)……………32 pts

3^rd Place…………………..Bart Bingham (22)………….30 pts

Some candidates for the Booby Bevy missed the presentation, choosing instead to lock themselves in a darkened room with a bottle of tonic wine as Keith Melbourne manfully accepted the dubious honour.

It had been a rare tough day at Mountain Shadow with the golf gods having an off day.

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