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Jamie Booterbaugh has been here for about three months this time around and has shown the most consistently good form as any player currently at Links.
He is about to take off for a stint back in the U.S.A, so made sure to get his last Green Jacket before he goes. OR, is it his last one? There could be one more chance.
The winning score today was just 35 points and that score was shot by three golfers.
Jamie won all the countbacks to grab first spot.
Simon Niven, in his short one month stay, has already worn the โJacketโ once and went very near to it again, losing that countback to Jamie.
Mike Ehlert, freshly returned from the U.S.A also staked a claim with his 35 points, but lost all the countbacks to hold third place.
Wayne Peppernell is maintaining his winning form and, although he didnโt win this one, still scored 34 points to win his countback and take fourth spot.
Glen Elsworth is playing a little more regularly and is making some good scores as well. He also had 34 points to finish in fifth place.
John Chelo didnโt need to be in a countback as he alone had 33 points and the final place on the podium.
๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ: Dave Arataki (A3), Rick Tranter (A5), Paul Anderson (C3), Billy Buchanan (C8)
๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐ฐ
๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ โ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต (๐ญ๐ญ) โ ๐ฏ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ฐ/๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ
2nd Place โ Simon Niven (13) – 35 pts c/back
3rd Place โ Mike Ehlert (10) โ 35 pts
4th Place – Wayne Peppernell (18) – 34 pts c/back
5th Place – Glen Elsworth (13) โ 34 pts
6th Place – John Chelo (18) โ 33 pts
๐ฝ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ( non winners) โ Ivan Nielsen โ 17 pts
๐ฝ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ( non winners) – Thierry Petrement โ 18 pts
We are not sure why, at the presentations, Billy apologized for playing the longer yellow tees. At Khao Kheow and, incidentally, Greenwood, we do mix it around in order to cater for the range of handicaps on the day. Playing the course presented.
The new management at Khao Kheow is getting to work on improving this course so, with work happening around the different nines, there are some ragged edges. However, apart from some large GUR and some sanding, it still played like a good course should.
And, we must mention the terrific all-in price of 1100 bht. That is great value and appreciated.
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Photo: Winner, ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก, with Billy Buchanan
