๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌโฆ……๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ…๐+๐โฆ…..๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ.. ๐๐ฎ๐ป.๐ฎ๐ญโฆ…๐ฆ/๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ
๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐
The best laid plans! We had 17 players organized into group playing order, as we do each game.
One request for a change resulted in wholesale changes whereby the final starting line-up bore little resemblance to the original. Oh well!, it happens sometimes.
Our return to Burapha has taken a while because of the problems the course had with the A and B nines. However, we found that all is back to top condition, looking and playing well.
Burapha management have brought back the Seniors, over 60 yrs, special price of 1250 bht all-in. There are times when it pays to be old.
Michael Blumhagen came to Links Golf in October last year and quickly racked up a couple of handicap beating scores. His handicap came down but then, not because of the handicap, he had some lower scores, where he had some problems with some greens that didnโt quite suit him.
This day, finding the course, and especially the greens much more to his liking, he has piled on a huge 43 points from his #9 handicap, and streaked away from the rest. His card has plenty of pars and some birdies for a gross score of 74.
On most days a score of 39 points would see a player wearing the Green Jacket, but two players with 39 points had to settle for a countback for second and third.
Colin Service was in the mix again and gained second spot over Steve (I never win countbacks) Moxey.
Karl Flood scored 38 points, another good score on another day, taking fourth place on countback.
We were fortunate enough to have โnear pinsโ again and all four were won.
๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ: Mike Ehlert (A3), Paul Smith (A6), Paul Smith (B3), George Mueller (B8)
๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ
1st Place โ Michael Blumhagen (9 ) – 43 pts
2nd Place โ Colin Service (17) โ 39 pts c/back
3rd Place โ Steve Moxey (12) – 39 pts
4th Place – Karl Flood (17) โ 38 pts c/back
๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ ( non winners) โ Peter Lacey – 21 pts
๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ (non winners) โ Tommy Marshall – 19 pts
The weather was as good as it gets for golf this time of the year and we now know the terrific condition of the course. We will return in about twelve days (Feb.2) to take up that great Seniors price and hope for some more big scores.
๐ท๐๐๐๐: Winner, ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐น๐๐บ๐ต๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป, minus the Green Jacket
