A Long Good Friday!

Pattaya CC is the nearest course to town and as such is an easy scheduling option for Pattaya golf groups. Beware of high season Fridays though, as the Pattaya Links Golf Society found on 9th February a very full course which made it a long day for the group’s forty golfers.

For the second successive round delays were inevitable and the field teed off forty minutes later than the booked time and pity the poor recorder, Mr Len, as he received the final card in the clubhouse at 6:30pm and was faced with an arduous Friday evening drive back into town.

However, the day is about golf and there were some fine performances despite the frustrations, on a course which was excellent for the first nine holes but was besmirched by the slow greens on the inward nine.

The field was divided into three flights with the cuts coming at sixteen and twenty three.

All three divisions saw a tight competition. In the third flight Torben Lingaard performed to his usual standard collecting 36 points from a painstaking round. In second was the returning Irishman Derek Phillips and he showed he had lost none of his form of the previous year with 38 points, losing on countback to Keith Melbourne who picked up his first flight win in many years of trying. Well done Keith!

In a competitive second flight Larry Slattery took third with 36 points whilst a countback was needed to separate John Chelo and Colin Service, the latter taking the flight with 37 points.

In the top flight Phil Davies again found himself in the mix with 37 points taking third place, one behind the runner up Ronnie Saxkjaer with 38. The winner, with the best score of the day was John Dean with 39 very solid points.

Four Near Pins and all were claimed:

Colin Service (5), Derek Phillips (7), Mike McGuigan (12) and Hilary Stoker (16).

Best Front Nine ( non winners)…. . Maurice Roberts………20 pts

Best Back Nine ( non winners)…… Pierre Cere……22 pts

Winner …”A” flight…….Jon Dean (12)…………..39 pts

2^nd Place……………………Ronnie Saxkjaer (8)……..38 pts

3^rd Place…………………….Phil Davies (13)………..37 pts

Winner…”B” flight……..Colin Service (19)……….37 pts c/back

2^nd Place…………………John Chelo (19)…………37 pts

3^rd Place…………………Larry Slattery (20)………36 pts

Winner…”C” flight……..Keith Melbourne (32)…….38 pts c/back

2^nd Place…………………Derek Phillips (24)……….38 pts

3^rd Place…………………Torben Lingaard (25)……..36 pts

A very long day ended with Mr Phil presenting the green jacket to John Dean and Jorgen Furst took his first fitting of the “wig” for the lowest score of the day. And so to bed…!

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