There were 31 starters for todays Individual Stableford Competition at Doi Inthanon. 29 playing for prizes and 2 playing a social round having not qualified under the new handicap club ruling of having played one round with the club in the preceeding month. Unfortunately we were informed that Ken had a motorbike accident and would not be able to make it, we hope he is ok and also one other no-show out of the 33 intended players. The weather was fine for the start of the event but got very humid early in the round. Some confusion at the start as the golf course had advised us that we would all have to go off the tenth tee but come tee-off time after Lesley & Gary had done a great job of getting all the groups organised the starter advised us that we could also go off the first tee … All that aside, this is Thailand after all, we did all get away on time after a little confusion with four groups off the front and four off the back and therefore some of us had no right to make excuses for not making it past the ladies tee on the first.
The course was looking good but not as good as it has been in the past, especially the bunkers but the greens were very enjoyable. Jack Cooper was having a brilliant round until he got to the 9th hole where his drive ended up hitting a caddy on the 2nd tee box which set him back in points and baht (get your golf insurance now). All the scores were entered on Lesley’s laptop and after a few wayward scorers were informed of their errors on the card the overall winner on the day was Tony Guardino who despite a slow start came home with 38 points. Lesley has assured him that a mask will be compulsory attire for his next round at Maejo. The runners-up in a four way tie were Jack Cooper, Jack Kuzina, Jerry Buckley and Richard Brown with 34 points.
We thank everyone for their patience both on and off the course and for their participation in what we hope is an enjoyable atmosphere and hope to see you all again in the very near future.
Doi Inthanon 21.02.13
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