September 10, 2015
Lanna – Mae Jo Annual Shootout
The idea for a friendly competition between the Lanna and Mae Jo sections of Chiang Mai Social Golfers was first raised at the last AGM and Terry Redding and Don Bishop rose to the challenge and organized the first “shootout” between the two groups. Inthanon was chosen as the venue due to the good deal arranged (1200 Baht including cart, green fee, caddy and lunch) and the friendly staff who made the organization so easy. Thanks to Inthanon – the food was superb and the course in great order. Thanks also for being able to start off 4 different tees allowing all 8 foursomes to finish within minutes of each other.
After arrival and registration the draw was held for the teams. It was a great achievement that all 32 players turned up on time. Thanks also to our emergency Suranee Livingstone who did not make a team but played anyway. The draw was a bit if a shambles but was completed reasonably quickly with names being drawn out of a hat for both teams. The course was not busy and we were able to tee off before the designated time of 8.30.
The scoring system was the combined Stableford scores of the pairs from each side. Again there was some chaos as the scores were entered but all in good fun. The final results are shown in the photo below. Closest to the pin winners were Michael Kuzmich and Yung Beece (bad luck Silvan who almost won ). Kuzzie also featured in the shortest drive category since he along with Mike Dalton failed to pass the ladies tee. The highest scoring pair was and Frank Schwarz and Lennart Larsson with 73 points followed by Allan Gariano and Christian Friis with 71. The highest individual score was Allan Gariano with 42. A special prize for the lowest Stableford was won by Ric Cameron. The prize of a hat band modelled with prominent protruding female breasts will have to be worn by Ric at all future CMSG events for the next month.
The provision of draft Leo by Don ensured that everybody left is high spirits and enjoyed the day. The objective of fostering camaraderie between the often separate sections of CMSG was achieved. Here’s hoping the Shootout can become an annual event.
Join Don and Terry for the
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