January 2025
Lanna, 20.01.2025
6 members on another beautiful day. 5 hours exactly. Again, no takers for the Birdie Holes. Tie for 2nd between Mr Kim(16) and Andy Roberts(19) with 34 points. Our winner was Rowan Dyer(26) with 38 points.
9AM tee off next Monday. Hope to see you.
MaeJo, 17.01.2025
Another bright and sunny day weatherwise, however as expected the course was extremely busy. Today we had 18 players with 14 in the competition, we played a 2 man scramble format and it worked very well. The scores were very close but in the end we had 3 teams on a combined score of net 66, Rick and Iain, David and Bunz, Barry and Mark.
Next Friday will be a Matchplay format with a random draw selection and although going out as a 4 ball will be 1 verses 1. There will also be the opportunity to play normal stableford format for those golfer not wishing to play in the matchplay format.
MaeJo, 15.01.2025
It was a sunny but cold start to the day, there were 16 players 14 in the competition and 2 guests. The format was Nassau (front 9, back 9 and overall winner). The course was crowded as expected and will be like this for the next few weeks, so be aware and be patient. Also take note that we only have 4 tee times (16 players) on both Wednesdays and Fridays, it would be prudent to let the captain(s) know in advance to save disappointment and a wasted journey. We do have a LINE Group for ‘Chiang Mai Social Group MaeJo’, please use it to register your place for either Wednesday or Friday. I will post on LINE and the website when we have reached our 16 players.
Today’s winners: Front 9 was KK with 24 points, Back 9 was Nigel with 21 points and the overall winner with 40 points was Graham, Well done to you all.
Next Wednesday a slightly earlier start of 7:52am.
KK, Graham and Nigel
Hariphunchai, 15.01.2025
9 members today on a relatively quiet course. Our three groups finished in about three and a half hours! No problems at the turn whatsoever!
Scoring was good despite a couple of nasty pin placements. Eight birdies were shared between the 9 of us
In third place was Julian Wing with 35 points.In second was Serge Arnaud with 38 points but today’s winner was Stephen Snowden with 39 oints. Well done everyone and see you all next week.
Don’t forget next Thursday is the AGM at Gymkhana. I hope a lot of you will attend.
Serge, Stephen and Julian
Hariphunchai 15th January 2025
Lanna, 13.01.2025
9 members and 2 guests on another beautiful day. About 5 hours. Call holes are now mandatory. No takers for the Birdie Holes again. We had a tie for the win between Mr Kim(16) and Andy Roberts(20) with a net 72.
10 AM start again next week. Hope to see all there.
Lanna 1&2 January 13th 2025
MaeJo, 10.01.2025
Today due to tee time restrictions we were only allowed 8 players, in accordance with the promulgated information on www.chiangmaisocialgolfers.org web page and 8 players duly registered. Of those 8 players only 5 turned up, note that when we are restricted to numbers failure to turn up or notify is unacceptable.
6 players that had NOT taken time to read the CMSG web page turned up to play, and were unfortunately disappointed, however after much harassment I was able to discuss with khun Nah for an extra tee time, so we finished up with 7 players in the competition and the others doing their own game.
Be warned that abuse in any form will NOT be tolerated by CMSG.
Today’s winner with 37 points was Serge, in 2nd place was David 0n 36 points and finishing in joint 3rd place was Gordon and Graham.
Please note that this is ‘High Season’ and there were over 200 Koreans on the course, be patient.
Please also note that for the rest of this month and to the end of next month we have negotiated 4 tee times on Fridays at 12:30 with a check in at 12:00 (noon). It is has been agreed that we can revert to our regular morning slot of 7:30am in ‘Low Season’. If you arrive at MaeJo expecting to play in the morning on Fridays you will be disappointed!!
A LINE group page for CMSG MaeJo has been created, feel free to join.
Gordon, David, Serge and Graham
Hariphunchai, 08.01.2025
12 golfers, (11 in the comp) had a perfect day’s golfing. Weather brilliant, course in excellent condition, no wait at the turn and finished in around 4 hours with great camaraderie between everyone. What more could you want…. Well maybe a decent score!
In third equal were Stephen Snowden and Brian Rundle, each with 31 points. In second was Jeff Routt with 32 points, but today’s winner was Mr Kim with 33 points.
We say bon voyage to Mrs Kim who is now returning to Korea and also to Steve and Rosie McLennan who will be doing a bit of travelling elsewhere before returning home. See you all later in the year. Have a safe journey!
As for everyone else, see you all next week.
Brian, Jeff, Mr.Kim and Stephen
MaeJo. 08.01.2025
Today we had 13 players in the competition, unfortunately only 9 players took time to read the information sheet on the table stating it was ‘stroke play” therefore only 9 finished. The weather was excellent albeit a tad chilly to start but it soon warmed up.
In 1st place with a net 71 was Nigel Stubbs, in 2nd place with a net 73 was Nick Gudewill and in 3rd place was John Orlebeck with a net 79.
- Please note that for the next 2 weeks the Wednesday tee times will be 8am so register by 7:30am. The course is extremely busy with Koreans but I have been able to negotiate 4 tee times.
- Also please note that due to the course being fully booked we only have 2 Friday tee times until the end of the month, please check with Randy Teisl the availability. Both Randy and I will continue to request more tee times for Friday.
Lanna, 06.01.2025
8 members on another beautiful day. Fairways are getting hard, lots of roll. No takers for the Birdie Holes, yet again. We had a tie for 2nd between Andy Roberts(17) and John Orlebeck(32) with 34 points. Our winner with another nice 39 was Prajat Bacchi(32) again playing from the yellow tees.
John, Prajat and Andy
Nest week is Stroke Play with a 10 AM tee time.
MaeJo. 03.01.2025
Happy New Year to you all, it was a great turn out today with 21 players with 20 players in the competition, there was also one guest. Today we played a 2 person team format, however all individual stableford scores have been entered for handicap purposes. In 3rd place with a joint handicap score of 71 was Lamyai and KK, in in 2nd place with a joint score of 74 was Randy and Roger, the winners today with a joint score of 77 was Mike and Gordon.
Please note that most games on Fridays will be team games in future but allow for individual scores to be entered for handicap purposes.
Gordon, Roger, Randy, Mike KK and Lamyai
Hariphunchai, 01.01.2025
Glorious weather, great course conditions and not too busy considering it is the High Season. We finished in a few minutes over 4 hours which included a short 15 minute wait at the first on the second circuit/
Nine members and one guest enjoyed the golf. In third place was Stephen Snowden with 33 points. In second was Tom Berger with 35 but today’s winner was Mr Kim with 39 points. Well played. We nowwish Tom Berger farewell and have a safe journey back to Italy. See you later in the year again, Tom.
I hope to see everyone again next week, and Happy New Year Everyone
Tom,Mr Kim and Steve
Maejo, 01.01.2025
Nice golf weather again and a strong dew that clearly showed the breaks from the ball tracks of earlier golfers. Quite busy, but no wait at the turn which was a nice change. Only 8 golfers today, probably due to hangovers from last night’s activities. 7 in the comp. No great scores, but no bad ones either. Everyone was in the 30’s, with Nigel 3rd with 33 stableford points, Aom 2nd with 35 and, keeping it in the family, Randy was first with 36. Well done all.
Nigel, Randy and Aom