April 2026
Maejo 24.04.2026
The course is in fairly decent shape considering they just airated the greens last week. The first hole’s green is being replaced and will be back open on 1 May. Very smoggy and hot today. 14 players today, 11 in the competition. We played a fun game of pick any 4 clubs to use. Most of the players were surprised at how well they played. We played Nassau format. The birdie hole was won today by Randy. The winner on the front was David with 22 points. The winner on the back was Rick with 20 points. The overall winner with 40 points was John D. Also today we had a hole-in-one on hole #7 by Randy.
Rick, Randy, John D and David
Hole #7, Hole-in-One
Royal Chiang Mai 22.04.2026
I would like to thank the Royal Chaingmai team for hosting the Chaingmai Ryder Cup event between CMSG and Highlanders today. We had a few last minute changes and we ended up with 34 players, 8 team matches and 18 singles matches. Everyone seemed to enjoy the matchplay format and it was nice playing something different for a change. The initial results were looking like CMSG would retain the cup however the final singles matches resulted in a big swing with Highlanders claiming victory with a 14.5 to 11.5 win. I would like to congratulate Iain and the Highlanders team on their win.
I would also like to welcome Werner Rooseboom who joined our society today. I had a tough match against him but he managed to clinch a 1/2 point on the last hole.
The par 3 competition was hotly contested, the winners were as follows:
Hole 3 – Tom, Hole 6 – Marty, Hole 11 – Mihir and Hole 17 – Danie, well done guys.
Starting Group
Starting GroupThe Par 3 winners
Tom
Marty
Mihir
Danie
Highlanders Winning Team
MaeJo 22.04.2026
Another fine day at MaeJo, however the course was currently undergoing coring activities and also hole #1 was closed for rebuild, the management offered us #10 & #18 to play again, it was decided to play #10 again to complete our round as its handicap is similar to #1. Today their were 6 golfers and we played a stableford format, In 2nd place with a score of 32 points was Ken Warren, and the winner today with 34 points was Nigel Stubbs. The ‘Birdie Hole’ remains intact. The reduced numbers was mainly due to a competition between CMSG and Highlanders held at Chiang Mai Royal Golf Course.
Lanna 20.04. 2026
Hariphunchai 15.04.2026
We celebrated Songkran with 10 members and 1 guest. It was nice having Daniel back playing with us. With the festive activities some of our regular caddies were absent today. Also, with the holidays the course was slightly busier than normal but thankfully we weren’t held up on the turn. Today was Nassau format and we had a few players fighting for the top spot. The front nine was won by Tom with a fantastic 22 points. Ian played very well on the back nine and won with 20 points. The overall winner was Brian C with a very respectable 37 points.
Next week there will be no scheduled event at Hariphunchai. Instead, we have the matchup between CMSG and HIGHLANDERS at 09:00 at Royal Chaing Mai. For those playing at Royal please check in at least 30 minutes before starting time, Sawadee Pi Mai.
Tom, Brian and Ian
MaeJo 15.04.2026
Today was a nice day weather wise with pollution not too bad. We had 11 players today all in the competition which was a stroke play format. we had 3 players claiming 2nd place with a net 73; Nigel Stubbs, Iain Craig & John De Jong, But our runaway winner today on a net 66 was Ken Warren. The Birdie hole remains intact. Well done everybody.
Here’s BIG Kenny
Lanna 13th April 2026
Rene, Lamyai and Ian
Hariphunchai 8th April 2026
Today we had nine members on an almost empty course, and consequently we had no hold ups. Each group finished in under three hours. The course is still immaculate and scoring was pretty good.
Ian Rogers (captain of Lanna) stole the show with a magnificent front nine worth 28 points and an overall total of 43. In second place was Tom Berger with a very good round of 38 points and third was Bill Duthie with 36 points. In all, nearly everybody had at least one birdie, eight of them being distributed between nine players.
It was good to see Jeff Routt back even though for a fleeting visit. Safe travels back to the States next week Jeff!
Next week, captain Brian retakes the helm, so hope to see you all again next week.
The course have confirmed that they will not be closed for Songkran.
Tom, Ian and Bill
Lanna 6th April 2026
We only had a total of 8 intrepid soles show up today & as one of them was a guest who is going home in a couple of days there we only 7 members. The course was its usual hard as nails self, but as the scores attest, there was still some pretty good scoring going down. The winner on the day was Gordon with a net 67 followed by Randy & Rene, both on 74’s. The birdie hole didn’t go off again, even though there were plenty of Pars to go round, so I guess it will just have to jackpot next week. Bummer!!!!
Rene, Gordon and Randy
Hariphunchai 1st April 2026
The course was once again in lovely condition and extremely quiet. We had 13 members, 12 in the competition and Jay was submitting his 3rd card for handicap. It was nice having Nigel and Roy playing again. We only managed 5 birdies with KK bagging 2 of them. It was stroke play format and we ended up with a 3-way tie for first place with net 73’s. Congratulations to KK, Ian and Brian. There was a management function in the club house so on completion of the rounds we decided to try out The Terracotta Garden restaurant, excellent choice, lovely food and fantastic location.
Ian, KK and Brian