November
Hariphunchai 11.11.2026
Overcast morning with a cool breeze perfect golfing weather. The course remains in excellent condition and was slightly busier than normal. The first three ball were finished in under 3hrs and the later groups took a bit longer as some delays on the turn. We were playing Nassau today and we had 11 players in the competition. The front nine honors were shared by Julian & Brian with 19 points. The back nine was won by Steve with a fantastic 24 points and our overall winner today was Brian.C with a fabulous 42 points. It was a hard fought contest as Steve also had 41 points, Well done guys.
Julian, Steve, Brian & Brian.
ScoreCard Haripunchai 11 November 2026
Maejo 11.11.2026
12 members and one guest today. The guest was a member of CMSG in 2014-2015, Stuart Leckie. Started a new birdie hole (#2) today and it was won by Eric. So there will be a new birdie hole next Wednesday. Today’s format was Stableford. Tied for 2nd place with 36 points was Nigel and Graham. Today’s winner with 39 points was Eric.
For ants and ant hills on a golf course, how you play depends on whether they are regular ants or dangerous species like fire ants, and whether the local committee has a special rule in place.
- General Rule for Regular Ants and Ant Hills
- Loose Impediments: Under the USGA Rules and Clarifications, individual ants, insects, and loose ant hills are classified as loose impediments (natural objects that are not fixed or growing).
- Removing Them: If your ball is in the general area or on the putting green, you can brush or remove loose ants and small anthills without a penalty, as long as your ball does not move.
- No Free Relief (Standard): If the anthill is hard, stubborn, or deeply embedded and you cannot remove it, you generally do not get free relief just because of a normal ant hill. Ants are not classified as “burrowing animals” under standard animal-hole rules.
- Dangerous Ants (Fire Ants / Rule 16.2)
- Dangerous Animal Condition: Under Rule 16.2, if the ants are a dangerous species (such as venomous fire ants) near your ball, stance, or swing that could cause serious physical injury, you are entitled to free relief.
- Taking Relief: You can lift the ball and drop it within one club-length of the nearest point of complete relief (no nearer the hole) without penalty. A tournament official or referee may evaluate whether the ant activity poses an actual danger.
- Local Rules
- Ground Under Repair (GUR): Some golf clubs enact a local rule treating specific ant hills or heavy ant damage as Ground Under Repair (GUR), which allows you to lift and drop without penalty. Always check the club’s local rules sheet or scorecard before playing.
- Ants On or Touching the Ball
- You can brush ants off the ball. If an ant is crawling on the ball, you are allowed to wave your hand or a club near the ball to get them to scatter, provided you don’t move the ball.
Graham, Eric and Nigel
Copy of ScoreCard_MaeJo_11_November_2026(1)
Lanna 09.11.2026
Lanna 09.11.2026We had 8 players at Lanna today in nice cool weather. Andy Roberts made his first appearance of the year at Lanna and we hope to see him back again. We went off in two fours and the round was just over 4 hours. There is currently 300 bhat in the birdie fund as it was not won again today despite having it on the easiest hole. While the scoring was low it was a competitive game. Jack stormed ahead on the back 9 to claim a decisive victory with 35 points, Lamyi came second with 31 and Paul in third on 29. We look short on numbers next week, but the game is still on.
Lanna 9th November 2026 Copy
Maejo 06.11.2026
14 players today. No takers for the birdie hole (#7). Today’s format was STROKE play. Tied in 3rd place with a net 74 Roger and Aom. Tied for 1st place with a net 71 Ken and Kuzie.
Roger, Kuzie, Ken and Aom
“I SURRENDER”
Hariphunchai 04.11.2026
Clear skies, hot by mid morning. We had 10 members in the competition and we welcomed Pisaet (Blacky) Prasitsomwong to the society today. The greens were in far better condition than last week but most of us still struggled with our putting. In third place was Garry with 32 points and Brian took second place with 33 points. Our winner was Tom with a very respectable 35 points.
Tom, Garry and Brian
Hariphunchai November 4th 2026
MaeJo 04.11.2026
We were blessed with another fine day at MaeJo, we had 14 players with 13 in the competition and we played a Nassau format. The course was in a good condition and it played well. Welcome back Chris Norman and David Rickard. The front 9 was won by Jay WIndmon with 19 points and the back 9 was won by Iain Craig on 18 points but the runaway winner was won by the birthday girl Nong Warren with 44 points. The birdie hole #17 was won today by Iain Craig. Well done everyone.
Iain, Nong & Jay
Lanna 02.11.2026
Five players turned out this morning to play the Lanna A&B courses in a Stableford format, forming a single 5 ball group. The course was not very busy, perhaps due to the announcement of the new rates, but playing conditions were good.
Two players were recognised: David Elliott who took second place with a net score of 32 points and Serge Arnaud who finished first, with a net score of 39 points.
Please indicate on the Lanna Group Line whether you wish to partake in next Monday’s event.
Serge & David