The April game was held at the beautiful Tropicana Golf & Country Resort. 27 players including a couple of returning KLOGers – Peter Kenyon & John Arkinstall – plus Frank McKenzie (KLOGs member visiting from Thailand), 2 new members (Edwin & Jarno) and guests (David S, James W & Helmut D) teed off on East 1 & 2 soon after 1pm. The course was in very good condition but very challenging; play was a bit slow but all groups finished before 6.30pm.
The weather was initially sunny & hot, then later became overcast and thundery but fortunately the threatening storm held off so all completed the full round.
The players then made their way to the Pantai Seafood restaurant where they were joined by Richard Moss, some taking much longer than others to arrive having chosen to ignore Waze !.
Good food was selected by El Pres accompanied by numerous bottles of beer, plus good wines provided by RICHARD RODWELL (our sponsor for the wine prize).
Results
The April medal winner by a clear margin was Tom Holmes, returning after a spell working offshore Sarawak (or so he says), with a score of 41 points (cut 5). Tied at 38 points so settled on count-back were Allan Wright (cut 2) & Paul Geddes (cut 1). Roger Surieux should have joined this illustrious pair, but entered 36 points on his card. The two new members (Jarno & Edwin) acquitted themselves well, finishing in 6th & 8th places respectively. (Jarno had even brought his fan club, consisting of James & Dan with him for the event).
Full results below
- NTP winner East 1 : Martin Walsh (1‘9“)
- NTP winner East 2 : Ricardo Castro (15’)
- Lowest gross : Jarno (87) (Geoff McC not joinng the dinner & Paul G having won another prize)
- Longest drive : Dan “Happy Place”Brod (190m) (though challenged by your Scribe with his drive from Tropicana to Pantai Seafood)
- Last birdies were Peter Kenyon (or so he says !), and Enzo Filoni
The above received sleeves of balls courtesy of Renaissance Hotels (thanks again, Robert).
Also PG “fanny bags” were donated to several fannies !
COTD
We had 3 nominations this month for COTD.
- Tom Holmes – for blatant pre-Away handicap manipulation, blowing the final hole with a blob
- Stan for hitting his ball into a tree – and being unable to reach it
- Paul Geddes for getting overexcited (possibly thinking about Nicola Sturgeon ?) and pouring beer in his lap to cool off
Tom was voted as COTD by a comfortable margin
Fines
One on-time honesty jug this month (Ray Funnell) plus 3 post-game – EL PRES for 2 balls & Dave Evans for 1 ball OB off tee. (Some people forgot that an OB ball off the tee is not considered to have passed the ladies tee and thus incurs a fine. This will be highlighted at future events).
May Away
El Pres noted that we currently have 16 people confirmed for the Chiang Mai Away in May, plus Dan Brod on Day 1 only; more are still welcome. Shirts will be available soon.
Commiserations
Sorry to report that Andrew Robinson will not be golfing for a while after breaking his leg; we wish him a speedy recovery.
Sponsors
Our sponsors are a main reason that we can play at good golf courses and award members with trophies, attractive prizes as well as “KLOGS” signature golf balls. In order to show our appreciation we encourage members to support our sponsors.
Photos : courtesy of your Scribe, Stuart T & Ricardo C.
