PSC Golf From The Caddyshack

Because of the Club Championship later on in the week a huge number of golfers turned out to play the very challenging Khao Kheow as something of a practice round. This left poor old Bruce wondering where to put them all, but in the end everything turned out surprisingly well. The tees were well back and the pins were stuck in some very tough places, so it wasn’t surprising that the scores weren’t up to much.

In A flight Helmut Hebstreit and the new Mr. deliberate Arch Armstrong both scored 33 points, but because of arch’s better back nine he stole third place from his German friend. Second place went to the lover man Ted two handicaps Gardner with a impressive 36 points, a good score considering how tough it was playing. The very consistent Phonsie McGanhan was the only player to better his handicap with 37 points and this was good enough to take first place.

In B flight the old boy Doug Carysforth put the young ones to shame to score a reasonable 32 points and take forth place. One shot better was the stableford specialist Ramsey Smith with 33 points which wasn’t that bad after the trauma of last week. Second place and returning to a bit of form was the quick playing slow walking Derek May. But just edging it by one shot with 36 points was first time winner Alan Gower.

A flight
1st Phonsie McGanhan – 37 pts
2nd Ted Gardner – 36 pts
3rd Arch Armstong – 33 pts
4th Helmut Hebsteit – 33 pts
B flight
1st Alan Gower – 36 pts
2nd Derek May – 35 pts
3rd Ramsay Smith – 33 pts
4th Doug Carysforth – 32 pts

Friday, January 15 St. Andrews
After last weeks disastrous washout at Green Valley we decided a change was needed and St Andrews for the same price was an offer to good to refuse. With only twenty of us taking part and all of our slower players up the road at Kheo Kheow things were looking up and a swift round of golf was expected. Everything was going to plan and with no hold ups; something had to happen and did it. After twelve holes a not so nice and friendly Korean six ball jumped in front of the lead group and another five and half hour round was just about to happen. The scores though didn’t suffer and there were some unbelievable scores on the day.

In A flight a fine 39 points from everybody’s favorite German Helmut Hebstreit was surprisingly only good enough for third place. Helmut also wins my shot of the day award for his magical chip on the seventeenth, a shot
that even Tiger Woods would have been proud of. Inform Mike Murray posted a magical 41 points and was as shocked as anybody when this placed him a disappointing second. Dave Bramley turned back the years to when he could play golf and took first place with a stunning 42 points, giving him a well overdue victory.

In B flight stableford specialist and former Wally of the week Ramsay Smith shot 36 points to finish in third place. Two shots better in second place was Tony Duthie, who would have won if it wasn’t for his tee shot on the seventeenth that went about five yards and resulted in a blob. Tony did say that the twenty minuet wait that had seized up his ageing body didn’t help though. So on a day of very good scoring it was left to the very powerful Derek wilkins to take top spot with a very impressive 40 points.

A flight
1st Dave Bramley – 42 pts
2nd Mike Murray – 41 pts
3rd Helmut Hebstreit – 39 pts
B flight
1st Derek Wilkins – 40 pts
2nd Tony Duthie – 38 pts
3rd Ramsay Smith – 36 pts