TROPICAL GOLF GROUP- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 02,2018
KHAO KHEOW – St
Truelove Goes Low!
The first Tuesday of the month and here we are, scheduled to play Khao Kheow as our first outing of the month. With the seasonal “Monsoons” hanging around about the only worry other than the usual when headed to a difficult course, revolved around whether we could finish our round without getting drenched.
At the course after an effortless check-in for a round on the “A” & “B” nines, we were advised it was carts on paths only so once again it was “Ball-in-Hand, thru the green”, playing from the ‘Yellow’ tees with one “Senior” in the group playing from the ‘Whites’. Of course the proper USGA handicap adjustment had been made to create a level playing field. All good, right? Well, not exactly as on this day, due to tee-box maintenance 12 of the ‘Yellow’ markers were located on the ‘White’ tee boxes. Nothing to do once started so soldier on as they say. The pace of play was good for the groups as no traffic in front of us and no weather related delays, all groups finished in just over 4 hours. With all cards collected, it was into the transport and head back to the friendly confines of “The BJ Holiday Lodge”. The trip back was slowed a bit as we encountered our first rain of the day as we headed south on the H’way 7 Frontage Rd.
Without delay on return the announcements were made of coming events and it was on to the presentations. The winner on the day was Steve “Long Ball” Truelove carding 42 points off his 7 course handicap. That’s a 1 over, 73 gross folks! Great scoring on a difficult track Steve. Following Steve to the podium was John Pierrel(12), with a very fine 38 point effort and Derek Brook (29) edging out John Davis (11) on count-back both with respectable 34 points. Best 9‘s, non winners on the day went to Mick Coghlan and Graham Buckingham. Congratulations to all!