Wing 23 Golf Course here in Udon Thani is in the best condition I can ever recall. Fairways cut,greens excellent made for an enjoyable 8 holes. Sports Day however with loads of 5 and 6 ball groups spoiled the occasion. Have to tee off at 6am to have any chance of missing the crowds on Sports Days. If you haven't played there for a while it is worth another visit,but not on the weekends or Sports Day.

13th March 2015 UDON GOLF UBOLRAT FRIDAY RESULTS
Another good roll of 14 members today at Ubolrat for our weekly Friday Round. The course was extremely busy as there was a Tournament on to celebrate the Course’s 49th Year.
We were able to commence teeing off at 9 30am but it did take over 4 ½ hours to complete our rounds.
Surprisingly scores were low today which reflected more on the standard of play than the busy course and conditions.
Anders Lincoln with 37 points was the only player to shoot below his handicap and obviously won the day.
Jarno Oman with 34 points came second on a countback over Chuck Mc Cormick who scrambled as well as I have ever seen him do today.
Anders also won the only Closest to the Pin on the par 3, holes with no one getting on the green on the 5th.
Scores-Anders Lincoln 37, Jarno Oman & Chuck Mc Cormick 34.Terry Aston, Tony Jones & Jacque Messier 33,Jereld Sawyer 32,Graham Firth, Peter Hellery & Gordon Caygill 31,John Cooke & Trevor Edge 28,Denni Price 25, David Edge 23.

16th March 2015 Udon Golf Society Results.
It was great to see 6 members tee off this morning in very humid conditions at our Society Round at SRITHANI Forest Golf Course even though over the next 2 days, most will also be involved in the March IFGG round in Khon Kaen.
John Cooke made his final appearance for a while as he departs this Thursday back to Arizona.
Anders Nielsen won the day accumulating 36 points, Jereld Sawyer second with 33 points and Anders Lincoln 3rd on countback over John Cooke with 29 points.
Closest to the Pin on the 2 par 3 holes went to Anders Nielsen and Jacque Messier.
Scores-Anders Nielsen 36,Jereld Sawyer 33,John Cooke & Anders Lincoln 29,Jacques Messier & Graham Firth 26 points.
Next Monday Society Round will see numbers back to normal, so if you wish to be involved be at Srithani by 8 15am for an 8 30am Tee off.

16th March 2015 IFGG Results
Twelve of us teed off at Singha Pk this morning in very warm conditions.Course in great shape except for work in progress on the #1 Fairway.
Greens consistent but tough compared to what we have been accustomed to in Udon.
Ian Barrett won the day with an excellent 37 points narrowly from Peter Hellery with a super 36.
Closest to the pin prizes went to Tony Jones and Jarno Oman.
Scores-Ian Barrett 37,Peter Hellery 36,Terry Aston &Jacque Messier 34,Denni Price&Rex individual 33,David Exley 32,Gary Parks & Anders Lincoln 31,Tony Jones 30,Jarno Oman 29,Chuck Mc Cormick 18.
Chuck gets the honor of wearing the Crazy Hat for the first Tee off in the morning at Ubolrat.
2nd Day continues at Ubolrat and with the scores fairly close the Winner is well hidden.
Terry Aston
Organizer.

2015 IFGG RESULTS 16 /17th March 2015
Extremely hard work today on our 2nd day of the March IFGG at Ubolrat Dam Golf Course.
Aside from it being a discount day for Thai over 60 year golf Golfers which certainly made for slow going it was very hot and draining once again.
The slow pace certainly affected many of our members and there is no way we would play there again on a Wednesday any time after
an 8 30am tee off.
Appropriately it was our youngest player in Guest Jarno Oman who won the day with 36 points from David Exley 34 and Rex individual 33 points.
Terry Aston and Gary Parks won the only two closest to the Pin prizes.
Gary Parks reluctantly was awarded the Crazy Hat from a few very relieved members.
Chuck Mc Cormick got to keep the Wooden Spoon for the next Month until the April IFGG Round.
Peter Hellery with 36 points yesterday at Singha and 32 today took the Overall win with 68 points from Jacque Messier and David Exley both on 66 points.
Scores today were- Jarno Oman 36, David Exley 34, Rex individual 33, Peter Hellery, Jacque Messier & Tony Jones 32, Anders Lincoln 28, Chuck Mc Cormick& Terry Aston 27, Gary Parks 25.

Udon Golf Society Results 23rd March 2015
Srithani Forrest Golf Course
Interesting finish as 3 ended up on 36 points.
On count back it was:
1st: Jacques Messier
2nd: Rudolph Fischer
3rd: Ian Barrett
Only 1 nearest pin claimed by Jacques Messier.

A good roll up of 10 attended for our Friday Ubolrat Friday Competition.
Tony Jones would have surprised himself with 37 points to win the day from Graham Firth 34 and Peter Hellery 33. Jacque Messier and Graham Firth won the only 2 closest to the pin prizes on the par 3 holes.

30th March 2015 Udon Thani Golf Society results from Sri Thani.
14 Members teed off this past Monday at Srithani for our weekly Society Round.
1st: Jarno Oman 39 points
2nd: Peter Hellery 38 points
3rd: Jereld Sawyer 35 points on countback from Jacques Messier & Gordon Caygill.
Nearest the pins went to Jarno Oman and David Exley.

2nd April 2015 Ubolrat Friday Competition Results.
Extremely hot conditions yesterday as 9 of our Ubolrat Friday group teed off early.
Trevor Edge must have consumed his chocolate Easter eggs early as he was on fire with 40 points to win the day from Graham Firth 36 and Jacques Messier 33 in 2nd and 3rd positions.
Jacques also dead eye dick by winning both the closest to the pin prizes on the par 3 holes.

6th April Medal Round in our Udon Golf Society on Monday in extremely hot conditions. Add to that it was Thai holiday which made for a slow 18 holes playing behind 5 ball Thai groups.
Ian Barrett net 69 took the honors from Rex individual 70 net and William Chang 71 net. Graham Firth and Rex individual won the two closest to the pin prizes.
Uncertainty at this moment re a tee off time for next Mondays 13th April round as it will be Songkran and the course is expected to be full of large Thai groups.

13th April 2015 Udon Golf Society Results
In spite of it being Songkran our Society Round with an early 7 30am tee off at Sri Thani Forest Golf course was able to complete their Stable ford round relatively easy with minimum holdups from large Thai holiday groups.
Graham Firth with an impressive 39 points took the points from Rex individual 37 and Ian Barrett 36.
Anders Lincoln and Rex individual won the two closest to the pin prizes on the par 3 holes.

20th April 2015 Udon Golf Society Results
Only 7 members teed off this morning which considering the stifling heat was a great turn up. The temperature soared to 107 degrees ie 42 Celsius and it is a wonder how they all completed the round without anyone becoming very ill.
Hopefully the temperatures will ease with rain forecast for Wednesday and Thursday this week.
Graham Firth 36 points won the day with Gordon Caygill 35points snatching second on countback from Rex individual also on 35 points.

Results of 2015 IFGG April Round
Numbers down at this time of the year but we still had 9 members tee off at Dancoon Golf Course in Khon Kaen yesterday in our Stable ford Round IFGG 2 Day comp.
Fortunately no rain fell and although the temperature was mid 30's it was relatively easy going.
Course conditions were average,rough had been cut which was a plus,bunkers OK, fairways due to the heat over the previous weeks were sparse with grass,greens were tough as hole placement made it very difficult due to the speed of the greens unless you encountered slower sanded greens back nine.
The management let themselves down badly by having mainly young male school kids masquerade as Caddies.They were probably collectively the worst group of caddies we have encountered.
Aside from these negatives the good news was that no one died lol.
Scores: Andy Gatling 37,Peter Hellery 36,Gordon Caygill 32,Terry Aston & Rex individual 31,Paul Samme 28,Graham Firth 27,Chuck McCormick 25, Ian Barrett 20.
Closest to the Pin on the Par 3 hole went to Andy Gatling.

Results of 2015 IFGG April 22/23 Comp.
A most successful and enjoyable two days with our IFGG members concluded today with the Stroke Round at Ubolrat Dam. Weather looked poor first up with rain falling but as is the case often in Thailand it improved and the course was in excellent condition when we teed off.
Rex individual as expected enjoyed playing stroke and although he got frustrated at times with his form he still came up with 72 net to win the day from Peter Hellery who continued his great form with 74 net.
Gordon Caygill after a disastrous first 3 holes recorded 3 over on his last 10 holes for a total of 76 to finish third,
Gordon also won the Closest to the pin prize on the 12th par 3 to disappoint Paul Samme who looked all over the winner until Gordon's great shot.
Peter Hellery continued on his winning ways to win the overall 2 Days which is a great reward for his perseverance.
The other two awards we all try to avoid ie the Crazy Hat for the lowest daily score went to Denni Price.
Strong competition evolved for the Wooden Spoon for lowest 2 day score but Paul Samme narrowly got to take that home until the May round.

27th April 2015 Udon Golf Society Round Results.
Numbers still down at this time of the year for our regular Monday Society Round as only 7 teed off this morning at Srithani Forest Course.
34 degree with almost 80 % humidity welcomed us but it was far better than recent days when the temperature has been 40 plus.
The course was in ok condition except for the fairways that badly need watering that has not been possible with the dry spell here in Udon.
Putting greens however were true and far easier than what we encountered at Dancoon and Ubolrat last week when the greens where inconsistent.
This was reflected in the low scores recorded by the total group.
Gordon Caygill 39 points won the day with Graham Firth second 37 points and Peter Hellery 36 in third.
Other scores Terry Aston & Rex individual 35,William Chang 32.
Gordon Caygill also won the only closest to the pin on the 12th par 3 hole.
Next Monday it is a Thai holiday so we will need to tee off earlier at 7 30am to hopefully avoid the many Thai Groups. For anyone interested a few of us will be playing Wing 23 this Wednesday 7 45am tee off

1st May 2015 Friday Udon Golf Ubolrat Results.
Thai Labor Day Holiday commenced today and although the Ubolrat Course was not besieged early with Thai groups it was still very slow going. A 7 and 6 ball group a couple of groups ahead of our 2 x 3 ball groups though resulted in a 5 hour plus round which in the heat was excessive.
Regardless of this it was still an enjoyable round with friendly competition between our 2 3 ball teams resulting in a 1 point win to Team Mc Cormick / Firth / Aston over Team Edge / Samme / Price.
Bragging rights of course were more important that the 100 baht won by the winning team.
Next week's Schedule.
Monday Srithani Forest Course Udon Golf Medal Round. Please be there at 7 15am for a 7 30am sharp Tee Off.
Wednesday Ubolrat Charity Stable ford Competition with a field of 34 will tee off early.

4th May 2015 Udon Golf Society Medal Round
Very hot conditions once again for our Udon Golf Society regular weekly round.
May Medal Round today with 7 members present for a 7 30am tee off. The recent rain has somewhat improved the course although the greens were quite slow.
Graham Firth blitzed the field with a commendable 71 net score with the closest being Ari Jylha and Rex individual with 78 net.
Terry Aston won the closest to the pin prize for the 17th par 3 hole.
Due to the excessive hot conditions our Monday Udon Golf Society Rounds will tee off at 7 30am until further notice,

Hi,

My name is Bob Stone, just arrived in Udon. Left all my clubs at home so need to get myself sorted in Thailand. Can you give me some information on your golfing arrangements, would like a regular game if possible.

Thanks

Bob

Hi there give me a text back playing tommorow morning