26th October 2015 Udon Golf Society Results
Hot conditions prevailed at Srithani Golf Course this morning as we teed off for our regular weeks round of Stable ford format.
Good to see John Cooke back in Udon after a lengthy stay back in the USA.
The course was in ok condition with the greens almost back to their previous standard. Bunkers as usual though need a good shot of legit sand, however that might be expecting too much for 350 baht Green and Caddy fee for Sports Day.

Gary Parks as to be expected took a fair amount of ribbing for his 37 points which easily won the day. Chuck Mc Cormick 32 points came second with Rex individual on count back finishing 3rd with 30 points.
Rex individual also won the only closest to the pin prize for the day which has become quite regular for the daily Srithani competitor.
Other Scores; Terry Aston, Anders Lincoln & John Cooke 30 points, Ari Jylha & David Exley 29,Peter Hellery 28,Tony Jones 27.

Next Monday 2nd November it is our Monthly Medal Round 8 15 am balls in the hat,round commences following.

28th October 2015 Udon Golf / Victory Pk Round
Hot conditions at Victory Pk Golf Course this morning when 8 of us teed off for a Stable ford round. The ground staff had not held back in watering the course as there was minimal run on the fairways and the bunker were compact. The Greens have not fully recovered from the extensive sanding and hole positioning was most difficult as reflected in the low scores recorded.
Gene Coffman with 32 points won the day from Rex individual 30 in second and Per Hansen 3rd on count back with 27 points.
Gene and Gordon Caygill shared the closest to the pin on the par 3 16th courtesy of the group we let in moving the flag.
Overall Scores; Gene Coffman 32,Rex individual 30,Per Hansen, John Cooke & Ari Jylha 27,Gordon Caygill 26,Terry Aston 25,Paul Samme 23.
Next Udon Golf organized round will be our November Medal Round next Monday 2nd at Srithani Golf Course. Balls in the hat at 8 15 am, Tee off follows.

2nd November 2015 Udon Golf Society Medal Round Results.
Good conditions prevailed at Srithani Golf Course today when 11 of us teed off for the final Monthly Medal Round of 2015.
The course was in excellent condition with the greens close to as good as they have ever been.
Gordon Caygill with an impressive 73 net won the day and earned his inclusion in the 2015 Medal Playoff Round scheduled for Monday 23rd at Srithani.
He joins other Monthly Winners Rex individual, Ian Barrett, Graham Firth, Anders Lincoln, Jereld Sawyer, William Chang plus Ari Jylha and Terry Aston as lucky losers based on overall points scored.
We had a real mixture of results today although no one played to their Competition Par.
Over all Scores; 1st Gordon Caygill 73 net, 2nd Rex individual 74, 3rd John Cooke 74,Terry Aston 74, Ian Barrett & David Exley 78, Gary Parks & Tony Jones 81, Chuck Mc Cormick 90.
Closest to the Pin on the 10th Par 3 Hole was once again Rex individual.

This Friday 8 15am tee off for those interested in a round at Srithani.

NO SOCIETY ROUND SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONDAY 9TH NOVEMBER.

16th November 2015 Udon Golf Society Results.
Extremely hot conditions this morning at Srithani Golf Course as a good roll up of members plus Aussie Guest Peter Johnson teed off for our weekly Society Round. The course was in reasonable condition so there was no excuses for poor scores except of course for the oppressive heat.
John Cooke with 35 points won the day on count back from Paul Samme. Rex individual on 33 points came in third with Peter Johnson in fourth on count back with 32 points.
Other Scores were; Gary Parks & Peter Hellery 32,David Exley & Chuck Mc Cormick 31,Tony Jones 30,Terry Aston 29,Graham Firth 28,Benni Gudmundsson & Gordon Caygill 26 points.
Closest to the Pin on the 2 designated Par 3 Holes went to John Cooke and Paul Samme.

Next Monday will be our Monthly Medal Playoffs with finalists teeing off at 8 15am followed by the rest of our group who did not qualify.

23rd November 2015 Udon Golf Society Medal Playoffs.
Srithani was all go this morning with many groups in attendance for Sports Day. It was crowded to the point that there was initially not enough caddies to go around.
However as is generally the case it was fairly easy going once groups got sorted. The Course was in ok condition, Temperature wise it was warm to hot by the time we got to the back nine. Fairways had been cut and the greens were as good as they have been for quite some time.
We had a Competition within a Competition today as our Monthly Medal Winners played off as well as being part of the overall Stroke Round.

It was expected to be a tight competition and it was except for the outstanding scores from Jereld Sawyer and Anders Lincoln.
Jereld from the feedback of his group members had an incredible round over powering the course with his ability to use mainly a 3 iron off of almost every par 4 or par 5 hole.
His 64 net is the lowest in memory and enabled him to easily trounce the field with the exception of Anders Lincoln. Anders in spite of being still under the weather from a virus recorded 67 net to finish second. Gordon Caygill with 72 points finished third.

Other Scores; Terry Aston, John Cooke & Rex individual 73,Ian Barrett & Gary Parks 74,Tony Jones 75,Chuck Mc Cormick 77,William Chang & Ari Jylha & Peter Hellery 79, Joe M c Gowan 80,Kevin Dunne 81, David Exley N/R.
Closest to the Pin on the Par 3 3rd and 17th holes went to Ian Barrett and Rex individual.
Next Round Monday 30th at Srithani 8 15am tee off.

30th November 2015 Udon Golf Society Results
A great turn up of 18 this morning at Srithani for our regular Monday Society Round. 4 Nong Bua Lumphu golfers joined us as guest for the round and their participation was most welcome.
Stable ford format and some great scores recorded. None more so than Anders Lincoln who followed up his terrific Medal Round score last week with 41 points today to win the round.
Rex individual also played great with 39 points to finish second while David Exley 38 points and Ian Barrett 36 points came in 3rd and 4th respectively.
Rex individual won the only Closest to the Pin Prize on the Par 3, 3rd hole.
Other Scores; Paul Samme 35,Ari Jylha, Peter Hellery and Graham Firth 34,Tony Jones 31,Gary Parks, Chuck Mc Cormick 30,Terry Aston, Kevin Dunne 28, William Chang 23.
Thai Holiday next Monday 7th December so there will not be a Society Round on this day.
Society though will resume on Monday the 14th December.

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