Thursday, 1 October 2009

Round 2 Mae Jo 1st Oct

With light showers for the first few holes, low cloud throughout & towards the end a bit of breeze, these are about as good a conditions as we're likely to get in Thailand. 27 took part in the comp & with Ric joining us for his last round before heading back to Oz, we had a perfect 7 groups of 4. We had 1 no show so if anyone can't make future rounds, please let somebody know before hand,as groupings are organised in advance.
Many commented on how good the fairways were, they are indeed a pleasure to hit off.
The greens were a bit on the slow side, I don't think they'd been cut due to the amount of rain we've had in the preceeding days. But the course held up, as it does drain very well.
Play was a bit on the slow side, due to the intensity of the competition, stroke play does take a bit longer anyway.
Not to be outdone by her sister, winner on the day was Dao with 70. The ladies are playing off the mens tees, so it has to be said they're playing some very steady golf (Oh to not be erratic!). Runners up were Guy & Ron with 71's. Stroke play is very unforgiving as quite a number of competitors were putting together good cards, only to come unstuck with 1 or 2 awful holes.
Nearest the pins were Christian on hole 7 & a real tussle on the 14th with Sherman ultimately stealing the glory!
Next round at Highland's on Monday, please see tee groupings.