A Flight

1st Paul Smith (3) net 70

2ND Alan Sullivan (15) net 72

3rd John McDonald (6) net 77

B Flight

1st Bryan Rought (21) net 81

2nd PJ Redmond (19) net 82

3rd Colin Stokes (24) net 83

Playing Medal at Pattana Golf and Sports Resort on Brookei and Calypso courses it certainly separated the men from the boys.

With the cut at handicap 15 we saw a big difference in class between the two flights where in the A Flight Paul Smith had a fine round to win with a two under par net 70, a level par net 72 was only good enough for second place for Alan Sullivan and a five over for John McDonald got him third place.

In the B Flight it was a very modest net 81 that won which was scored by Bryan Rought, one shot behind in second place was PJ Redmond and a shot further back in third place came Colin Stokes.

The near pin prizes went to Alan Sullivan, Paul Smith,
John McDonald and PJ Redmond.

Treasure Hills may seem to be a tough course for a match play competition but it is usually in good condition, and on this occasion, empty. The weather decided to make playing golf even more difficult with most players rushing for cover to escape the thunder, lightening and heavy rain which came after the leading group had played 6 holes. It then rained on our parade for the rest of the game.

While we were sheltering, there was probably 20 golfers seated, The Bunker boys found themselves down in 4 matches and up in 1. Paul Smith, who had arrived before his three playing partners, was in the unusual position of being 6 down after 6. For no apparent reason the opposition in the form of John King and Phil Mitchell decided to play through everyone at the hut, brave the extreme conditions and teed off on the 7th. Paul, salivating with his pot noodle rushed to the tee and caught up with his partners on the fairway. What followed resembled a war zone more than a game of golf and Paul made an astonishing comeback, what was in that pot noodle, to find himself on the 17th tee 1 up and no opponent who had lost 7 of the last 8 holes and was on his way back to the clubhouse to have a shower and therefore forfeited the game. John MacDonald maintained his composure through all this to beat John King 3 & 2.

William Macey and Michael Benton were both all square on the 10th but powered through both winning 4 & 2. PJ Redmond, 4 down at one time, and the ever reliable John Hughes, who will shortly be deserting the ship to return to England, came from behind to win. Allan Sullivan, as ever, put in a great performance to win comfortably 6 & 4 and first timer Colin Stokes won 6 & 5. Colin Greig had a comfortable win 3 & 2 but steady Eddie was not so steady on this occasion recording the only loss for The Bunker who won 9 games to 1.

Friday 13th June
Burapha

1st John Graham (11) net 79

2nd Tony Berry (9) net 80

3rd Richard Baldotto (27) net 81

Friday 13th June saw no major mishaps for the Bunker Boy's apart from John Graham getting lost on the way to the course!

Not too many golfers turned up today (maybe it was the date?) but John Graham made up for his poor navigation skills by winning with a net 79 ahead of Tony Berry net 80 and third placed Richard Baldotto net 81.

Near pin prizes went to Colin Stokes, John Graham and Tony Berry.