by Mike Gerrard
Buoyant Bartley’s Boomers
A great day on the slopes of Phoenix. Strange, now that high season is coming to a close the course is getting better.
Big John Bartley bossed us around again today with a sparkling 40 points (he can be sure to be cut tomorrow when the PSC get his scores).
In second place [...]
by Geoff Parker
Crystal Bay G.C. (B and C courses) Medal
It’s not so long ago that the Bunker Boys used to play alternate Medal and Stableford competitions week in and week out, but many members seem to have lost their taste for the pressure of medal events, and we’ve bowed to the pressure and played less [...]
The Japanese Wolf (Wagon) in Sheep’s Clothes
by John Lindgren
Editor-in-chief: carsanook.com
A Sport Station Wagon for All Seasons
In astronomy Subaru is the Japanese name of the Pleiades–an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus and among the nearest to the Earth. Subaru is also a romantic 70s song composed and sung by Sjinji Tanimura.
Yet in the automotive [...]
by Peter Blackburn
Crystal Bay A and B, – Stableford
There were a couple of late cancellations but we had a waiting list which gave us a full field of 32 golfers to take on the popular Crystal Bay golf course. We welcomed Kevin Callahan from Newcastle, NSW, Australia and Art Sohlin from Detroit, Michigan, USA. Sadly [...]
by Geoff Parker
Greenwood G.C. (A and B courses) Stableford
Chaos and confusion greeted us on arrival at Greenwood, with a shortage of caddies and a double booking – again! We’ve given Greenwood good support over recent years, so it’s annoying that they can be so poorly organized (or greedy?), particularly since the booking was reconfirmed on [...]
by Mike Gerrard
FRIDAY – J.B. & D.D. SHARE THE HONOURS
It was a fine day on the lake/ocean course today and, with a large part of the tourists gone, the speed of play became a little more tolerable.
John Bartley and Denis Dixon shared the honours with 35 points, with Eamon Murtagh claimed third place with 34 [...]
by John Lindgren
Editor-in-chief: carsanook.com
Blue Efficiency or Teutonic Über Luxury Diesel Power
“Oh, Lord, Won’t You Buy Me a Mercedes Benz…”
In the late swinging 60s, blues/rock singer Janis Joplin sang about car. And what a car…
Pattaya Today’s March test drive is the new Mercedes Benz C-Class which was first launched in the 90s as a replacement for [...]
by Derek Brook
Treasure Hill (Stableford)
This course is getting better. On this day we were soon away, and the course provided its normal tough test.
Round over us awaited the rest of the players before getting into cars for the trip back, which proved to be the most exciting part of the day. We had a real [...]
