Monday, December 29th.
Pleasant Valley
1st Jimmy Carr (25) Net 65
2nd Murray Greig (20) Net 67
3rd Alan Howard (20) Net 69
Near pins Keith Norman, Murray Greig, Alan Sullivan, & Colin Greig
The last week of the year began with a game at Pleasant Valley where we found a course grossly overbooked. A late start despite an early booking with streams of groups ahead of us was a bad omen. Waiting on every shot on every hole was the norm, the round took over five hours to complete and tested the patience of just about everybody, suffice to say we won’t be rushing back there during high season.
The course itself was in decent condition but the greens for some reason proved to be more challenging than previous visits, hard to hold the ball on them and tricky on which to put.
Clearly all that didn’t make a blind bit of difference to a reborn Jimmy Carr who shot the lights out with a net sixty-five off a twenty-five handicap, his hope of being a twenty-six handicap in twenty twenty-six looks a bit fanciful at this stage. In a rare appearance Murray Greig took second place also with a very good score of net sixty-seven. The ever consistent Alan Howard rounded out the scoring with a net sixty-nine. All the near pins were taken going as listed. One final round for the year at Crystal Bay on Wednesday, who will take the remaining golfer of the month trophy, stay tuned.
Wednesday, December 31st
Crystal Bay.
1st Colin Greig (17) 41 points
2nd Alan Howard (20) 40 points
3rd Dave Galvin (21) 37 points.
Near pins Dave Galvin, Uwe Jurgensen, Keith Norman & Michael Brett.
The last game of the year was played at Crystal Bay where once again we had a late tee time for some reason. When we got to the course there was nobody ahead of us so we could tee off immediately and had a free run up to the closing holes where we ran up against a couple of walkers. Nevertheless we finished in good time and were able to get away early back to Pattaya in anticipation of traffic madness due to New Year celebrations, as it turned out the traffic was not too bad.
Nothing to be said about Crystal Bay that hasn’t been said many times before, but the twelve fifty green fee was very agreeable
As usual scoring was on the high side with forty-one being the winning score by Colin Greig. One stroke back Mr Consistency, Alan Howard took second place with Dave Galvin putting in an appearance in the winners circle taking third place with thirty-seven points. All the near pins were shared as listed.
Where would we be at the Bunker Boys without a little controversy and that’s what we got in the search for golfer of the month. The month began in controversy at Bangpra, the first game where we played one tee forward of normal. Unfortunately at that course the yellow tees were virtually on the reds so after a couple of holes most reverted back to the whites. As a result some players put in a no return card while most who played off the whites put in a return, one in particular had forty-one points, hence the controversy when the final tally was announced.
Having led from day one Michael Brett surrendered the lead on the last day by one stroke, handing the trophy to Colin Greig. Alan Howard made a strong charge in the closing rounds but came up just short.
Friday, January 2nd 2026
Greenwood A & B.
1st Bil Richardson (20) 41 points
2nd Alex Field (16) 37 points
3rd Hubert Stiefenhofer (20) 37 points
4th Alan Howard (20) 37 points
5th Colin Greig (17) 37 points
6th Craig Dows (6) 37 points
Near pins Tim Parsons, Craig Dows & Bil Richardson X 2.
A new year of golf began with a game at Greenwood on the A & B nines. A field of twenty-five was on hand, decent for the festive season and with so many not playing due to the fallout from too much partying.
We were allocated the A & B nines although all three were in play today. Surprisingly we teed off ahead of time and finished within four hours, remarkable for high season. Once again the course was wet in places due to over watering, the greens were the best we have played on in a long time, fast and true. An additional two hundred baht to the all-in fee due to holiday pricing didn’t go down well.
On a flying visit from the war zone Bil Richardson swept all before him taking first place with forty-one points, four ahead of a cluster of players all on thirty-seven, not only that, he dominated the near pins also taking two. A group of five all on thirty-seven points led by first timer Alex Field contested the remaining places on the winners list all separated by countback with back nine scores ranging from twenty-three to seventeen. The remaining nearest pins went to Craig Dows and Tim Parsons.
Our illustrious statistician Geoff Parker has produced a brilliant breakdown of the past years results, attached for those interested.
Winner at Crystal Bay, & Golfer of the month Colin Greig.
Winner at Greenwood Bil Richardson
Geoff Parker’s analysis of 2025 results.
