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MATCH PLAY 2006

Final - Peter Gouldby versus Kari Matti
The final was due to be played at Lake View on Wednesday 22nd
November, after the Observer deadline. Billy Porter versus Monta
Suwandee played the Plate Final on the same day. Results in the
next issue.

The annual Christmas charity and awards dinner will be held at the
Dusit resort on Tuesday 19th December. Tickets and the seating plan
will be in Berny’s Inn from 1st December, the price is 1500 baht per
person. Tables seating 8 – 10 are available. After the dinner there
will be a ‘knees up’ in the convention centre. These festivities will be
preceded by a Texas Scramble at Lake View, limited to a hundred
players.

Fit for Golf

Something that is omitted from golf training is correct breathing. Good breathing techniques whilst playing shots can help to limit
tension in the body and get you to swing more smoothly. If you have
ever stood in front of a 100 yard stretch of water and felt butterflies in your
stomach you now know what tension is. When the adrenaline starts to pump more than normal around the body the muscles go into a “flight or fight” mode.

This is our natural survival instinct. The idea is to get away from the situation not to try to choose the right club. What happens more often than not is the fluidity of the body seizes up and the speed of the swing increases with the outcome being a bad shot. Time to get another ball out of the bag. Sound
familiar? So what can be done to limit the chance of tearing into the shot and seeing one more ball disappear from sight.

When playing a shot try to link you’re the breathing to the momentum
of the swing. Breathing out on the backswing will help the muscles to relax and improve range of movement. But breathing out as you downswing and strike the ball will also keep the tightness out of the swing. A bit of experimentation will tell you what works best for you. Start by making small backswings and increase to your normal range of movement.

The way we breathe is also vital. If you are stressed or rushed then you will tend to breath from the top part of the chest. To bring more air into the body and to develop better control over your chest and rib muscles the breath should go further into the chest. This is called diaphragmatic breathing. To test to see where the air flows in, just stand in front of a mirror and watch the ribcage. Do the shoulders rise? If so follow the simple exercises to improve oxygen intake and help relax into your golf shots.

Lie on your back with knees bent to 90o. Place the back in neutral. To see if the ribcage moves correctly, place the hands on the side of the ribs at the lower part of the ribcage. Breathe in and push the hands out with the ribs. This may take a few attempts but eventually the diaphragm will start to function better and breathing will improve. Lying down is for comfort. When the technique is perfected on the floor then try it standing. After that, move on to breathing in this way while swinging your clubs.

To go one further, stand with feet apart, back straight (neutral) and
hands clasped behind the back. Inhale and pull navel to spine, don’t move spine. As you breathe out roll the shoulders back and drop the hands to the floor. Hold for two breaths and repeat three to five times.

For massive improvement to your game and quality of life contact
Terry on 01 0096588 or peruse the website www.fit-foregolf.com

Butterfly Rock Golf Club

The matchplay competition is under way, and in keeping with the recommendation of the Council of National Golf Unions (CONGU) It is being played off full difference in handicap. There has been a lot talked about this in UK, but the recommendation is that if a player has a handicap, why should he lose some of this by playing off 3⁄4 difference, thus giving the lower handicapper an even better chance. To justify this a survey was done of some 800 clubs to review the match play result; the answer was that instead of the lower handicapper winning 65% of the time, they now win 56% of the time, therefore there chances of winning instead of being very good are now good. We have made our players responsible for their matches, and they have to arrange them independently and they must be played by a stipulated date. So far no problems, and all matches have been played within the time limit allowed - let’s hope that that situation remains. The match play is being played for the J & B Putter, which can be seen in Butterfly Rock, mounted on the honours board. Also in Butterfly Rock is the member’s board listing the original 30 founder members and all other members. Withour increase in membership has come an increase in competition numbers, both at Wednesday Competition and at the 2 weekly roll ups, at Lake View and Palm Hills.

The membership is now closed and we are operating a waiting list for
anyone wishing to join. We are planning a number of activities for the future, and these will be announced when arrangements have been completed. One, which is well underway, is our Christmas Party; this will be held at Sailom Hotel on 24th December (Christmas Eve) - further details from the committee members. This week we reached our record numbers with 26 players at Lake View Roll Up, 21 players at Palm Hills Roll Up and 31 players at Wednesday’s competition at Lake View. This somewhat emphasizes our estimate that with 60 members we could get about 30 in the field each week, and is the reason membership is waiting list only. Enjoy your golf, and remember it is high season, things are not the same - be patient.

FIXTURES:

Wed. 22nd.Nov Kraen Krachan. Wed. 29th Nov Majestic
Wed. 6th Dec Panoransi. Wed. 13th Dec Lake View
Wed. 20th Dec Palm Hills. Wed. 27th Dec Sawang Resort

RESULTS:

18th Oct...Majestic Scramble
1st Lee Bremble, Mick Henry and Robert Bremble 62.15
2nd Steve Ross, John Anstey and Kevin Dwyer 62.35
3rd John Callaghan, Pat Curran and Brian McDermott 62.6
Nearest Pin 4th Mike Ford
25th Oct Royal Ratchburi Stableford
1st Brian Reeve 40 points. 2nd Phil Simons 31 points
3rd Robin Heath 31 points. 4th Aree Ford 28 points
1st Nov Palm Hills Better Ball
1st Robert Bremble and Mick Henry 42 points. 2nd Hector McFarlane
and John Anstey 42 points. 3rd Steve Ross and Sven Wermilon 40
points. 4th Kevin Dwyer and Brian Reeve 40 points
Nearest Pin 8th Bob Welsh, 14th Bob Welsh
8th Nov Sawang Resort Bogey
1st Peter Angus +5. 2nd Mick Henry +4. 3rd Sven Wermilon +3
Nearest pin 4th Sven Wermion, 11th Mike Ford
15th November Lake View Stableford
1st John Callaghan 42 points. 2nd Sven Wermilon 36 points
3rd Mike Lord and Howard Lewis 34 points. 5th Kevin Dwyer and
David Rawlings 33 points
Nearest pin 14th George Harrison, 3rd Adrian Tan

The SAGA TAILOR Tour

New for this season is that we will be running two separate flights parallel to the main event. Special flights for “Seniors” and “Juniors” these will have there own order of merit (OoM). To qualify for the senior flight, men have to be 55 years young or going to be 55 during 2006, ladies 50 years young. For the junior flight: 20 years old or younger.

The latest results

24-Oct Lake View

Place Name Score OoM Baht

1 Simon Yates 69 40 2550

2 Jorgen Persson 75 34 1800

3 Varapoj Malangpoothong 76 29 1400

4 Tanin Nim-Oat 77 25 850

The Hyatt Masters (Amateurs only)

Place Name Score

1 Jakkrit Tiensa-And 81

2 Aniruth Ruengthub 83

3 Jonathan Davis 84

4 Ashleigh Wilton 87

5 Adrian Tan H.C. 89

6 Thongchai Meekaew 93

Thank you “ HYATT” for supporting our tour.

6-Nov Kaeng Krachan

Place Name Score OoM Baht

1 Michael Wilton 83 40 1500

2 Ashleigh Wilton 84 31.5 400

2 Somchai Saiwong 84 31.5 400

OoM Standings, Top 10

Place Name OoM Points

1 Somchai Saiwong 233

2 Jorgen Persson 230.8

3 Varapoj Malangpoothong 227.3

4 Simon Yates 197

5 Tanin Nim-Oat 167.3

6 Ashleigh Wilton 150

7 Odom Poolsawat 129.1

8 Kenny Walker 127

9 Jakkrit Tiensa-And 125.3

10 Adrian Tan H.C. 77

J:r OoM Standings

Place Name OoM Points

1 Ashleigh Wilton 71

2 Jakkrit Tiensa-And 61

3 Varavutt Chotikapanich 10

Senior OoM Standings

Place Name OoM Points

1 Larry Kitt 51

2 Michael Wilton 30

3 Larry English 10

Tournaments coming up:

Date Event Registration Venue

Monday 4 Dec The Marriott Invitational 11.00 Springfield

Monday 18 Dec 13 th STT Tournament 11.00 Dragon Hill

To stay updated visit our web-site: www.golfhuahin.net

Hope to see you all at our tournaments. And enjoy your golf!!!

Jorgen Persson, PGA of Sweden , Phone 01 434 6540

Suwit Pahulo, Thai PGA, Phone 01 856 4509

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