GOLF NEWS
Hua Hin Golf Society
It is with regret that we inform you of the passing away of Bertil Zederholm, he died in Sweden on the 16th January, our condolences go out to his family and friends.
9th
ANNUAL CHARITY DAY
The final figure raised for the Charity Fund was 436,000 baht. Thank you to all of our Sponsors for their support, a list of them can be found on our web site. AGM – Held on 22nd January 2008 We will publish next month the new committee, plus any other news from the
AGM
RECENT RESULTS
18th January - 4 Ball Texas Scramble – Milford. 48 Entrants - 12 Teams 1st Mick Evans, Russell Beard, Chris Davdson, Peter Wyler 57.5 net 5.5 hcp, 2nd Urpo, Johani, Winfried, Paul Moran 57.9 net 7.1 hcp, 3rd Usko, Erkki, Kari,Arto
15th January 2008 - Royal Ratchaburi. 52 Entrants. A Group, Stableford.
1st Kari Makinen 36 pts 12 hcp, 2nd Erkki 36 pts 17 hcp, 3rd Mike Staples 36 pts 10 hcp, 4th David Marsh 35 pts 11 hcp,
5th Robert Wood 35 pts 16 hcp, 6th Bryan McCleod 35 pts 9 hcp.
B Group, Stableford.
1st Timo 36 pts 19 hcp, 2nd Paul Moran 33 pts 24 hcp, 3rd Make 33 pts 23 hcp,
4th Rolf Reitz 31 pts 20 hcp, 5th Peter Wyler 31 pts 20 hcp, 6th Mick Flynn 29 pts
20 hcp. 11th January 2008 - Black Mountain. 60 Entrants. A Group, Stableford.
1st Reto Varburger 37 pts 12 hcp, 2nd Jon Lundgren 36 pts 8 hcp, 3rd Paul Daly (g) 34 pts 10 hcp, 4th N. Chatfield 33 pts 18 hcp, 5th Karl Westerholm 33 pts 7 hcp, 6th Joe Sims 32 pts 6 hcp.
B Group, Stableford.
1st Thongmee Martnok 31pts 24 hcp, 2nd James Barber 31 pts 22 hcp, 3rd Rolf Reitz 30 pts 20 hcp, 4th Mick Flynn 30 pts 20 hcp, 5th Alain de Rocker 29 pts 20 hcp, 6th Jacques (g) 28 pts 28 hcp. 8th January 2008 - Majestic Creek. 44
Entrants.
A Group, Strokeplay.
1st Bjorn Byman 66 net 17 hcp, 2nd Kari Matti 67 net 7 hcp, 3rd Reto (g) 67 net 12 hcp, 4th Erkki 70 net 17 hcp, 5th Trevor Firth 71 net 12 hcp, 3 Tied at 6th Mike
Sullivan (g) 72 net 16 hcp, Jon Lundgren 72 net 8 hcp, Peter Korn 72 net 15 hcp.
B Group, Stableford.
1st Kersten (g) 37 pts 19 hcp, 2nd Norman Menzies 37 pts 20 hcp, 3rd Rolf Reitz 37
pts 20 hcp, 4th Martin Swift 36 pts 22 hcp, 5th Hans Roupe 36 pts 29 hcp, 6th Ulla
35 pts 19 hcp. 4th January 2008 - Kaeng Krachan. 39
Entrants.
A Group, Stableford.
1st Peter Fitzpatrick (g) 41 pts 8 hcp, 2nd Deyner 35 pts 14 hcp, 4th Erkki 35 pts 17
hcp, 5th Peter Tucker (g) 35 pts 10 hcp, 6th Marty Collins 33 pts 16 hcp.
B Group, Stableford.
1st Berny Morgan 39 pts 19 hcp, 2nd Nid Byrne 36 pts 24 hcp, 3rd Hannu (g) 35 pts 20 hcp, 4th Ian Woodbridge 33 pts 21 hcp, 5th Fred Kroll 32 pts 20 hcp. 28th December – Panurangsi. 41 Entrants
A Group, Stableford.
1st Andy Blaydon 34 pts 7 hcp, 2nd Peter Tucker (g) 33 pts 10 hcp, 3rd Kjell Herbertson 33 pts 12 hcp, 4th Trevor Firth 32 pts 10 hcp, 5th Robert Darlow (g) 31 pts 18 hcp, 6th Mike Sullivan (g) 31 pts 16 hcp.
B Group, Stableford.
1st Matti K (g) 35 pts 19 hcp, 2nd Michael Rouppe (g) 33 pts 21 hcp, 3rd Rolf Reitz
33 pts 20 hcp, 4th Kurre (g) 31 pts 23 hcp, 5th Ulla (g) 29 pts 24 hcp. 25th December - Christmas Day - 2 Ball Better Ball Stableford. 48 Entrants – 24 Teams.
1st Peter Gouldby & Dickie Bird 45 Pts, 2nd Kari Matti & John Rouhiala 43 Pts, 3rd Berny Morgan & Richard Wasiluk 42 Pts, 4th Usko & Erkki 41 pts, 5th Mike Pritchard & Steve Aristodemou 40 Pts, 6th Eric Taylor & Michael Rouppe 40 pts. 21st December - Majestic Creek. 37 Entrants.
A Group, Stableford.
1st Trevor Firth 41 pts 12 hcp, 2nd Bjorn Byman 38 pts 17 hcp, 3rd Doug East 38 pts 11 hcp, 4th Kait (g) 37 pts 9 hcp, 5th Erkki Makonen 37 pts 17 hcp, 6th Peter Korn 35 pts 15 hcp.
B Group, Stableford.
1st Berny Morgan 34 pts 28 hcp, 2nd Janni 34 pts 28 hcp, 3rd Kurre 33 pts 23
hcp, 4th Hunnu 33 pts 20 hcp.
FIXTURES FOR FEBRUARY
Friday 1st Panurangsi Coach leaves the Bazaar at 7.45am Tuesday 5th Black Mountain
1st T-off 9.12
Friday 8th Lake View
1st T-off 11.04
Tuesday 12th Royal Ratchaburi
Coach leaves the Bazaar at 7.45am
Friday 15th Majestic Creek
1st T-off 11.04
Tuesday 19th Kaeng Krachan
Coach leaves the Bazaar at 7.45am
Friday 22nd Springfield
1st T-off 11.04
Tuesday 26th Dragon Hills
Coach leaves the Bazaar at 7.45am
Friday 29th T.B.A.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Late April - Annual ‘Lovers away Trip’
Destination to be Decided.
May to September - Pairs Matchplay
League - Details Later.
Sunday 29th June - 3rd July - Gentleman’s
Annual Trip to Pattaya.
For updated information visit our Website: www.huahingolfsociety.com
Contact us by email: huahingolfsociety@hotmail.com
Fit for Golf
Though timing has to be right when hitting the ball, power is also important. As golf is an excessively dynamic sport the amount of control needed to keep the body aligned when performing the swing is substantial. As previously covered in these articles flexibility and balance are essential to maintain a strong posture. The exercises prescribed for improvement of flexibility andbalance are mostly carried out on the floor. Golf is not played lying on the floor though that is where some rounds may leave you! To prepare the body for the force it will have to control specific power work is recommended. For the following exercises a weight of 2 kg will cover the resistance
needed. There is a lot of force going through the shoulder as you make the swing. To keep the rotator muscles strong and prevent injury hold the 2 kg weight and bend the
elbow to 90o with the top part of the arm tight against the side of the torso. Here you will need something or someone to catch the weight. The hand is to move across the body for the first exercise and away from the body for the second. When the hand has gone as far as it can then let go of the weight. The elbow is still at the side. This is where you will need a net or one movement is weaker than another go back and perform another set on the weak range of movement. Each repetition should be repeated 10 times and you can do two sets. The next exercise is called reverse wood chop. The name should give you an idea of the movement. Just imagine you are bringing an axe up ready to chop wood. Start with the weight by a knee, the knees are bent slightly, and then lift the weight up and over the opposite shoulder. Return it to the knee and repeat 10 times. Work the left and right sides. Try to perform three sets. As with all exercises remember to keep the belly button pulled into the spine and the back straight. Always work in a pain free range and stop if it is getting hard to maintain a good posture. For improvement in the power of your golf swing call Terry on 081-0096588 or hit the website www.fit-foregolf.com
Butterfly Rock Golf Club
We are now well into the New Year, and Hua Hin is getting busy on the golf courses. It
is a time to be patient, most courses have booking systems, but they seldom work, so it is very much hit and miss in achieving the tee time you have booked. Added to this we have those visitors who never bother to book, so go looking for any tee that is not occupied. Fortunately the BRGC book well in advance and to date have experienced little problem, except for one Monday when they unfortunately teed off behind “Greencard” an organization that visits Hua Hin annually, and for reasons best known to them find
it impossible to complete a round of golf in under 5 to 51/2 hours. Consequently we gave in at the 13th and headed for the clubhouse. Our major event in December was our Christmas Party, held at Sailom Hotel. This is the second year we have been to Sailom, and I am sure we will be returning in 2008. Many thanks to Sonchai Siangwong the catering manager for his help in making the arrangements, and dealing with the food and
punch. The main organizers were Mike Ford (Captain) and Paul Frampton (Sec/Tres). On arrival each member and guest were greeted with a glass of alcoholic or nonalcoholic punch, and then guided to their table. The meal consisted of traditional turkey with all the trimmings, Sea Food BBQ, and a variety of Thai dishes, On completion of the meal, the Captain gave his very short speech, and we then proceeded to present the 11 trophies played for during the year (see photo). Many thanks to those members who donated the trophies. Apart from receiving the trophy, each winner was presented with a winner’s plaque for them to keep. The evening completed with dancing to our local group, with the occasional member artiste. Howard gave us some rendering of I think Frank Sinatra,
Rod gave us a couple of songs and Nid, who in her past was a singer sang us some Thai songs. A lovely evening enjoyed by all and hopefully to be repeated in 2008. Our weekly roll ups are still well attended and the weekly competition also. For those wives and partners who wonder why we get home so late, it seems to be due to the purchasing of beer by the winners, it has become a very good habit, and long may it continue.
BRGC RESULTS
12th Dec. Palm Hills Medal.
1st. Phil Simons (26) net 69, 2nd Mick
Knight (guest)(11) net 72, 3rd. Keith
Exelby(15) net 73
19th Dec. Lake View Stableford
1st Paul Williams (3) 40 pts, 2nd Bill
Henderson (8) 37 pts. 3rd. Bryan McLeod
(10) 37 pts.
26th Dec Majestic Better Ball
1ST Howard Lewis (26) and Phil Simmons
(23), 2nd. Bob Welsh (8) and Mike Lord
(15), 3rd Bryan McLeod (9) and Stuart
Hobbs (9)
2nd Jan 2008 Lake View Stableford
1st Phil Simons (24) 37 pts. 2nd David
Rawlings (17) 35 pts 3rd. Peter Fitzpatrick
(9) 35 pts.
9th Jan. Palm Hills Bisque Bogey
1st Dave Stiller (28), 2nd Phil Simons (23),
3rd Bill Evans (28)
BRGC Fixtures for February
6th Palm Hills 1100 Medal
13th Lake View 1200 Better Ball
20th Majestic 1100 Stableford
27th Lake View 1200 Bogey
THE SAGA TAILOR TOUR
The 5th season - 15 January 2008. New for this season is that we will be running a separate Seniors flight parallel to the main event. The Senior flight will have its own order of merit (OoM). To qualify for the senior flight you have to be 50 years young or going to be 50 during 2007.
17-DEC LAKE VIEW (C+D)
PLACE NAME SCORE OOM BAHT
1 MARTEN MILLING 71 40 3350
2 KENNY WALKER 74 27.5 1700
2 NIALL KEARNEY 74 27.5 1700
2 JOHN MACKENZIE 74 27.5 1700
2 JORGEN PERSSON 74 27.5 1700
6 TOMAS SETTERHILL 75 19 400
6 ALEXANDER MARX 75 19 400
17-DEC LAKE VIEW (C+D) “SENIORS FLIGHT”
PLACE NAME SCORE OOM BAHT
1 RODDY WATKINS 79 10 900
2 KEMO 86 7 600
07-JAN BLACK MOUNTAIN
PLACE NAME SCORE OOM BAHT
1 SIMON YATES 72 40 4350
2 JOHN MACKENZIE 74 34 3300
3 KENNY WALKER 76 27 2100
3 C. LONGBOTTOM 76 27 2100
5 SIMON FORSSLUND 77 22 1350
6 JORGEN PERSSON 78 19 500
6 SUWIT PAHULO 78 19 500
7-JAN BLACK MOUNTAIN “SENIORS FLIGHT”
PLACE NAME SCORE OOM BAHT
1 SUWIT PAHULO 78 10 1500
2 JEFF CHAPIN 79 7 1200
3 C. CHAM CHEMN 81 5 1000
ORDER OF MERIT 5TH SEASON
PLACE NAME OOM POINTS
1 KENNY WALKER 374
2 SUWIT PAHULO 294
3 JORGEN PERSSON 204.5
4 JEFF CHAPIN 179.3
5 JOHN MACKENZIE 156.5
6 SHINICHI GOMA 154.3
7 MARTEN MILLING 147.5
8 SUPAVIT TAINSOMBOON 143.5
9 C. LONGBOTTOM 113.5
10 SIMON YATES 109
SENIORS ORDER OF MERIT 2ND SEASON (2007/2008)
PLACE NAME OOM POINTS
1 SUWIT PAHULO 104
2 JEFF CHAPIN 62
3 LARRY KITT 45
4 CHOOMPOL CHAM CHEMN 20
5 CHRIS WOOLLAMS 17
5 ROGER DONALDSON 17
7 DAVE ALLGAIER 10
7 RODDY WATKINS 10
9 JONATHAN DAVIS 7
9 KEMO 7
9 BILL HENDERSON 7
TOURNAMENTS COMING UP:
START OF THE 5TH SEASON OF
THE SAGA TAILOR TOUR
MON, 4 FEB 15TH STT TOURNAMENT
11.00 LAKE VIEW (C+D)
MON, 18 FEB 16TH STT TOURNAMENT
11.00 ROYAL HUA HIN
To stay updated visit our web-site:
www.golfhuahin.net Hope to see you all at our tournaments. Jorgen Persson Suwit Pahulo
PGA of Sweden Thai PGA
081-434 6540 081-856 450
The mantra at Profound Putters is “Hide the Orange”.
I wasn’t sure what Christopher Longbottom, (Profound’s Hua Hin agent) meant... until I picked up one of the putters.
The putter’s alignment uses two white lines, that are the top of a 3-D alignment method they call “3Dinsight” The inside of the ‘hoops’ that make the white lines are orange. If your heel or toe is in the air, you’ll see orange. This is what keeps the putter’s moment of inertia in the right place, and ensures that you’ll at least be striking the ball correctly. Whether or not you’ve read the green correctly is another story. Here is how Chris further explained the optical concept to me. “When you see no orange with a correctly fitted lie angle, your eyes will always be over the center of the clubhead and over the ball, a unique visual alignment indication at all times. The putter then communicates your perfect set up or not through the whole round. It is actually the same indication as you get when practicing with a mirror on a level surface, then you get eyes over ball indication.
With our putters you get that same indication at all times, which helps you repeat your perfect set up position and aim. To be able to get the ball rolling over that exact spot you chose as intermediate target, then you cannot have a skew view and aim, you need to be over the plane made up by ball center and target line. This is what Profound Putters call Eyes on plane for true aim, and their unique alignment system gets it right every time by that simple mantra - hide the orange - can it get any simpler than that?” This putter has a steel head that’s cast, and then face milled. The 375g head feels solid. When comparing it to other putters in it’s price-range, I think the craftsmanship is spot-on. I don’t see this as a collector’s item...it’s a putter that is meant to be played, or even used as a training aid. The head cover has to be one of the best on the market. We’ve seen bad ones in the past. You can tell that the designers at Pro-Found really took their time with this one. It is very solid, thickly lined, and the strong magnets keep it locked into place when it’s banging around in your bag. The Grip: Profound Putters uses a Feeltec V3 Classic Paddle seamless design grip. It is very similar to the Winn AVS, but feels like it wouldn’t wear out as easily. The grip feels good on hot sweaty Hua Hin days. I’m not a fan of skinny grips, and this one seemed to be nice and thick, without being overly squishy. Great grip in my opinion. The founder of Profound Putters, Bernt Stellander inventor and designer, a Norwegian born in Graz, Austria, grew up in northern part of Norway, Tromsø, above theArctic Circle, where the world’s northernmost golf course is located. He played semi-professional soccer when he was injured in a game in 1996 and had to retire from his soccer career. A few years later, in the summer of the year 2000 he was introduced to the game of golf for the very first time, and was immediately hooked. He especially found a passion for putters and putting, the important game within the game. His background of studies in optometry and his passion for geometry and design made him start to think about putters, and the importance of aiming and aligning. So he started developing a totally new approach to club head design with focus on both visual aspects and physical properties of putters. Great alignment and forgiveness are top priorities for Mr. Stellander. After less than two years in the game, a brand new alignment system with many visual options was invented. Utility and design patent applications were registered
at the US Patent Office. His ultimate dream is to follow in the footsteps of another famous Norwegian, the late and great Mr. Karsten Solheim. (Ping if you didn’t know)
The day I first hit the putter was not a fair test as I had not taken the chance to practice beforehand. First green, massive 30 footer down hill with a break to the left, the ball rolled straight in, my God what have I got in my hand? Mixed results followed with the usual sprinkling of 3 putts. I found I was spending too much time “hiding the orange” and not enough lining up the hole! After a very encouraging practice at Palm Hills hitting 3,6 9 and 12 foot putts, I put the putter to the test again, this time with the Hua Hin Golf Society – 31 putts at Royal Ratchaburi on greens I don’t know at all was not a bad showing. Bearing in mind I have had to completely change grip, stance, and set up from my old putter I have to say the Profound putter feels so good that it will be worth persevering with and one day soon I hope to report a round with only 26 putts!
YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A “HIDE THE ORANGE” PUTTER
Christopher Longbottom has very generously offered one of his putters to an Observer reader. All you need to do is send in a humourous golfing tale, the editorial staff will pick out the best ones, which will be published and the winner will be presented with this fabulous putter. Please email your story (in English) to design@observergroup.net before the 15th of February. We are quite happy to judge “off colour” entries, but as the winner will be published in our family magazine it will need to be free of profanities! 31
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