Gassan Khuntan Thursday 13 June 2013

  The June monthly away game will be held at Gassan Khuntan on the Thursday 13 June 2013 with an 0830 Tee-Off from both front and back tees.  The event will be a 4 Ball Scramble. Please ensure you are at the course with fees paid no later than 0800. It is about an hours run straight down the highway towards Bangkok with the turn off to the golf course on the left in the hills just before Lampang.

On some holes it is a long walk from the green to the next tee so carts are recommended. Carts are allowed on the course and not restricted to the pathways.

 Entry Fee into the competition 100 baht each.

Green Fee/Caddy Fee 800 baht

 Green Fee/Caddy Fee/SHARED cart 1000 baht each.

Green Fee/Caddy Fee/cart 1200 baht each.

All teams will have a handicap which will be deducted from their gross team score at the end of the game to give a net result. The handicap system used will be the Ambrose method.

Definition: "Ambrose Competition" is another name for a scramble, but one in which a team handicap is used. All players tee off, the best shot is selected and players hit again from that same spot. The best second shot is selected, and all players hit from that same spot, and so on until the ball is holed.
If the scramble is called an "Ambrose," it means that handicaps are used in play, with a fraction of the total handicaps of the group members serving as one handicap for the group.
For example, if it's a 2-person scramble, the handicaps of the two players are added together and divided by 4. For a 3-person scramble, divide by 6; for a 4-person scramble, divide by 8.
The arithmetic produces one group handicap which is used during play.
Also Known As: Scramble, 2-man scramble, 3-man scramble, 4-man scramble

Each player must use three of his/her drives on the 14 par 4 or 5 holes and indicate on the score card which hole their drive was used. As there are four persons who must count three drives each (12 drives) in a team that will leave two holes/drives for the captain to decide.
The person whose drive is counted must mark his ball with a tee and the other three players must place their ball near the tee to take their teams second shot. The person whose drive was counted cannot play a second shot, it has to be one of the three other players. There is no restriction on third or fourth shots, any team members shot can be counted.
The four par threes have no restrictions. Any team members shot can be counted.
Once you are on the green and the best ball is chosen, it is to be marked and all four players will putt from that position. Each player will putt in turn and once the ball is in the hole that score will be counted. In other words if you putt a ball up to the edge of the hole for one and then tap it in without giving your team mates the chance to one putt then the score stands as two putts. So even if it is on the rim, mark it and give you team mates a chance at a one putt.
Local rules apply for ‘out of bounds’ and ‘lost ball’ all other rules are as per the Royal and Ancient Rules of Golf.

Prizes will be dependant on the number of golfers and therefore will be advised before play. The usual nearest the pin prizes.

Alpine: Thurs 16 May 2013

         19 members arrived on an extremely hot day for a round of golf at Alpine. It turned out to be a very rough day and I am only one of many who would like to return to Alpine and play it from the fairways. There have been many comments about the rough at Alpine and I can confirm that none of these comments have been exaggerated. The green staff were at work on the course during our game and it seemed that they were cutting the rough back.........WONDERFUL!
         Despite the difficulty of the course, narrow fairways and extremely thick rough, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and it is always nice to visit Alpine GC. We had 2 members of the 19 managing to play to their handicaps and score 36 points, hats off to both Jeffrey and Ric Cameron. Taking joint second with 33 points were Allan and Ken, well done to you both.

Thank you to everyone who attended our May Away Day.