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Monday, March 2, 2026

Mike Clark in Thailand: Final Chapter

Well another Thailand golf adventure has come to a close with new friends met and future connections made. This is a special place to play golf, but even if the golf clubs were not in tow, Thailand would just be a lovely place to visit and immerse yourself in the culture, food and cities. In Bangkok alone and the suburbs that I’ve been playing golf around, there are 17.7 million people. In the entire state of Missouri there are 6.15 million.

It’s amazing when you are driving because as far as you can see into the Horizon… it’s just building after building after building. It’s never ending.

In no way does it seem like I’ve been here a month.

If there is one thing I can say about the Thai people is that they are genuine. They smile and are friendly because they honestly feel that way. It’s not a front as it often seems to be the case in the states.

I’ve done my best to make a positive impact on those who I’ve come in contact with to leave a good impression as I know they have impacted me.

Today I was back at Royal Gems City with my crew from yesterday. Golf was very slow today but my gal of the day “WANTHANA” was the star of the show. She was so pleasant and upbeat we laughed and joked all the way around and it made for an enjoyable day.

This is the Amen corner course and I must say they have done a great job on holes 10-13. Very similar to Augusta National and when the Bougainvillea flowers are in full bloom it would certainly showcase itself. It’s still a great test and it’s fun to play and worthy of a repeat next year. Also on a side note, after talking with the owner of Golf Asia and members of my group, it seems next year about this time, I’ll be making a detour to Vietnam as the golf there is touted as equal to here and in many aspects better!

All for now and see you all soon on the tee of Franklin County!

#12 at Amen Corner Royal Gems City

The star of the show today "WANTHANA"

Gals having fun

View from the course

Japanese group including the "Lone Ranger" holding us up

My friend Mike, the South African Finance Guy & solid player... a real gentleman

Girls posing for pics

Views of the course

My friend "TEN" at the Hilton serving a glass as I write the final blog!

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Saturday, February 28th: Sandbaggers Exposed: Scheidegger (+8) & J. Zastrow (+7)!!!

NOTE: Closest to the holes for March are #5 & #11.

Individual Winners: Scheidegger won the front (+5) and total (+8). Josh Zastrow won the back (+4).

Even/Plus Points Club: Scheidegger (+8), J. Zastrow (+7), Crow & Eckelkamp (+4), Johnson (+1) and Owen Zastrow (€).

75 & Below Score Club: J. Zastrow (66), Eckelkamp (67), Crow & Scheidegger (70) and Christiansen (74).

Closest to the Hole: Eggert won #3 and Eckelkamp took #14.

Quota Increases: Scheidegger (+2)… All (+1): Crow & J. Zastrow

Quota Decreases: Sharma (-2)… All (-1): Christiansen, Curran, Eggert & Hall.

Quotas: Adams 24 * Aholt 32 * Baer 29 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Christiansen 33 * Coleman 30 * Cozzo, Jeff 27 * Crow 34 * Curran 28 * Curtis 31 (White Tees) * Dister 29 * Dunlavy 27 * Eckelkamp 36 * Eggert 29 (Gold Tees) * Eichelberger 31 (White Tees) * Elcan 32 (White Tees) * Fortner 29 (White Tees) * Gildehaus 31 * Hall 28 * Herrick 24 * Johnson 27 * Kavanaugh 28 * Kossmann 27 * Marquart 27 * Miller 22 (Gold Tees) * Moosman 28 * Meyer 27 * Nealis 22 * Purschke 20 * Scheidegger 31 * Sharma, Ray 24 * Sharma, Raymond 21 * Stapp 33 * Voss, Chas 26 * Voss, Dean 34 * Weinhold 28 * Zastrow, Josh 35 * Zastrow, Owen 27

Mike Clark in Thailand: Chapter 26

Today I’m at Robinswood CC and what a place. Let me first say I apologize for not taking more pictures, as we had a pretty competitive skins game going. I’m the guest of Mark Siegel, the member and the owner of Golf Asia who I’ve made all the golf and travel arrangements with. Also in my group is a younger guy from Scotland by the name of Mike Moir who owns the Fenix apparel brand, popular in Asia, and Mike Brand, a retired finance guy from South Africa.

All these guys can play and it’s a fun group as I’m the unknown entity.

After 3 holes the gloves are off and we are all friends trying to take each other’s money.

Now this place is over the top nice and owned by 1 Chinese guy who has the distribution rights for all of China for the energy drink Red Bull. There is an unlimited budget to take care of ANYTHING that needs attention.

We manage to get off in front of a couple foursomes and we don’t see another group all day on this magnificent course. It’s only 3 years old but it looks like it has been here for a much longer period of time. Midway thru the round we get a visit from the general manager to see if anything needs his attention or if he can do anything to make our experience better. Despite those sore ribs I enjoyed a decent day of ball striking and with a little better putting could have shot even par. Once it was discovered I was an auctioneer, I had to do a little fast talking to the amusement of the group, and now I’m roped into a fundraising auction at the request of Mark to be held next February at Thai Cc. He says he just wings it every year, but would absolutely appreciate my assistance if I’d be willing…. I can’t say no to that, so I guess I’m in.

Tomorrow is my last round here, but it’s decided over beers that we will play again together at Royal Gems City, the Augusta National replica course. Should be a fun final day.

Robinswood CC

Quick video

My caddie of the day "AOM" she did a wonderful job

Video from back of the clubhouse

Course view

Couple of gals keeping things in line

Teeing off on 9

Nice island green hole

One of the many comfort stations on the course

18th tee box & owner's "guest house" in the background

18th fairway & clubhouse in the background

After round jacuzzi into a suspended Koi fish pond

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Clark in Thailand: Chapter 25

After a hot shower this morning, four Advil down the hatch and a bunch of in room practice swings that narrowly miss the hotel furniture, I feel I can give golf a try today.

The course today is Muang Kaew, one I’ve already played on this trip and written about but worthy of a second stop. There is no range on site, but 2 spacious practice greens dedicated to chipping and putting.

My plan is to take full advantage and see how I feel.

“POW” is my caddie of the day and I let her know that I’ve got a rib injury and regardless of whether I play or not she will be well compensated and we will have fun. She’s hoping we play as we have a nice mixed group. There is a young fellow from Denmark, a guy from Japan and another from Thailand. All the girls are friends and there is alot of chatter, smiling and laughing among themselves.

It’s every caddies hope to get a good player and it’s apparent that the short fellow from Thailand will be doing the majority of the struggling today despite his new Titleist clubs and custom Scotty Cameron golf bag.

Swinging easy, I manage to make it thru all 18 holes today and towards the end of the round, was feeling pretty decent and a lot more limber than this morning.

Language was a problem among the guys so most of my dialogue was “nice shot” or “good putt”.

But for the girls, I agreed to give them each 100 bhat “$3” for each birdie I make which made the day interactive for all of us. In a team effort that consisted of 4 caddies and me, we managed 3 birdies today and a bunch of laughs the entire way around. Total cost… and extra $36 bucks but well worth the entertainment value.

Tomorrow is my big day at the ultra private Robinswood CC. I’ve driven past the gate of the place and it looks like the Taj Mahal under heavy guard. I’ll be interested to see how it compares to Thai CC as certainly the conditions can’t be any nicer. It will be an early bedtime for me and early rise to be well rested and hopefully loose enough to enjoy the day.