KLCC is Kundang Lakes Country Club and not the other KLCC where the Petronas Twin Towers are located. KLCC has now been a regular fixture in my golf calendar as I got the opportunity to play morning golf during the weekends. For golf discount card holder the rate is RM 44 per person sharing buggy and RM 45 for turf-mate. The rates are good for weekdays as well as for weekends.
The first nine or Kundang Nine is always the easier layout where the first two holes provide opportunities for eagles, birdies and pars. Being short in length the first hole measured only 281 metres from the blue tee and the second hole is a 121 meter par three. I always make sure to score par at both holes because the next hole is a par 4 that promise you a bogey! The third hole is a dogleg left par four guarded by many bunkers, at the fairways and greenside! The green is tricky and lucky to make 2 putts!
The fourth hole is a 443 meter par 5, an easy three shot placement and should get a par here! Keep your second shot to the left of fairway to avoid the guarding bunkers! The fifth hole is a short 303 meter par 4 with tricky green but nonetheless should make par! The next hole is a 347 meter par 4 with a tricky approach to the fast green, guarded by bunkers on the right and OB on the left..the safe way is to play it short of the green and chip to the pin for a par putt! The seventh hole is a 486 meter par 5, must avoid the fairway bunkers about 190-200 meters from the blue tee box! A second shot must also avoid the bunkers on the left of the fairways and approach shot to the middle of the large green is a prudent play.
The last par 3 is a 132 meter hole guarded by many greenside bunkers..an uphill put is desired to make par or bogey. The last hole is an index 1 370 meter par 4, although it is an index 1, it turned easy if your tee shot find the fairway. My second shot is always about 180 meter to the green, usually my 5 wood or 3 iron would land the ball at the apron and a simple chip would award me with a putt for par.
The first 9 should give a 18 handicap golfer a score of 43-45 strokes!
The back 9 or Lakes Nine bring water into play for most of the holes except hole no. 10 and 18. The tee shot at hole nos 10 is always intimidating as a pull tee shot or a duck hook will probably go OB and could hit vehicles on the rural road..so please aim to the right, there are only bunkers there! Once on the fairway, plan your second shot to land at your most comfortable distance...for me it is 60 to 80 meter as I have three wedges, 56, 60 and 64 degrees to rely on! Should make a par on this hole! The next hole is a 135 meter par 3 and has to carry over water! The pond had collected a lot of golf balls! You can use anything from AW,PW to 8 iron and aim right for security and keep out the big numbers! The 12 hole is a 327 meter dogleg left par 4 that requires precision placement of tee shot. There are water hazard on the right to catch the slicer and marsh swamp on the left to catch the hookers! The raised green is tricky, take a bogey and leave for next hole! The 13 hole is a 496 meter par 5 and require 3 good shots to reach the green. I would settle for a bogey on this hole! Next is 373 meter par 4 that require precise approach to the green, anything right will find the water! Hole 15 is probably the signature hole par 3 that plays 170 meter from the blue tee! Pin placement at the back and right would be the most difficult, I would play my 4 iron to the front of the green and try my luck from there! Sometimes they have a red flag at the front and I could try a birdie chip or putt!
The next hole is a 320 meter right dogleg par 4. The difficulty lies in finding the fairway, you could slice and end up in the drinks or your tee shot overruns the fairway and ended up under the trees without sight to the green! In you find the fairway, its only a PW or 9 iron to the green. The 17 hole is a short 295 meter par 4 where you should make four!
The last hole is a index 2 par 4 plays 394 meter and I played it as all 18 handicapper should, a 3 shot strategy and 2 putt for bogey! That complete the round, if there are no bad shot and 3 putts, you should this nine in 44-47 strokes!
My best score for Kundang Nine was 38 strokes and for Lakes Nine was 40 strokes but it didn’t happened on the same round and same day, maybe someday it will....until that day comes, my scores at KLCC would be between 87 to 92 always!
