Weekend golf outings

Well..last weekend and Chinese New Year holidays, I played four consecutive days in Serendah and Kundang Lakes and felt fine! Actually I felt very sleepy at the office due to tiredness and the office Secretary thought I was having late nights...

Yesterday eight of us Bojai, Sheriff, AaAa, Sharol, Atek, Munir and Yeop and Bangdolah played at Serendah. The greens were still bare with sands and grass that refused to grow under the hot weather..however the course was great and each shot got extra yardage due to the hardened fairway. Me and my partner won 1 up in matchplay got complimentary Ice cream soda and sarsi..well under this weather any liquid with ice felt damn good. The score for me was good as I played the first nine 43 and second nine 45..better than last week!

Today I drove to Royal Kampung Kuantan Golf Club, covering a distance of 50 km from my house in Selayang. It was just a 45 minutes drive and reached the clubhouse at 7.45 am. This time I joined the kakigolf.com forumners in their outings..,called the Serious Golfers Tournament 2010. There were 30 golfer participated included two ladies...

I played with Syaiful COO, John Daly and Zul all known only by their nicknames in the Forum. There were 10 main prizes and perhaps 10 lucky draws. Although the club had men caddies, it was a walking course that covered more than 6 km...was I exhausted and dehydrated. So much so our golf Captain Kamal MFG called it a day after 12 holes...

I played great and consistent, lost 2 titleist balls to the same Par 5 hole and both went to the drinks..Yes consistent because I scored 50 and 49 but I didn't finished last..the journey back to Selayang was sleepy and reached home at 5 pm...aahh I need a rest!

Still I watched the cute Japanese girl Ai Miyazato won the Honda PTT Open in Pattaya...she scored 9 under par on final day and won by 1 with a chipped in birdie on the final hole..

Creating my own tournament

The Chinese New Year holidays this year gave us working crews 4 days holiday from Saturday to Tuesday and I had drawn a 4 days golf schedule, what it felt like playing 4 days in professional golf if they make the cut! But I am not a professional golfer so I use buggy but no caddy though. After passing the mandatory retirement age of 55 years, our body needs regular reminder that we can still do it...not only golf!

I started at Kundang Lakes Country Club on Saturday, playing with regular Golfkakis Jai (20), Sharol (24) and Atek (22) after resting from golf for three weeks due to work schedule, managed to score 86 gross that included 9 pars! On Sunday I played with Golfkakis from MyGolf Community, the likes of Rizal AK (16), Ivan Sim (17) and Asroff (24) and I scored 91 gross. The Serendah Golf Resort is undergoing green maintenance, all 18 holes. The greens were bare with no grass and a disappointment for us! Let the green cures in three weeks and we come back to play.

On Monday I returned to Kundang Lakes to play with Azharudin, Zahari and Hj Zainol and scored a lousy 94 gross that included 2 triple bogeys! Mind you the greens in Kundang Lakes had seen significant improvements and now probably has the speed between 8.6 to 9.0! That is a three-putt speed category and the breaks are now a challenge, good work Kundang Lakes! The other members scored just decent with 93, 93 and 94.

Today (Tuesday) I completed my 72 holes endurance golf with a score of 91 that included 5 pars! I played with same group as yesterday and they didn't play good either. Today their score were slightly better with 92,93 and 94.

My score for the 4 days self tournament were 86, 94, 91 and 91. Being a golfer with handicap +18 that would be a +2 for 4 days. I think it was a decent score over four days under hot burning sun...so the body could still managed hardships...its a good health indicator.

My golf colleagues rewarded themselves with huge glass of coconut drinks + ice cream soda with lots of ice at the Tasik Biru restaurant. In reality this is what we came for....the serene surrounding at the lakes with some people playing jet ski..waht a view...and drinks!

Lastly my thanks to Mr Saha of the KLCC Golf Committee for giving us some tips and pointers on golf ethics....and for inviting us to join the coming MB Selangor Friendly Golf Competition in March!