When the idea came was brought up by my golf colleagues after returning from Medan , all 8 of us agreed that we should explore golf in Bandung. Some have been to Bandung with families but not golfing, a few like me have played some courses here particularly Mountain View GC. We called our agent friend in Medan if he could arrange a golf package for us and he agreed and later quoted RM 1,550 per pax for a 3 days golfing, 3 nights single room and 4 days unlimited transport.
We arrived at Hussein Sastranegara airport at 0920 am and after the immigration and customs formalities, we were met and greet by our agent and off we went to Mountain View GC. During this rainy season even MVGC was not in playing conditions, according to caddies here only Malaysians come and play.
Originally there were 8 of us, I helped to purchase their Malindo Air tickets at a bargain price of RM291.90 return. At the last minutes, 2 announced that they can not join the trip, one with medical appointments. , the other presumably the home minister revoked his visa. The other one could not be traced until now although attempts to reach him were made, hope he is safe and well. The cost per pax was revised upwards by agent as there were only 5 of us. Total cost from Kuala Lumpur was RM1,615 per person.
I would advice golfers to avoid golfing in Bandung during end of year, it was raining here and not fun to play anymore. Of course there were birdies, pars and bogeys but we were soaking wet.
The caddies were nice and patience with our antics, damn beautiful too.
We will visit this course again during dry season. Hopefully the Ringgit will be stronger against the Indonesian Rupiah, presently RM 332 to buy 1 million Rupiah in Malaysia and RM 344 in Bandung itself.
