Back to KL to close out the month of March competition playing in the always difficult Seri Selangor course. We had four full flights with 3 guests, Ian Ashenden and Alan Vick playing their first game and Steve Laking playing his fourth game with us. Ian and Alan they got a LC sleeve of balls as a welcome gift. Flight one and two started on hole 1 and flight three and four started on hole 10th. With a quite big numbers of flights on the course we were able to fininish the game in 4:15 min, so not so bad as the last time. The winner was Bernhard Romahn with a very good score of 86 for 37 points, followed by David Evans with a nice 35 points, and in third place was Marc Louette with a good 34 points. With these results Bernhard is the March champion with 71 points, one more than Clive and in third place was Marc with 68 points. This month was a close competition from the first till to the last game even the numbers were not to high. See you guys in Bkt Kemuning for the first game of April.
Cheers
Ricardo Castro
LC Convener
FINAL RESULTS TABLE.
THE WINNER PICTURE.
MARCH COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS.
WELCOME GIFT FOR OUR GUESTS IAN AND ALAN. (CLIVE RECEIVED THE GIFT ON BEHALF OF ALAN).
Its always a pleasure to play in Amverton, with cool temperatures in the morning and warm sunshine and blue skies at the end of the game. The course was in good condition with nice fairways and reasonable greens, except for 3 or 4 witch were not in good condition, very bumping and no grass, but overall playable conditions for a good game of golf witch we all enjoyed very much. Today’s game was one of the fastest we’ve played this year, all flights finishing in three and a half hours, and we were all back to KL around 2 pm, after a nice lunch at Suka restaurant. Clive Gordon was the winner with a solid 86 for 39 points, followed by David Cheung with another solid result of 87 for 37 points, and Bernhard Romahn closed the podium with a nice 88 for 34 points. For the monthly competition, Bernhard is now leading the pack with 64 points, followed closely by Ricardo and Fritz with 63 and 62 points. We also had a nice celebration commemorating David Cheung’s birthday, who contributed with 200.00 rm to the bill and he got a nice box of balls as a birthday gift. Next week back to KL to play Seri Selangor.
Cheers
Ricardo Castro
LC Convener
FINAL RESULTS TABLE.
THE WINNER CELEBRATING HIS ACHIEVEMENT.
MARCH COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.
BIRTHDAY BOY GIFT CEREMONY.
NEW POSITION TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE TO THE GREEN. JOSEF, MAYBE THIS A GOOD ONE FOR YOU TO DO AROUND THE GREENS!
AMVERTON’S WILD LIFE.
PERFECT PLACE TO LAND YOUR TEE SHOT AND GET ATTACKED BY THE FIRE ANTS.
Great time of the year to play Kota Seriemas course and enjoy the perfect weather and Ramadan promotion. The course played well with reasonable fairways and fairy greens. Today’s winner was Fritz Katzengruber with a solid 36 points, Bernhard Romahn and Siegmund Maeibrugger came second and third with a low score of 29 points. On the race to win the March competition Ricardo Castro still hanging on the first place with a short 60 points, followed closely by Siggy, Bernhard and Markus all with 59 points, leaving all open for the last 2 games. As usual lunch at Sek Hao Fu restaurant where we celebrated Bernhard’s birthday with a nice contribution of 300.00 rm from him providing a free lunch for everyone and he also got a nice box of balls as a birthday gift. Next week lets meet at Amverton.
Cheers
Ricardo Castro
LC Convener
FINAL RESULTS TABLE.
MARCH COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.
BIRTHDAY BOY GIFT CEREMONY.
WELCOME BACK FRITZ AND MARTIN MIDDLETON, HAPPY TO SEE YOU GUYS BACK AGAIN ON THE GOLF COURSE.
A great morning of golf at Bkt Beruntung, with hot and dry weather. Seven brave Cannon’s started 30 min early on the hole # 10 for a smooth and fast run of golf. As always, the course was in a good shape with nice fairways and very good greens. The winner was Josef Winter with 36 points, second and third place was Markus Nijmeijer and Hans Berger booth with a reasonable 34 points. With these results Ricardo Castro still leading the monthly competition with a low score of 60 points, followed by Bernhard Romahn with 59 and Marc Louette with 56 points, so all open for the last 3 games. Lunch at the club house because all the Chinese restaurants in the area only open after 5 pm.
Three flights started 30 minutes late from our original tee time at Pines nine and crossing over to the Island nine. We had a big group of Koreans in front of us and the round was quite slow specially the last 4 holes, and it toked 5 hours to finished the round. The weather was very hot and dry, with nice fairways and very good greens conditions beside the challenging pin position. Last week we all had a good results, but this week the results were quite opposite with the first 3 places scoring only 30 points with Ricardo winning OCB. Lunch at the club and Ricardo Castro contributed with 400.00 rm celebrating his milestone reaching 400 LC games. See you guys next week at Bkt Beruntung.
The last game of February was held at Bangi, with two flights started at Bangi nine and two at Kajang nine. The weather was hot and dry with nice fairways and good greens. The course was empty and we all finished below 4 hours. Fantastic results all over with the last place with a score of 30 points and the winner Iain Wise scoring a massive 44 points, second place was Reinli Tan with a solid 39 and in third place was Markus Nijmeijer with a nice 38 points. With these fantastic results, the February champion (Fritz Katzengruber) won the competition by one point difference of 75 to the second place (Siegmund Maeibrugger & Iain Wise) booth with 74 points. Congratulations to Fritz with this massive victory closing a great week with his birthday lunch with a nice contribution to the bill of 200.00 rm. For the LCPOTY competition Siggy is now leading the pack with 28 points, followed by Bernhard Romahn with 23 and in third place Fritz with 20 points. Next week lets open the March competition with a game at Nilai Springs.
Cheers
Ricardo Castro
LC Convener
FINAL RESULTS TABLE.
THE WINNER SHOWING OFF IS SCORE CARD. WELL DONE IAIN.
Because of the Chinese New Year festivities, the game had to be played on Friday at the ever hated Bkt Jalil golf course. Two full flights started on hole # 10 and we finished the round in 4:30 minutes, even the first four holes was quite slow. The weather was hot, dry with a nice sunshine and beautiful blue sky. The course was in good condition, except for the sandy greens, making the number of puts rocket, but it was an enjoyably morning of golf. We welcomed Alistair Sim for is first game with us and he got a nice LC sleeve of balls as a welcome gift. Clive Gordon was the winner with a nice 89 for 36 points, second was our guest Alistair Sim also with a nice 81 for 35 points, and in third place was Steve Collins with a solid 97 for 34 points. With these results Fritz still leading the monthly competition with 73 points, followed by Bernhard with 67 and in third place Steve with 65, so all open to the final game at Bangi. After the game, seven of us, we had a nice lunch at Icon Kitchen restaurant, well suggested by Clive. Happy Chinese New Year and see you guys at Bangi.
Cheers
Ricardo Castro
LC Convener
FINAL RESULTS TABLE.
THE WINNER VERY HAPPY WITH THE WIN AND WITH THE FREE LUNCH.
CURRENT FEBRUARY COMPETITION STANDINGS.
WELCOME GIFT FOR OUR GUEST ALISTAIR SIM.
WILD PIG IN THE HOUSE.
BKT JALIL BIRDS HOLE.
ALISTAIR WARMING UP.
PICTURES OF THE DAY.
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR. MAY THE FIRE HORSE BRING TO ALL HAPPINESS, PROSPERITY, FORTUNE, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT GOOD HEALTH.
It looks like we are going to a new golf philosophy adopted by some clubs, THE MULTIPLE JUMBO FLIGHTS WITH 6 PLAYERS AND SOME TIMES EVEN MORE, and on the top of that badly managed from the Starter and Marshall, provoking jam, long wait, delays and increasing players patient and frustration, leading to some of our players quite the game. Any way, two flights from the original three flights were able to finished the round in 4.5 hours, so at the end of the day not so bad. The weather was very hot and dry, with nice course conditions and tricky greens as usual. The winner was our viking Hans Berger with a nice 35 points, second was Fritz Katzengruber with 34 and in third place was Bernhard Romahn with 33 points. With this results Fritz are leading the monthly competition with 73 points, followed by Bernhard with 67. Due to the CNY holidays the game will be on Friday 20th at Bkt Jalil. After 3 weeks of hard work, I want to say a big thank you to Josef Winter for his support. Happy Chinese New Year to all and may the year of the Horse bring you all good things.
The first Loose Cannons game in February took place at Kinrara Golf Club. All nine highly motivated players arrived well before 7:30 a.m., making the check-in process very smooth. The three flights were ready at the tee before 8:00 a.m. – clearly everybody was eager to get going.
Due to a public holiday in Kuala Lumpur — but not in Selangor — Kinrara GC was very popular that morning. Many of golfers showed up at Kinrara GC. We had to pause briefly before our first flight could tee off, and unfortunately this became the theme of the day. Slow groups ahead meant waiting on almost every hole, providing plenty of time for deep reflections on swing mechanics, life, and lunch plans. The front nine took already 2 hours and 20 minutes, and the back nine decided to test everyone’s patience even further. In total, it took nearly five hours to complete the round – definitely a test of endurance rather than just golfing skills
Course & Weather Conditions
Overall, the course was in good condition, and the 18 holes are varied and interesting to play. Kinrara GC demands accurate shot-making, as several fairways are demanding, leaving little room for creative interpretations of the line. Only small sections of the fairways were slightly soggy. The greens were challenging but fair.
The weather was nice: sunny, blue skies and pleasantly warm, with no excuses available from above.
Results & Highlights
The lowest gross score of the day was recorded by Bernhard, who played a strong round of 88 strokes, closely followed by Siggi with an impressive 89 gross. – Proof that good golf is still possible, even during extended waiting periods.
The Stableford results were as follows:
Third Place Roland – 37 Stableford points, gross 90
Runner-Up Fritz – an excellent 39 Stableford points, gross 93
Winner Siggi – an excellent 39 Stableford points. Siggi claimed victory on countback, confirming once again that in golf even decimals matter. Congratulations to Siggi!
The 19th Hole
A special highlight was the celebration of the January Player of the Month. Both Bernhard and Siggi finished the best two games in January with 78 Stableford points, making it a very tight race. Bernhard ultimately took the title thanks to the higher score among his two best rounds – congratulations to Bernhard and commiserations to Siggi (there’s always February).
Christof, a guest of Siggi, played his fourth round with the Loose Cannons and posted a very respectable 37 Stableford points – clearly feeling right at home.
Attendance at the clubhouse lunch was unfortunately very limited, as most players had to rush off immediately after the long five-hour round.
Cheers
Josef Winter
Convener for 3 weeks
FINAL RESULTS TABLE.
THE WINNER AND HIS PINK BUGGY.
JANUARY CHAMPION PRIZE CEREMONY. CONGRATULATIONS TO BERNHARD.
Loose Cannons at Bukit Unggul Country Club – January 27th
The Loose Cannons held their golfing day on January 27th at Bukit Unggul Country Club, enjoying the club’s very scenic natural surroundings and well-maintained course layout. We teed off before 8:00 am and enjoyed a very fast first nine holes, with no flights ahead of us. At the crossover, however, we encountered two flights, which significantly slowed downplay on the back nine. We were pleased to welcome Christoph, a guest of Siggi, who played his third round with the Loose Cannons. Participation was once again very good, with three full flights on the course.
Course & Weather Conditions
Weather conditions were excellent throughout the round. We played under sunny skies with clear visibility, and as there had been no rain for quite some time, the fairways were very dry. This resulted in long ball rolls, which unfortunately also led to a few lost balls for some players. The greens were slow but acceptable. A constant and pleasant breeze accompanied us for most of the round, with temperatures only becoming noticeably hot during the final holes.
Results & Highlights
The lowest gross score of the day was recorded by Siggi – who played an excellent first nine – with just with 89 strokes. In the Stableford competition, 3rd place went to Dave with 36 points, runner-up was Siggi with 39 points, and the winner of the day was Reinli, achieving an excellent 44 Stableford points with a gross score of 93.
The 19th Hole
Overall, it was another successful and enjoyable Loose Cannons golf day, combining good weather, strong participation, and competitive yet friendly golf.
A special moment of the day was the celebration of Tony’s birthday. Tony generously contributed RM 300 towards lunch, which was very much appreciated by all participants. Lunch was enjoyed together at restaurant East of Highway.
Cheers
Josef Winter
Convener for 3 weeks
FINAL RESULTS TABLE.
BKT UNGGUL WINNER WITH A BIG SMILE.
JANUARY COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS. CONGRATULATIONS TO BERNHARD.
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