Author: Stuart Taylor
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Results – KGSAAS – 16th August 2016
5 flights of Loose Cannons teed off from the President and Sultan 9’s at KGSAAS on a hazy but relatively cool morning. Progress was fast as the course was very quiet so all flights were finished by 12 or just after. The course was in good condition as it usually is. Interestingly they seemed to be carrying out quite a bit of tree trimming and felling around the course … the contractor for this obviously had some kind of accident during this as there was a wrecked crane truck on the 4th hole of the Sultan 9 (see photographs below) …. looks like a felled tree branch fell down and wrecked the truck cabin!
George Murray did not finish today as his golf shoe gave out on the 4th hole of the game …. probably being due to being left in the cupboard for the last 2-3 years!
After the game we had lunch at the clubhouse cafe along with jugs of Carlsberg beer which was on special offer …. buy 2 and get one free.
A big thank you to Sigi for sponsoring his flight which left us with a reasonable cash surplus towards lunch.
Results
The winer today was Mahmud Mohamed with a gross 86 and 41 points (cut 5). Mahmud didn’t make lunch to receive his RM50 prize and as per normal procedure the winnings went into the pot and we enjoyed the beer on Mahmud’s behalf! Runner up was Sigi with 88 for 40 points and 3rd place went to Ted Parslow with 85 for 39. Full results below:
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Results – Monterez Golf & Country Club – 9th August 2016
It has been a while since we played Monterez so we returned there today with 16 Loose Cannons teeing off from 2 boxes. Weather was good and the course condition was generally good – however this is a tight course with numerous OB’s which some of us found to our peril.
Welcome back to George Murray who joined us again after a 3 year plus absence to replace his knees and have some back surgery.
We had one casualty today with ReinLi Tan abandoning his game after 4 holes with some serious bowel problems …. suffice to say the toilet between the 4th and 5th hole is now probably condemned due to Health, Safety & BioHazard issues.
We had lunch at Choong Foong Restaurant after the game as this restaurant is very close to Monterez with Barry Cousins joining us and doing a great job ordering the food. Washed down of course with numerous amber ales!
Results
Our winner today was Allan Wright with 91 for 42 points (cut 6). Runner up was Geoff McLaws with the best gross of the day of 77 for 40 points. 3rd place was Andrew Robinson with 97 for 39 points. Full scores below:
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Results – Berjaya Hills Golf & Country Club – 2nd August 2016
The weather and temperature were perfect for a morning’s golf up at Berjaya Hills Golf & Country Club. We had 19 Loose Cannons today and we all got off on various tee boxes to ease congestion which was good resulting in all of us returning after the game at much the same time. The course was in good condition and there is still evidence of ongoing works in bunkers and fairways so at least they are taking some effort now to maintain the course.
It was a beautiful cool start as we teed off and only got a little warmer by the time we finished. Sadly no evidence or sounds from the resident gibbons.
We had lunch at our usual Restaurant 126 back down the hill in Kampung Bukit Tinggi with good food and cheap beer. With the carry over from the golf registration and a kind donation by Bernard Romahn for his eagle (Many thanks Bernard) we only had to contribute RM10 for lunch …. excellent deal.
Results
We had 3 players tied on 40 points today at the top of the table. The winner was Reinli Tan with 97 for 40 points, on count back from Allan Wright with 95 for 40. Allan took 2nd place on count back from Bernard Romahn with 84 for 40 and won a nice bottle of Portugese wine kindly donated by Ricardo Castro. Best gross was Geoff McLaws with an 81. Full results below:
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Results – Tasik Puteri Golf & Country Club – 26th July 2016
The monthly trophy game for July was played at Tasik Puteri Golf & Country Club with 20 Loose cannons players plus 2 guests (welcome to David Schipano and Daniel Schipano) on a beautiful morning. The course was in pretty good condition and we got started on two tee boxes and got round the course in good time finishing by 12:00 – 12:30.
After the game we had lunch at Chin Heong Restoran on the outskirts of Rawang just before the entrance to the highway. The food was very good with an interesting assortment of “new food” including black pepper tau foo, deep fried tilapia origami and some large frog ordered by ReinLi Tan.
Results
The winner of the July monthly trophy was Hans Berger with an excellent 42 points (gross of 90), runner up was Allan Wright with 41 points (gross of 95) and in 3rd place was Martin Belderink with 40 points (gross of 96). Hans will be cut 6 for his next game.
Best gross of the day was our guest Daniel Schipano with an excellent 78.
Full results below:
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Results – Royal Kampung Kuantan – 19th July 2016
We had 19 Loose Cannons to experience the delights of the walking course at Royal Kampung Kuantan Club today ….. well eventually 19 players with ReinLi tan showing up late and joining his flight by the 3rd hole. Many players who had not played this course were delighted by the quaint and old style clubhouse and I’m sure they enjoyed the course as well.
We welcomed back Allan McNicoll to the group today – he is back in Malaysia for a 5 week holiday so we will no doubt be seeing him taking advantage of playing golf in the coming weeks.
The course was in good condition after the initial start where the greens were wet and slow. The weather was pleasant with a small breeze which made walking an excellent option. With 19 of us and probably a lack of caddies we had the caddies “double bag” for two players (not to be confused with the double-bag phrase used in Aberdeen for the situation where you end up back home with a rather ugly bird!) The caddies knowledge of the course and the game of golf were somewhat dubious …… one of our caddies kept on stating “middle of fairway boss” when any ball headed was not OB”. Their knowledge of distances to hazards and the hole were very poor. A drive some 90m from the green was stated to be “on the apron” on one hole.
We made good time round the course and then headed into Ijok to the Jet Mei Seafood Restaurant where we had an excellent lunch. Vincent Vijayan kindly put in RM200 to celebrate his birthday so with the excess money from the golf game and this we walked out of the restaurant without any need to pay anything more …. furthermore we still had some RM164 to go into the kitty.
Results
Our winner today with the best gross of 78 and 40 Stableford points was Andrew Cseszko. Runner up was Paul Geddes with 84 for 38 and he was the luck recipient of the prize for 2nd place today of a fine bottle of Portugese wine kindly donated by our new member Rocardo Castro. 3rd place was Peter Kenyon with 95 for 37. Full results below :
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Results – Staffield Golf & Country Resort – 12th July 2016
An excellent morning’s golf at Staffield with 22 players participating. The course was in good condition and the weather excellent making it a pleasant outing. Welcome to our guest this week, Ricardo Castro, and hope to see him join us again on a regular basis.
We teed off from two tee boxes playing the Southern and Western nines and were all finished by just after 12 noon. We then drove back north and had lunch at our favourite Restoran East of Highway.
Results
Our winner this week with an excellent 89 for 43 points was Rein Li Tan. Runner up, on count back, was Allan Wright with 42 points from Geoff McLaws also with 42 points. Best gross of the day was Geoff McLaws with 74. Full results below:
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Results – Palm Garden Golf Club – 5th July 2016
We had 6 full flights for today’s game at Palm Garden ….. well almost 6 full flights …. unfortunately one player pulled out at the very last minute which is a shame as there were a couple of players on waitlist who could have played. Anyway 23 of us headed out from 2 tee boxes onto the wonderful fairways of Palm Garden.
The course was in remarkable condition with fairways like smooth carpets, hardly needing the lift, clean and place rule we normally have and the greens although quite sandy were very good, quite fast and with some tricky slopes to read.
The weather was perfect although very humid and hot on the last few holes. We all made good time as there were only a handful of other players out on the course. We took lunch at the clubhouse and with a generous contribution by Brian Stubbs of RM200 for his birthday (Thank You Brian) and a very generous contribution of RM400 from Andrew Robinson (Thank You kindly Andrew) to celebrate his 400th game this helped greatly in reducing the costs.
The club also kindly donated a 2 ball free voucher to our group …. I suggested that this should go to the winner and the last in the group but this obviously fell on Mike’s deaf side!
Results
The winner today was Stuart Taylor with 41 points (gross of 85) … duly cut 5. The runner up was Andrew Cseszko with 40 points on count back from Mike Williams and Peter May both also on 40 points. Best gross of the day went to Jason Winter with a 76. Most golf of the day was shared between Andrew Robinson and Julien Hodson-Walker and was more like a cricket score than a golf score! Full results below :
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Results – Kota Permai Golf & Country Club – 28th June 2016
We had the pleasure of playing our June Trophy Game at the wonderful Kota Permai course today taking advantage of good Ramadan green fee rates. 5 full flights got off on two tee boxes promptly at 8:00am on a beautiful morning. The course was in excellent condition and although the greens had recently been hollow tined they were very good and rather quick.
Weather was good and by the end of the round was getting quite hot. We were all finished however by 12:30pm and then headed over to the nearby Mayflower Restaurant at Le Hotel for a good lunch and some much needed refreshments.
Results
Some good scores today at this course as expected but the clear winner of the June trophy was Brain Stubbs with an excellent round of 88 and 41 points. Brian is unfortunately our first victim of the double cut rule and as he won last week (getting cut 7) with this weeks consecutive win he is cut a double amount of 10 ….. he will proudly be playing off his new handicap of 11 next week. Guess we will not be seeing Brian on the winner’s podium for some time. Runner up (on count back) was Glen Wombwell with 96 for 39 from Mike Williams with 86 for 39. Best gross of the day was Geoff McLaws with an 84. Full scores below:
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Results – Sungai Long Golf & Country Club – 21st June 2016
Once again we returned to Sungai Long taking advantage of the good Ramadan golf rate deal. We had 5 flights today with 19 players and we got off without a delay off two tee boxes at just after 8:00am. Weather was very pleasant and not too hot. The course had experienced some heavy rain over the weekend but the fairways and greens were very good – only the bunkers sadly were in rather a mess (cost me 5 shots on my round!).
We all finished by 1:00pm’ish and we headed off for lunch at the Fei Wai Restaurant. Again lunch was very good and enjoyed by all – it was noted that our old haunt Ken Well Seafood Restaurant was still closed.
Results
The winner by a margin today was Brian Stubbs with an excellent round of 93 for 43 points. Runner up was Peter May with 103 for 41 and 3rd place was Hans Berger with 94 for 37 . Best gross of the day was Andrew Chez with an 81. Full results below:
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