Next week’s game on Tuesday 2nd April will be at Bukit Unggul Golf Resort and will be convened by Hans Berger in the absence of Ray Funnell and Andrew Robinson.
Please let Hans know if you wish to play by e-mail or you can ams him/call hims at 0123254600.
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Results – Bukit Unggul Golf Resort – 26th February 2013
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17 players teed off from two tee boxes, on time, in near perfect weather conditions. The course and especially the greens played slowly after the overnight rain.
The sad news was confirmed that Geoff Parslow will not be with us for a while, as he is back in Oz, after inexplicably falling foul of Immigration, upon his return to KL on Sunday afternoon from Phuket, and being refused entry. Geoff, good luck from us all, and we look forwards to seeing you back on the tee box as soon as possible.
The winner on the day was the in form Bernard Rohman with 86 for 46 points. Cut 10…Second place, ocb from Hans Berger was Stuart Taylor, also with 86 for 43 points. Cut only 1. The first three all had 3 bonus points to add.
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Next Game – Bukit Unggul Golf Resort – 26th February 2013
Next week’s game will be at Bukit Unggul Golf Resort on Tuesday 26th February and will be the trophy game for February. All names to Ray Funnell to confirm. Be there by 7:30am as per usual.
Results – Bukit Unggul Golf Resort – 18th December 2012
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This was the annual Xmas game with all LC’s required to adorn some festive hats …. traditionally Santa hats or antlers, but this year we saw some new hat styles being used. It was a merry band of 12 festive Loose Cannons golfers who headed out on an initial drizzly morning over the rolling hills of Bukit Unggul. The course condition was very good, albeit slightly wet in places, the weather remained overcast and cool and with no one to hold up play we made good time round the 18 holes and were back in the clubhouse around midday for lunch and beverages.
Ray Funnel kindly arranged for some additional novelty prizes (2 sleeves of golf balls) for two NTP’s on the par-3 holes number 2 and 14, plus a pleasant surprise gift for the runner up.
The winner was Andre Holm with 89 and 42 points. The runner up was Stuart Taylor with 91 and 41 points who received a rather nice bottle of whisky which he kindly opened up during lunch for any takers. Andre is cut 6 and Stuart cut 5.
Lowest gross was Ted Parslow with 87. Most golf was Dick Staufer with 115 who was welcomed back after a long time away from our LC outings.
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Next Game – Bukit Unggul Golf Resort – 18th December, 2012
Golf next week on 18th December will be the Xmas game and will be played at Bukit Unggul. Santa hats or antlers will be the dress code and apparently Ray Funnell has a couple of additional “Xmas Surprises” lined up for us all!
Please be at the club by 7:30am for an 8:00am tee-off and indicate your attendance to Ray Funnell by e-mail or call him at 012 203 0510 as he is arranging this game.
Results – Bukit Unggul Country Club – 6th November 2012
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Just 11 Cannons mustered at Bukit Unggul in perfect weather for this weeks outing. The course was in pretty good shape, considering the level of precipitation over the past few days.
Andre Holm ran out clear winner with 90 off the stick for 43 points.
Ray Funnell was runner-up with 98 for 37 points. Andre is cut 7 and Ray is cut 1. Bernhard’s 88 was the lowest gross – a very odd round as he was out in 50 and back in 38! And Stuart enjoyed (Editor’s note … no he didn’t!) the most golf….
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1. Andre Holm – 90/43
2. Ray Funnell – 98/37
3. Bernhard Romahn – 88/36
4. Tony Morris – 94/34
5. Jeff Pearce – 99/33
6. Andrew Robinson – 97/31
7. Allan McNicol – 107/31
8. Erol Akinci – 104/30
9. Rick Brown – 106/30
10. Chee Wah – 108/25
11. Stuart Taylor – 111/23
Luncheon was taken at the club, with some very slow service for some….
Stuart and Rick waiting ages for their grub.
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Next Game – Bukit Unggul Country Club – 6th November 2012
Cannons All,
The next game will be at Bukit Unggul Country Club arranged by Ray Funnell. As normal please be at the course by 7:30am and advise Ray Funnell by mail or sms him at 012 203 0510 of your intention to play.
Results – Bukit Unggul Country Club – 18th September 2012
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Cannons all.
We haven’t played Bukit Unggul since May, mainly because it was in pretty poor condition back then and the M&M service was very slow. Not a lot has changed in the interval. Granted, the course was generally in better shape than previously( the dead tree at the 18th tee box has been removed at last) but the time it takes them to prepare a simple meal is unbelievable.
There was a rush to get onto the first tee ahead of a large group of Chinese seniors; the orange & white shirt sociaty that we increasingly see on a Tuesday lately, who can be horribly slow, and so the 12 LC’s assembled were directed to the back 9 and with no one ahead we were all round in well under 4 hours. Thanks to Ray for taking care of the registration.
Bukit Unggul Golf & Country Club has so much going for it in terms of location and layout that it is almost a crime that it isn’t better managed and presented. It really wouldn’t take much effort to turn it around. They are doing some work to repair kerbs and drains that have lain in disrepair for years, and some of the buggy turning areas that were so ineptly laid a few years back have been extended, not in matching paving you understand but at least a buggy can be turned around now. But there are still areas on the fairways and their fringes that are completely bare. This can be repaired so easily with just some turf! Of course, when you see the majority of the ground staff sitting under trees doing FA, only stirring from their stupor when when an opportunity to sell a few balls occurs, there is little that can be achieved on the maintenance front.
What a pity.
In a nut shell, the greens were OK but slow and many had patches of damage that had only been sand filled rather than turf plugged. The fairways were average at best and the bunkers were poorly maintained. Out of 10 I would give it 6 at best. But it’s cheap and fairly close to town.
The weather was excellent and a stiff breeze that arrived about half way through meant that we all walked off the course almost dry.
The winner was myself with 40 points and the runner-up was Andrew Robinson with 38 points. The lowest gross was 85 by Andrew and the most golf was played by Allan McNicoll with 124. I am cut 4 strokes and Andrew 1 stroke.
All 12 of us took lunch at the club house but as I said earlier, the service from the kitchen is so slow that some of us actually visited the kitchen to find out what was causing the delay. 45 minutes seemed about the norm from the time of order to receiving the dish And we were the only ones in the place. Hello!!! The only good news was the bill which left us with a surplus to go into the kitty.
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Aftab Ahmad tees off into the mist.
Vincent makes it look easy.
Ray Funnell making it look not so easy.
The wild boar had been at work in many places all over the course this being a prime example.
The sun trying to cut through the morning mist and cloud.
A panoramic view over the course.
Ray in trouble
Bukit Unggul course is located in a very scenic hilly location … if only the course was in better condition.
A new hazard …. a bunker on the green! No the guy who was cutting the greens broke a hydraulic hose on his mower and spewed oil over the green …. this was his repair job!
Vincent looks in vain for his ball which had disappeared into this grotty drain.
Ray having the putting yips again.
Ray and his trusty caddy.
Ray manages a smile despite the putting blues.
Another scenic view over the course.
Ray Funnell drives on the last hole.
Vincent blast one away on the last.
The Amber Fluid Team make up for fluid loss and await the lengthy time for makan to arrive.
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Next Game – Bukit Unggul Country Club – 18th September 2012
Golf next Tuesday, 18th September 2012 will be at Bukit Unggul Country Club
Be there by 07:30 LATEST
Names to Mike Smith soonest.
Names to Mike Smith soonest.
Results – Bukit Unggul Golf & Country Club – 30th April 2012
Cannons all,
We played on Monday this week as Tuesday is a public holiday and we returnd to Bukit Unggul as we haven’t played there in a while.
BU is in a great setting but the lack of general maintenance lets the place down. Basically it’s falling to bits. The nice new buggies are welcome and the F&B is OK but the course itself still needs a lot of TLC. The greens were nice.
Only 9 LC’s turned out today, the smallest number since our last game here in January. Is that a coincidence? With wonderful weather and light traffic the leading flight were round in 3 hours……would have been quicker if we hadn’t been held up on the back 9.
The winner was Vincent Vijayan with 37 points and the R/Up was Ray Funnell with 36 points. The lowest gross was 89 by Hans Berger and the most golf played was 114 by Alan Holgate just returned from painting his apartment.
Vincent is cut 4 strokes and Ray 1 stroke.
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