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Results – Perangsang Templer Park Golf Club – 18th May 2010

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Just 7 golfers showed up at Perangsang Templer for this weeks game.  The course was wet and played long with no run on the ball, and the greens were in the main slow and bumpy.  This is reflected in the scores – which most of us would prefer to forget………
The winner was Bernhard Romahn with 33 points, cut 4, and the runner-up Hans Berger, cut 1.  Lowest gross was Andrew Robinson with 97 and the most golf was played by Mike Hughes with 121. Full details as follows:
1. Bernhard Romahn – 102/33
2. Hans ‘ratten’ Berger – 101/30
3. Andrew Robinson – 97/28
4. Tom Holmes – 109/28
5. Rein Li Tan – 106/26
6. Alan Holgate – 115/25
7. Mike Hughes – 121/19
Apres golf was taken at the RSC Kiara Sports Annex.  Bernhard had to miss lunch due to some ‘business or other’ and so forfeited his winnings which went into the lunch pool, thank you Bernhard!  Following lunch at the poolside terrace the stragglers made there way to the Pavilion Bar for further libation…………ho hum
Quote of the day – Mike Hughes….’Another Top Ten Finish!!’
And Hans described in great detail how he has copious records of his golfing exploits going back to 1998 – with scores, putts, graphs and so on. Extraordinary behavior……..
Mike will confirm arrangements for next Tuesdays game – which is the monthly Trophy Game!
Report kindly penned by Andrew Robinson

Next Game – Perangsang Templer Park Golf Club – 18th May 2010

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The next Loose Cannon’s game will be at Perangsang Templer Golf Club – not to be confused with Templer Park Country Club next door – so take note of the directions. Tee-off will be at 8:00am so be there at 7:30am sharp, remembering your TP book as this is one of the eligible courses.

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Results – Staffield – 11th May 2010

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12 Loose Cannons players turned up at Staffield, some players a little later than others due to a silent alarm setting by Rien Li and a 130km detour trip via Putrajaya performed via by Bernhard!
Staffield course was in good condition and the first 9 holes played in a quick time, albeit the second nine was considerably slower due to a number of slow groups in front. Greens were excellent and reasonably fast, going by the number of puts I put past the hole, the number of 3 putts and, dare I say it, 4 putts I experienced!

Sigi was certainly the most snappy dresser of the day – maybe he was expecting foggy conditions!
Alan “Most Golf” Holgate
This was Sigi’s final drive of the day (note his head turned to the left) where he punted his ball one yard forward and 2 yards left into the pond
The resulting divot on the tee box shown below

Results:

Winner of the day was Ray Funnel with a gross of 89 and 40 points (cut 4) with runner up Mike Smith with a gross of 93 and 38 points (cut 1). Most golf award went to Alan Holgate with a gross of 120 and 18 points.

After game Lunch was at our favourite Restoran Shengee in Mantin where 7 participants enjoyed a wonderful lunch and a few cleansing beers.

Photo of the pork knuckle bones specially for Mr Keys to drool over!

Results – Serendah – 4th May 2010

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Serendah clubhouse and facilities were, to say the very least, rundown and tatty but the course itself was in good condition, particularly the greens in most cases. It was a misty and somewhat cool morning to start but soon the temperature rose and the humidity with it which exhausted many of the players. We had a turnout of 13 players including one guest, Tom, a friend of Mike Smith’s from Qatar.

FULL RESULTS BELOW:-

Alan Holgate 110 32

Andrew Robinson 87 39

Benhard Romahn 107 26

Hans Berger 100 29

Ian Geekie 99 34

Klaus Kretzschmar 98 36

Mike Smith 104 26

Ray Funnell 93 36

Raymond Keys 111 27 Using only a Five Iron; a Nine Iron & his Putter!!!!

Rein Li Tan 102 26

Stuart Taylor 94 33

Tony Morris 94 33

Rein Li Takes a puff
Hans Berger has time to “smell the flowers”
Hans Berger having some drainage problems
Stuart Taylor’s perfect drive on the long par 5 … only to be ruined by two duff shots and multiple putts on the green
Rein Li, after narrowly missing Ray Funnell in the flight in front, manages to recover from a bad lie in the drainage ditch
No this is not a steeply sloping fairway … just an “artistic photo”!
Stuart Taylor attempting a “Phil Mickelson” special to the green …. FAIL!
16th hole …. gotta be the biggest bunker I’ve seen … and I believe slightly overfilled with sand!!
The lovely par 3 17th hole which many people I’m sure gave offerings to the water gods as our flight did
Rein Li in action on the 17th


Results
Winner of the day was Andrew Robinson with 39 points (cut 4) which was very fitting given that it was his birthday … he also shot the lowest gross score of the day. Ray Funnell was runner up with 36 points (cut 1). Most golf was by Tom who shot a 114 – great value for money though Tom huh?
Makan and Minum time at The Equatorial
And it was Andrew Robinson’s Birthday (61st)
Andrew kindly topped up the kitty to meet the M&M bill … Thank You Andrew
Raymond “Pork Knuckle” Keys indicating he has chowed down on two pork bones!
Footnote:
Following on from the ever popular and continuing theme relating to Hans Berger’s fruit platter story I awoke this morning prior to the game to a lovely note left on my water bottle carrier in the kitchen from my dear wife as seen below:
…. and there in the fridge was my “fruit platter”. Well it’s a start I guess but a long way to go to reach the levels of service that Mr Berger receives on his golf mornings!!

Results – Rahman Putra – 27th April 2010

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A total of 15 Loose Cannons members and 1 guest turned up for this week’s game at Rahman Putra. The course was in excellent condition, especially the greens and the weather was fair so no excuses for bad golf … think again …. Rahman Putra is a tough little course and this was reflected in the scores and results posted.

PLAYERS/RESULTS AS BELOW:-

Andrew Robinson 94 31

Benhard Romahn 105 26

David Hughes 90 33

Hans Berger 96 32

Ian Geekie 104 34

John Preston 101 25

Klaus Kretzschmar 101 32

Mark Baker 94 29

Michael Hughes 119 20

Mike Smith 96 34

Ray Funnell 102 26

Raymond Keys 111 21

Stuart Taylor 102 24

Tony Morris 98 28

Winner of the day and monthly trophy winner was Ian Geekie (cut 4) with runner up Mike Smith (cut 1) both with 34 points. Lowest gross was David Hughes with 90. I brought along a guest, Allan McNicoll, who managed to win the prestigious “most golf award”.

Also … spotted on the course today was what I thought was the leftovers from Hans Berger’s breakfast fruit platter …. but it was only some palm oil seeds!!

Additional Photos from Klaus
“No Photos now” he said. If he had said nothing we would have never thought of it!!!!
He is not wearing his kilt so one can only assume that this is (at least) his second shot!!!!







Loose Cannons Southern Tour

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There has been some discussion regarding the proposed Southern Tour to Johor. So that we can best gauge the most popular date for this please let Mike Smith know what dates when you CANNOT join the tour. The proposed tour will be in JUNE or JULY. 
In September / October we may try to arrange a tour to Batam or Bintang if there is sufficient interest.

Results – Nilai Springs – 13th April 2010

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14 players (12 Cannons & 2 guests) turned out for the Nilai Springs game which is OK considering that a few regulars were holidaying with the family and a couple of others were sick. NS was in good condition with the greens on the Pines 9 much faster than the Island 9. Hot and very humid conditions got the better of several players including Klaus who complained bitterly about the weather saying he “completed the last few holes like a zombie” but still managed to return his handicap!

The clear winner with 42 points was Rein Le Tan, clearly rejuvenated now that his gearbox is performing well. Rein Le, you are cut 6 strokes. Runner up was guest Siegie with 37 points but the member R/U was Klaus with 36 points. Cut 1 stroke. Someone made the comment that they couldn’t remember this ruling being applied in the past. Well, we are not in the past so get used to it.

The lowest gross was our other guest Frances with an excellent 85.

This was the last Cannons game this year for David Hughes and we wish him bon voyage back to the frozen north. David donated a bottle of Black Label to the winner.

The M&M bill came to a modest RM545 and after all the cash in hand was donated (including Rein Le’s winnings) everyone coughed up RM20. The change plus RM160 which I owed (because I came out without my wallet) means that a hefty RM180 goes into the kitty. We will need to spend some of this soon.
Many thanks to Klaus Kretzschmar for the photographs.