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!!!!







Next Game – Rahman Putra Tuesday 27th April 2010

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Heads up Cannons
The TROPHY GAME next Tuesday, 27th April 2010, will be at RAHMAN PUTRA.
Tee off at 08:00. Be there by 07:30 LATEST.

Although he doesn’t say so, I am sure Mike would wish you to inform him if you intend to play!!

This is not a TP course, but the beer is cheap and the food is quite good, so I assume results announcement & M&M will take place at the Club!

Kelab Rahman Putra Malaysia is indeed one of the most unique club in the country. It was established through envisaging a club fostering admirable and commendable social consciousness, goodwill, community spirit and healthy living through active sports and recreational participation.

This 36-holes golf course that spreads over 279 acres of land is interlaced with some 30 acres of shimmering lakes and reflects golfing experience at its utmost grandeur. Enhanced with natural landscape, undulating terrain, out-crops, bunkers and dips, the course poses a unique challenge for golfers of all standards.

Directions:

Results – Danau Golf Club – Tuesday 20th April 2010

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12 souls braved a wet and very soggy Danau Golf Club and the scores reflected the difficulty of this track, made more so by the conditions and the spiteful positioning of some of the pins. The course was in reasonable condition considering the overnight rain and the greens were firm, true and quite fast but this is a tough golf course.

Ray Funnell was the clear winner with 37 points (5 on one hole) from David Hughes with 30 points. David also recorded the best gross of 94 with the most golf played by Michael Hughes.

Only 6 players went on to the RSC annex for lunch which was disappointing and that small number plus the fact that we were 3 full flights and Ray forfeited his winnings meant that there was a healthy surplus of RM212.

We may consider playing Danau again next leap year.