The second game of November, was played at Bkt Unggul club with hot weather, short rain, and finishing the round with hot sun. The course was playable with slow and sandy greens on the first nine (1-9). Today’s winner was Jim Stevenson with an excellent 88 for 43 points, second was Tony Morris with a solid 90 for 38 points, and in third place Hans Berger with a nice 114 for 36 points. With these results Tony Morris is now leading the monthly competition with a solid 72 points, followed by Fritz Katzengruber with 66 and Iain Wise with 65 points. After the game 5 of us rushed to the East of Highway restaurant to celebrate in style Josef’s birthday who contributed with 300.00 to the bill. We all wish to our Iron man, Josef Winter good luck to the Laguna Phuket Triathlon event at the end of this month. See you guys next week at Nilai Springs.
What a great way to kick off the November competition, playing Tasik nine and Puteri nine. The course was in good condition with nice fairways and well maintained greens. Today’s winner was Fritz Katzengruber with a nice 96 for 35 points, beating OCB Ricardo Castro and David Cheung. We celebrated the convener’s birthday with a gift and Ricardo sponsored 200.00 rm to the bill. Siggy got a Ipoh shirt and cap as a gratitude for his non stop support to our society and Martin Belderink got his deserved gift to commemorate his 200 games miles stone. Fritz received his deserved champion prize to celebrate his October monthly performance.
Cheers
Ricardo Castro
LC Convener
FINAL RESULTS TABLE.
THE WINNER HAPPY WITH HIS PERFORMANCE.
BIRTHDAY BOY GIFT CEREMONY.
THE OCTOBER CHAMPION PRIZE CEREMONY.
GRATITUDE GIFT CEREMONY TO OUR SPONSOR. THANK YOU SIGGY FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO OUR SOCIETY.
200 GAMES GIFT CEREMONY. WELL DONE MARTIN BELDERINK.
The last game of October was played at one of the most hated golf courses in KL, either because it’s to soggy or wet, or because the greens aren’t fair, or because the pin position is ridiculous, or because the hole # 2 has a very strange layout, or because it’s to dry and maybe because the quality of the grass, or maybe the sunrise is not so nice comparing to other courses. These are the excuses for some of our high-level members give, which Danau not meeting such quite high expectations. Any way I always enjoy to play Danau and I believe most of us have the same feeling. The course was dry with playable fairways and yes the greens were very fast with difficult pin positions, but gentleman that is the beauty of golf, playing different courses with different challenges, different layouts, different greens speed etc…etc….etc….making these difficult challenges easier to overcame, appreciate the moment, and think about how lucky we are to be able to play golf every week regardless of the golf course. Back to the main subject, the winner today was Ricardo Castro beating OCB Roland Steiner (92/33) with a solid 79 for 33 points, and in third place was Fritz Katzengruber with a nice 98 for 32 points. With these final results Fritz are the October champion with 71 points, followed by Ricardo with 69 (nice number) and in third place Roland with 67 points. For the LCPOTY and only two months to finish 2025 Ricardo solidified the first place now with 142 points, second still Jan with 76 and Bernhard is now third with 66 points. Diederik paid a visit from Singapore and hope see you soon again. We also celebrated Helmut Dicknoether birthday with a nice box of balls and he contributed with 200.00 rm to the bill. Lunch was good with excellent food and thank you again to Chia for helping me to organize the dishes in advance and secure the private room. It was a very intense and interesting month with our trip to Ipoh, and lets end the years beautifully.
Cheers
Ricardo Castro
LC Convener
FULL RESULTS TABLE.
DANAU’S WINNER PICTURE.
FINAL OCTOBER COMPETITION STANDINGS TABLE.
LCPOTY CURRENT STANDINGS TABLE.
BIRTHDAY BOY GIFT CEREMONY.
REINLI ENJOYING HIS NAP WITH AN EFFICIENT PACIFIER.
SO STYLISH AND GRACIOUS, BUT FORGOT TO HIT THE BALL.
What a great morning of golf at Bkt Beruntung, with a cloudy sky and a nice breeze, making the ideal conditions for a good round of golf. After the heavy rain the night before, parts of the fairways and around the greens were quite soggy, especially on the front nine, but overall was the course was playable. The greens were in good conditions, super fast on the front nine and slow on the back nine. Today’s winner was Bernhard Romahn with an excellent 86 for 36 points, beating Ricardo Castro (77/36) OCB, and in third place was Martin MIddleton with 93 for 33 points. With these results, Ricardo Castro is now leading the monthly competition with 66 points, followed by Uwe Lukas with 63 and in third place is Fritz Katzengrubber with 62, so all open for the last game of the month in Danau. Lunch at Full Moon restaurant with excellent food selection from Josef Winter, our F&B expert.
The first game after the Ipoh trip, was held at Seri Selangor, with hot weather all morning. The course was in fantastic conditions, with very dry fairways and very nice greens even playing fast. Today’s winner was Fritz Katzengruber with a solid 93 for 39 points, second was Jim Stevenson with a nice 99 for 33 and in third place was Iain Wise with 99 for 32 points. Regarding the monthly competition, Uwe Lukas is now in the lead with 63 points, second place is Roland Steiner with 61 and to close the podium is Ricardo Castro with 54 points. We also celebrated Iain’s Wise birthday with a box of ball as a gift and he contributed with 200.00rm for the lunch. The other box of balls went to Frans Bakker as a farewell gift, and we all wish him a healthy and happy life in Hua Hin and the LC doors will always be open for him. See you guys next week at Bkt Beruntung.
Cheers
Ricardo Castro
LC Convenor
FINAL RESULTS TABLE.
SERI SELANGOR WINNER CELEBRATING HIS RESULT.HALLELUJAH!!
OCTOBER COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.
Q3 HDC PROGRESS CURRENT STANDINGS.
LEAVING ON A JET PLANE
BIRTHDAY BOY GIFT CEREMONY.HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MANY HAPPY RETURNS TO IAIN WISE.
FRANS FAREWELL GIFT.
“LEAVING ON A JET PLANE”
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FINALLY OUT. WELL DONE REINLI.
included on our tour schedule, we’ve been trying to play different golf courses when tour outside of KL, and I must say this one was one of the most different and very interesting golf experiences I ever had and I think all of us with such a unique layout and difficult tee box positions, and especially finding the next tee box and where to hit the ball was diffidently a challenging for everyone, with some flights ending playing the wrong green and the wrong fairway. The weather was very hot and dry and the course was in good conditions. I’m sure everyone wants to try again this course.
The first game of the Ipoh away competition was played at the magnificent and lush Royal Perak Golf Club. Three flights were ready to tee-oof before 9:00 am with bright sunshine, blue skies and very dry conditions. Excellent fairway conditions and beautiful greens. Marc Louette and Charlie Chow had a good game booth with 39 points, followed by Roland Steiner and Jan van Driel booth with 37 points, putting them on the driving position to win the competition. We had lunch at the club and celebrated Reinli Tan birthday and he contributed with 300.00 rm to the bill. Marc had a symbolic prize for his good performance.
BEST STF OF THE DAY GIFT.
BIRTHDAY BOY GIFT CEREMONY.
IPOH TOUR CAP & SHIRT.
UWE BALL FINAL DESTINATION.
PICTURES OF THE DAY.
SECOND AWAY GAME AT MERU VALLEY
Back to Meru Valley to play the second game of the away competition, playing now the Valley & River nines. When we arrived at the club, it was raining and sunny at the same time, making a rainbow appear in the sky, but when we started the game, the sky was overcast and the temperature was perfect and cool, which lasted practically the whole morning, ending with sun and very hot and dry conditions. We welcome Marc Louette and Uwe Lukas as the tour virgins. Course conditions was very good but the Valley greens were quite in bad shape but overall played well. For the most birdies competition David was the winner with 2 birdies and for the team competition the Magnificent Four team (Ricardo,Bernhard,Charlie,Marc) were the winners with a combined score of 270 points, second place for the One I-position team (Josef,Jan,Uwe,Diederik) with 259 points and the last team was the Par-Tee Animals (David, Martin,Roland,Reinli) with 228 points. The Ipoh champion was Charlie Chow with a combined score of 79 points, second was Marc Louette with 77 and in third place Jan with 75 points. Well played Charlie, great scores all week and a well deserved win. To close in style the tour, we had a tour dinner and prize giving at the hotel roof top restaurant. In the evening we had the tour’s closing dinner along with the awards ceremony. It is worth to mentioning that all participants were rewarded with a good number of prizes and at the end with a lucky draw. Thank you all for your participation especially those who came from abroad. It was a good crowed, lots of fun and I’m sure everyone enjoyed this week in Ipoh. Its always satisfying to see a good turnout at our tours, and I extend my gratitude for your support to our society. A special word to our sponsors (Interprint, Airdry, The Corkman and the Four Points by Sheraton hotel) for your support during 2025 and especially for the away tour competition. See you guys to the next tour maybe end of March or beginning of April.
Cheers
Ricardo Castro
LC Convenor
FINAL AWAY GAMES TABLE RESULTS AND FINAL STANDINGS.
The first regular game of October was held at Meru Valley Golf Resort as part of the Ipoh away games itinerary. The early morning was rainy and windy, but by the time the first tee-off was over, the weather was fantastic, with bright sunshine and deep blue sky with nice clouds formations. Its been six years since we last played here, and with a mixture of nostalgia and fond memories, it was with emotion that we once again had the opportunity to play on this wonderful golf course. We also celebrated Chia’s birthday during lunch and everyone was grateful for the 300.00 rm contribution given by the birthday boy, extending the celebrations to the dinner with a special birthday cake. We welcomed Uwe Lukas and Diederik Brinkman visiting Malaysia directly from Phuket and Singapore. Back to the main subject, we first played the Waterfall nine, finishing on the River nine. The fairways on booth courses were in excellent condition and very good greens. The Waterfall nine was much more challenging with difficult and narrow fairways than the River, creating great difficulties for some of the players, especially the one with Jet Lag. Today’s winner was Charlie Chow with and excellent 96 for 37 points, followed by Diederik Brinkman with a solid 94 for 36 points, and in third place was Roland Steiner with a nice 93 for 34 points. The next game will be at Seri Selangor.
With the reopening of Kinrara, today we tested all the work made by the new management and we were pleased to see major improvements specially on the greens and a major cleanup around the course, making the course much more attractive to play. With the special promotion, the number of players has been a large influx, and the car park has become too small to accommodate this “invasion”, with many forced to park their cars on the main street, gas station and McDonald’s parking, truly never seen before. We all started on hole # 1 and the first 9 holes the pace was smooth finishing in 2 hours, but the worst was yet to came on hole 10th and 11th there was congestion with 3 to 4 flights waiting their turn to tee-off, making the total game time over 5 hours. Today’s winner was again Steve Collins with a solid 94 for 39 points, Clive Gordon came second with 31 points, and Ricardo Castro and Fritz Katzengruber shared the third place with 28 points. With these results, Steve Collins are the September Champion with 82 points, followed by David Evans with 77 and in third place Ricardo and Jan booth with 74 points. In the annual competition,Ricardo remains solid in first place with 128 points, Jan maintained and reinforced his second place, distancing himself from third place now with 76 points. Bernhard even he is not playing this month, maintains third place with 58 points. We finished the morning program at the East of Highway with nice flavors of food and refreshing beers. We closed the month of September on a high note, it was a very competitive month leaving everything open for the last game, even thought it was a shame that in the last 3 games there was a very low turnout. As you know, next week we will play our 2025 second away games in Ipoh and all the 13 participants are looking forward for a great week of golf and fun.
Cheers
Ricardo Castro
LC Convenor
FINAL RESULTS TABLE.
KINRARA WINNER.
SEPTEMBER COMPETITION FINAL STANDINGS.
LC OF THE YEAR COMPETITION CURRENT STANDINGS.
THE LONG WAITE ON THE HOLE 11TH, JOSEF TOOK THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR A POWER NAP. THAT’S WHAT WE CALL, GOLF MANAGEMENT.
The course at Bukit Jalil was in a very good condition this morning. Even after the heavy storm yesterday, the fairways and greens were well kept. If anything you could say that some of the greens were a bit patchy, but on the whole a good speed and not easy. To be honest, it is a good course, not easy, a lot of challenges, and good to play. I think we should play this more, in spite of what some of our members are saying…..
The weather was good to start with, with getting hotter during the last nine holes. In particular on this course, where the buggies are not allowed on the fairways, that was a trying combination. Anyway, with Hans coming in late (‘wrong turnoff’) and Steve really late (“everything went wrong this morning”), we all had a good game with a good lunch and Sapporo beers at the club. Hans celebrated that he came out of the hospital 5 years ago (it is indeed that long ago!!), and he was so generous to pay for the lunch. Hans, we are very happy that you picked up golf again and that you are one of the most faithful players in LC. Thanks for the lunch!!
The 4th place today was for Steve with 32 points, the third place for Roland with 33 points, and second was Jan with 34 points, beaten on count back by Josef, also 34 points.
For the monthly competition David Evans still leading with 77 points, followed by Steve Collins with 75, and in third place, Ricardo Castro and Jan van Driel booth with 74, so all open to play next week. Thanks and well done and see you next week at Kinrara.
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