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dapat top 3!!!
huhu almost a month without any update. so many things have happened that i wanna log about. trip to hongkong, new apartment project, etc etc. but first thing first... hari ni dapat top three at our local club monthly tournament!
handicap 23, 38 points (stableforth).
handicap 23, 38 points (stableforth).
main golf dapat duit juta-juta!
when luke donald won the 2011 wgc-accenture match play golf tournament, he pocketted a cool $1.4m in prize money as a champion. that's rm4.2 millions for four days work.
picture googled. mana laa tak senyum mamat ni kan???
that is the measure of how much money golfers competing in pga tour are playing for. gila babas banyak. normally total prize money for a single tournament ranges from $3m to over $9m!!!
closer to home, in asian tour, the money offered is not bad either. maybank malaysian open is among the top with a total of $2.5m offered. memang best la jadi professional golfers ni. tapi kalau menang laa, kalau tak menang kang upah caddy pun tak boleh nak bayar pulak...
for the rest of us, we join monthly golf tournament at our local club saje lah, apa lagi! tapi dia punya hadiah tak masyukkk laa. hadiah pun pakai bagi voucher giant or parkson je. hehehe. kalau tak salah champion dapat dalam rm400 gitu (tak sure sebab tak pernah jadi champion lagi, huhu). this year i joined two tournaments and alhamdulillah, both times dapat top 10 and belasah voucher sikit-sikit. january medal dapat no 8 (rm50), march medal dapat no 5 (rm80). increasing trend ni. harap2 next tournament dapat top 3 lah pulak. the winning is not that important (tak banyak pun kan), yang penting dapat improve skills and the mental side of the game...
january 2011: 1-over par, handicap 20 (no 8 medal-b)
march 2011: par, handicap 21 (no 5 medal-b)
awana genting golf resort
last weekend i went golfing awana genting. it was a company's annual golf tournament. previously it was held at bukit tinggi. memang suka main kat hilly course laa geng2 office nih.
this 18 hole layout is a very challenging course, requires super accurate driving off the tee. with out of bounds and hazards on either sides at almost every holes, it is easy to loose the ball. even if the ball landed on the fairway, there is every chance of the player losing it too, due to the sogginess of the fairway. so plenty of spare balls are needed for the first timers. typically for a hilly course, the tees, fairways and greens are at different levels at every hole. so club selection is crucial for each shot.
i scored pretty ok. placed 15th out of eighty players. dapat laa voucher parkson.
this 18 hole layout is a very challenging course, requires super accurate driving off the tee. with out of bounds and hazards on either sides at almost every holes, it is easy to loose the ball. even if the ball landed on the fairway, there is every chance of the player losing it too, due to the sogginess of the fairway. so plenty of spare balls are needed for the first timers. typically for a hilly course, the tees, fairways and greens are at different levels at every hole. so club selection is crucial for each shot.
i scored pretty ok. placed 15th out of eighty players. dapat laa voucher parkson.
tua on paper
i am three-decade years old.
had lunch at italiannies, then karaoke, then watched a movie at cineleisure's platinum suite.
to top it off, got this present from her (guys, jangan jealous ok).
bye bye callaway... hello cleaveland cg7 black pearl!!!
thank you babeh. i love the irons very very very much!
had lunch at italiannies, then karaoke, then watched a movie at cineleisure's platinum suite.
to top it off, got this present from her (guys, jangan jealous ok).
bye bye callaway... hello cleaveland cg7 black pearl!!!
thank you babeh. i love the irons very very very much!
takde birdie tara guna...
last week i joined another tournament at awana. posted a pretty good score: 88 strokes overall. first time ever broke 90 over there. but since the format was system-36 stableforth, getting birdie(s) is a must in order to play under par and getting the main prize.
apakan daya... three birdie attempts, zero converted! dapat hadiah saguhati je. tapi ok gak sebab main medal-a. kalau pandai ejas handicap tadi, main medal-c, sure dah bawak balik 32'' lcd dah.
gotta put in some time learning to make birdie putts!!!
apakan daya... three birdie attempts, zero converted! dapat hadiah saguhati je. tapi ok gak sebab main medal-a. kalau pandai ejas handicap tadi, main medal-c, sure dah bawak balik 32'' lcd dah.
wiken of golf.
ryder cup was played in wales last weekend. so been spending a lot of time in front of the telly. i was rooting for europe team to win back the cup from their americans rival. and they did just that!
image from mirror.co.uk
highlights at www.rydercup.com
closer to home, menebas two days straight at courses nearby.
friday at awana: scored 92.
saturday at kgrp: scored 94.
image from mirror.co.ukhighlights at www.rydercup.com
closer to home, menebas two days straight at courses nearby.
friday at awana: scored 92.
saturday at kgrp: scored 94.
breaking 90 at kgrp
before ramadhan hari tu sempat join annual golf amal kgrp tournament. besar gila tournament kali ni. siap ada hadiah hole in one nissan grand livina lagi. pergghh. punya ramai join, ada dua sessions. ada yang tee off pagi, ada yang main belah petang.
somehow hari tu main extra cemerlang pulak. scored 85 gross. first time break ninety. kalau laa main stroke-play format, nett score would be 85-72-24 = 11 under! sure dapat hadiah besar punya!!! tapi apakan daya, the format was stableforth strokeplay. so kiraan dia macam lain sikit. in the end the final score was par golf, handicap 13. dapat laa no 28 (giant voucher rm90). ok la tu. the winner was at 3 under. so takde la jauh sangat.
lepas habis main baru tahu kalau main stableforth, mesti ada birdie, baru boleh main under. banyak2 dapat par pun tara guna. cehhh. takpe, lesson learned for next time around.
somehow hari tu main extra cemerlang pulak. scored 85 gross. first time break ninety. kalau laa main stroke-play format, nett score would be 85-72-24 = 11 under! sure dapat hadiah besar punya!!! tapi apakan daya, the format was stableforth strokeplay. so kiraan dia macam lain sikit. in the end the final score was par golf, handicap 13. dapat laa no 28 (giant voucher rm90). ok la tu. the winner was at 3 under. so takde la jauh sangat.
lepas habis main baru tahu kalau main stableforth, mesti ada birdie, baru boleh main under. banyak2 dapat par pun tara guna. cehhh. takpe, lesson learned for next time around.
maran hill golf course.
today sultan terengganu bagi cuti. so apa lagi, another golf trip. this time to maran hill golf course. last minute preparation has lead to only two flights jer yang dapat permit from respective approving authority kat rumah. hehehe. soooo thankful that mine is ever so sporting about this. huhu. luv ya darling!
the course is located about 3km from the maran exit off lpt expressway. as the name suggests, the course is........ hilly. naik, turun, naik, turun. letih, nasib baik boleh guna buggy on course. kalau tak, sure pancit. fairway grass are good, few bad patches along the way, but overall, memang best. require highly-accurate driving or else, bola gi kolam or masuk hutan or out of bound! greens there are fast!!! it is so easy to three-putt on all eighteen holes. the only downside would be their bunkers. the sand are super hard. macam batu!
the clubhouse facilities are minimal, basic changing room, surau, etc etc. the reception room also acts as pro-shop, selling basic items like balls, tees, shirts, glove, etc. restaurant food was ok too. cannot complaint too much since they only charged rm65 per person for green fee and buggy (twin sharing). mulah!
boring tulis. layan gambar ajelaa. oh lupa pulak, i scored 96 gross. ok la tu for a first time score. came in second place behind pro latip.
boleh laa plan datang sekali lagi.
the course is located about 3km from the maran exit off lpt expressway. as the name suggests, the course is........ hilly. naik, turun, naik, turun. letih, nasib baik boleh guna buggy on course. kalau tak, sure pancit. fairway grass are good, few bad patches along the way, but overall, memang best. require highly-accurate driving or else, bola gi kolam or masuk hutan or out of bound! greens there are fast!!! it is so easy to three-putt on all eighteen holes. the only downside would be their bunkers. the sand are super hard. macam batu!
the clubhouse facilities are minimal, basic changing room, surau, etc etc. the reception room also acts as pro-shop, selling basic items like balls, tees, shirts, glove, etc. restaurant food was ok too. cannot complaint too much since they only charged rm65 per person for green fee and buggy (twin sharing). mulah!
boring tulis. layan gambar ajelaa. oh lupa pulak, i scored 96 gross. ok la tu for a first time score. came in second place behind pro latip.
boleh laa plan datang sekali lagi.
taking a break
lama betul tak menulis. letih. hidup kacau. been super busy with work for the past three weeks. plant shutdown equals going to work early and coming back around midnight (though not everyday, but still...). nasib baik buat kerja electrical. mostly kerja dalam bangunan substasi. at least ada aircond. heh heh. kesian betul tengok geng2 mechanical and instrument buat kerja dari pagi, tengah hari sampai malam buta. panjat column, cabut valve, buat welding, cuci strainer, masuk vessel. pergghh. memang tabik spring to them. tapi electrical job mencabar gaks. in other ways. just less strain physically jer. still, i'm so thankful...
enough about work. time for a break from it all.
kicked off my mini break with a golf trip to kajang area. oh heaven betul! pagi2 drove from kerteh, arrived with ample time (sempat a few stops for food, lepak2) and got ready for our 2.30pm tee time at kajang hill golf club. easily the best course i've been to so far.
clubhouse facilities are simple, but great. changing room with jacuzzi and sauna. nice. a lot of international patrons. so ada la pulak yang bernaked dalam tu. aduh. mengembalikan kenangan silam waktu main bola and pergi gym kat sheffield dulu. hoho. part yang tak tahan ada gak locals do the same. sengal betul pakcik2 tu.
back to golf. the par-72 course is quite long at 7,148 yards (black tee. kitorang layan blue tee jer), with mixed difficulty levels over the 18 holes, enough to give a real test to 20+ handicappers. i was really impressed on how beautiful their fairways and greens were. only a few holes involve playing across/along pond, which i like! in the end dapat score 94 gross. not bad at all. champion of the day was wynn with 92. tiba2 pulak power mamat ni. he just had a hot day with the putter a.k.a miss rossa. memang terer. pok ning yang kena saman on the way kat highway earlier, stress gila and end up dengan score yg agak tinggi. hohoho. marah dia kat wynn.
total cost was rm135 per person, all in (buggy, insurance, green fee, caddy tak wajib ambik) as well as a japanese dinner for four persons. value for money considering the quality of the course. totally recommended!
the following morning we all teed-off at bukit unggul country club in bangi. this par-71 course memang terunggul dengan bukit-bukau throughout the 18-holes. first hole dah gayat tengok the fairway almost 100m below its tee. big trees or ponds along the fairway, so it requires accurate driving at each holes. kalau bola pergi fairway lain, jangan mengharap laaa. a lot of short par 4s with corners left or right (typical for hilly course). so those who can whack a drive more than 200m, can cut through the corners and left with wedge shot to the green. pok ning can and did. and it really reflected on his score of 85 gross. gila. memang nak kena potong handicap dah budak ni. buaya. i managed a 91. ok la tu.
its clubhouse facilities are good too. tapi takde sauna and jacuzzi la. the restaurant has a lot of food options, but we didn't try sebab nak lunch kat luar. entrance road from the main road to the reception was not really taken care of, nampak macam dah abandoned. which might give a false impression on the condition of the course. fairway grass really great, green banyak yang berpasir though. tengah treatment kot. total cost was rm95 per person for green fee, buggy twin sharing, caddy fee and insurance.
pueh hati betul main.. ok pasni kena kerja pulak.. bulan 8 ada plant shutdown lagi!
enough about work. time for a break from it all.
kicked off my mini break with a golf trip to kajang area. oh heaven betul! pagi2 drove from kerteh, arrived with ample time (sempat a few stops for food, lepak2) and got ready for our 2.30pm tee time at kajang hill golf club. easily the best course i've been to so far.
clubhouse facilities are simple, but great. changing room with jacuzzi and sauna. nice. a lot of international patrons. so ada la pulak yang bernaked dalam tu. aduh. mengembalikan kenangan silam waktu main bola and pergi gym kat sheffield dulu. hoho. part yang tak tahan ada gak locals do the same. sengal betul pakcik2 tu.
back to golf. the par-72 course is quite long at 7,148 yards (black tee. kitorang layan blue tee jer), with mixed difficulty levels over the 18 holes, enough to give a real test to 20+ handicappers. i was really impressed on how beautiful their fairways and greens were. only a few holes involve playing across/along pond, which i like! in the end dapat score 94 gross. not bad at all. champion of the day was wynn with 92. tiba2 pulak power mamat ni. he just had a hot day with the putter a.k.a miss rossa. memang terer. pok ning yang kena saman on the way kat highway earlier, stress gila and end up dengan score yg agak tinggi. hohoho. marah dia kat wynn.
total cost was rm135 per person, all in (buggy, insurance, green fee, caddy tak wajib ambik) as well as a japanese dinner for four persons. value for money considering the quality of the course. totally recommended!
the following morning we all teed-off at bukit unggul country club in bangi. this par-71 course memang terunggul dengan bukit-bukau throughout the 18-holes. first hole dah gayat tengok the fairway almost 100m below its tee. big trees or ponds along the fairway, so it requires accurate driving at each holes. kalau bola pergi fairway lain, jangan mengharap laaa. a lot of short par 4s with corners left or right (typical for hilly course). so those who can whack a drive more than 200m, can cut through the corners and left with wedge shot to the green. pok ning can and did. and it really reflected on his score of 85 gross. gila. memang nak kena potong handicap dah budak ni. buaya. i managed a 91. ok la tu.
its clubhouse facilities are good too. tapi takde sauna and jacuzzi la. the restaurant has a lot of food options, but we didn't try sebab nak lunch kat luar. entrance road from the main road to the reception was not really taken care of, nampak macam dah abandoned. which might give a false impression on the condition of the course. fairway grass really great, green banyak yang berpasir though. tengah treatment kot. total cost was rm95 per person for green fee, buggy twin sharing, caddy fee and insurance.
pueh hati betul main.. ok pasni kena kerja pulak.. bulan 8 ada plant shutdown lagi!
dapat handicap card!
lama gila tunggu nak dapat handicap card. after 5 months, dapat gak card ni akhirnya. currently official handicap is.... 25.
i took the test back in december last year. there was a paper-test consists of 40 multiple choice questions on rules of golf. susah gila. ielts paper waktu nak gi uk dulu lagi senang! then masuk padang for a course-test, which was done mainly to assess understanding of the rules and etiquette on the golf course, rather than the way i swing the club. after a round of golf with the tester, handicap is given based on the score and overall course management.
bestnya bila dah dapat main handicap 18 nanti... sure kurang bola masuk kolam!
kontraktor melayu...
kontraktor melayu. cepat lupa daratan. dapat satu projek terus beli bmw. this unflattering term is also used in golf, especially among beginners, to describe a situation where one player has scored a par or a birdie on one hole, then he/she makes super high number on the very next hole!!!
it happened to me today at KGRP's latest monthly tournament, big time! after getting a birdie on second hole, i put in an embarassing 8-10-4-9-9 run. 19 strokes over par in five holes! it totally ruined my day. an outward-nine score of 58. hampeh! i then shot 51 on back nine, making a total of 109!
macam budak baru main golf aje, nasib baik ada 3-4 first timers tadi. kalau tak........
golf tournament at awana
mmmm. dusty blog. it was a long hiatus due to super pack schedule for the past two weeks. work (read: ppa), futsal tournament, golf, asb-od, suriamas and photography. all with their own unique story. let's start with golf first. this morning a few friends and i joined a golf tournament at awana.
weather was good. green and fairway were ok. so there was really no reason to blame for the 102 total strokes (par 72 course). guess i am just not good enough. yet.
score card... dapat laa jugak 3 pars. but since the game format today was stableforth (system 36), so kira points laa instead of stroke. as i understand it, the way they calculated is like this: for every hole, 3 points is given for a par, 2 points for a bogey and 1 point for a double-bogey. furthermore, one additional point is given for every low index hole (i.e lubang susah). for a 24-handicapper, i get an additional point for holes with index 1-6 (24-18 = 6). i found the calculation is complicated at first, but becomes easier the more tournaments i joined. so much so that now, before teeing off dah mark awal2 lubang low index ni, make sure score bagus at these holes. dapat extra point. that's the key.
in the end, i got 29 points. satu point jer beza ngan tempat ke 5. kalau tak, mesti dapat voucher parkson yang agak masyukkk.
oh, lupa pulak.. today i discovered that i can put in a 200m drive (againts the wind lagi, hohoho). brader yang menang longest drive was at 216m. so i guess takde laa teruk sangat in the driving department.
weather was good. green and fairway were ok. so there was really no reason to blame for the 102 total strokes (par 72 course). guess i am just not good enough. yet.
score card... dapat laa jugak 3 pars. but since the game format today was stableforth (system 36), so kira points laa instead of stroke. as i understand it, the way they calculated is like this: for every hole, 3 points is given for a par, 2 points for a bogey and 1 point for a double-bogey. furthermore, one additional point is given for every low index hole (i.e lubang susah). for a 24-handicapper, i get an additional point for holes with index 1-6 (24-18 = 6). i found the calculation is complicated at first, but becomes easier the more tournaments i joined. so much so that now, before teeing off dah mark awal2 lubang low index ni, make sure score bagus at these holes. dapat extra point. that's the key.
in the end, i got 29 points. satu point jer beza ngan tempat ke 5. kalau tak, mesti dapat voucher parkson yang agak masyukkk.
oh, lupa pulak.. today i discovered that i can put in a 200m drive (againts the wind lagi, hohoho). brader yang menang longest drive was at 216m. so i guess takde laa teruk sangat in the driving department.
as it is, short game is still my achilles heel...
10 days to go
after two posponements, only 10 days left before my acd assessment. i'm shutting down from all activities and focusing solely for the interview.
still, i had a last hoorrah last weekend by golfing with office buddies aka geng2 cap ayam. i brought along d90 to awana course. photography and golf combined: not bad at all!!!
i was busy snapping pictures along the 18-hole course, while trying to play my best golf. i blamed the wind (and my partner, hahahaha. just kidding!) for the 101 total strokes. aduhs...
p/s: the guys didn't fare that well either! gaya je lebih.
still, i had a last hoorrah last weekend by golfing with office buddies aka geng2 cap ayam. i brought along d90 to awana course. photography and golf combined: not bad at all!!!
i was busy snapping pictures along the 18-hole course, while trying to play my best golf. i blamed the wind (and my partner, hahahaha. just kidding!) for the 101 total strokes. aduhs...
p/s: the guys didn't fare that well either! gaya je lebih.
score card..
jauhnyer... kena pokok!
gaya macam pro... tapi masuk kolam!
habis bola bang?
my swing progress #1: july 2009
i would like to track progress and changes on my golf swing. i do not have a video of my swing when i first took the game, but you gotta start somewhere, right? so here goes...
my golf swing as of july 2009:
two tournaments in two days
i played two tournaments over the weekend before we went to bandung for holiday. the score was really bad, so takde semangat nak citer panjang2. just wanna post the score cards here for the record. huhu.
Friday:
System 36 Stableford: Points scored = 29
Saturday:
System 36 Stableford: Points scored = 22
Friday:
System 36 Stableford: Points scored = 29
Saturday:
System 36 Stableford: Points scored = 22
feeling pretty good...
i did not realised that the score was good enough to be in the winners circle. right after completing the 18th hole yesterday around 1.30pm, i submitted the score card and went straight home because me and wifey had an appointment at kuantan scheduled at 3.30pm. so i could not stay around to know the final standing.
as it turned out, that score of 71 put me as first runner up, and with it a healthy rm400 parkson voucher.
as it turned out, that score of 71 put me as first runner up, and with it a healthy rm400 parkson voucher.
nice, ain't it?
shooting one-under...
today i joined kgrp's monthly medal golf tournament. it felt good to be able to play in one after so long. since i don't have an official handicap yet (bila laa nak amik handicap test ni?), i used handicap-24 as usual. the good thing about playing in a tournament is that it offers a more challenging environment because the hole locations are much harder. plus the rules must be adhered to at all times. so takleh laa nak tipu2 beb! and that's excluding the pressure of playing in the same flight with someone that you don't know. kalau kena yang suka psycho, boleh jadi gila ooii...
i played quite ok today. started with a birdie, followed by a par... pergh, macam pro pulak. but later on i was brought back down to earth with consecutives double bogeys..hahaha. in the end, i managed a total of 95 strokes. total score is 71(total strokes minus handicap, i.e. 95-24=71).
and that's what we call "shooting one under par 72..."
new golf buddies
i got a few friends starting to golf recently, which has made me a very happy golfer. all this while i've been struggling by myself at the driving range. sekarang ni dah ada geng, takde laa boring sangat.
dulu2 waktu i first started, i spent too much time hitting balls on the range, segan/takut nak main in the course dengan orang2 yg dah terer. but practice lama2 kat range ni lambat jadi terer, because cannot appreciate the different shots that are needed when playing in the course. plus we can also learn the rules and golf ethics as well.
so we went to the kdrp course today and had a blast! we really took our time, siap sempat snap pictures lagi. in all, we spent more than 4 hours to complete just nine holes!
dulu2 waktu i first started, i spent too much time hitting balls on the range, segan/takut nak main in the course dengan orang2 yg dah terer. but practice lama2 kat range ni lambat jadi terer, because cannot appreciate the different shots that are needed when playing in the course. plus we can also learn the rules and golf ethics as well.
so we went to the kdrp course today and had a blast! we really took our time, siap sempat snap pictures lagi. in all, we spent more than 4 hours to complete just nine holes!
golf at berjaya hills resort
i joined a tournament organised by the company early this month. it was held at berjaya hills golf resort, bukit tinggi. at about 3000 feet above sea level, the air is quite cool, especially since we teed-off at 8am in the morning. macam main kat oversea pulak. heh heh.
here are some pics of the course.
other than golfing, there are a lot of activities that can be done at and around the resort. spa, animal farms, bowling, horse-back riding, etc. for more details, visit berjayahills.
anyway, berjaya hills resort offers an 18 hole, par 72 course. with hilly and narrow fairways, it is very challenging for a beginner to play. one good advice is to bring a lot of extra balls, especially for first timers at this course. i scored 112 strokes and managed to par only one hole. luckily ada two categories: Medal A and Medal B. dapat la voucher sket for a fifth place finish in Medal B category. target next year musti dapat hadiah Medal A pulak...
here are some pics of the course.
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