The July game was held at the Kota Seriemas Golf & Country Club; it’s an interesting & challenging course with some serious elevation changes and attractive scenery. The weather was hot and slightly overcast throughout but with a pleasant breeze.
21 players including 1 guest (?) (the late Bernard Romahn) teed-off on time (just) with a two tee box start. The course itself was in good condition though greens were rather inconsistent and bumpy so some people struggled with their putting. The only real issue was that the club had allowed a jumbo flight (6 players) to tee-off shortly before our first flight so although they were not in sight on holes 1 & 2, we caught them on hole #3; they did allow one flight to play through on hole #6. Then at the cross-over, it appeared that other flights teed-off shortly before our first flight came through so the second nine was quite slow. Despite this, the first flights were finished ~ 5pm.
After the game, we then made our way to the trusty East of Highway restaurant, where we were eventually joined by 5 guests (Richard Moss, Barry Cousins, Andrew Robinson, John Arkinstall & Ian Durant), then enjoyed good food ordered by El Pres, accompanied by numerous bottles of beer, plus good wines provided by Ricardo Castro (our sponsor for the wine prize). The evening wrapped up for most ~ 9pm.
Results
3 players bettered their handicaps; the July medal winner was Edwin Ferner, with an excellent score of 92 for 42 (cut 6). Second was Stuart Taylor with 92 for 41 (cut 2) ahead of Bernd Kaiser with 98 for 38 (cut 1).
Full results below.
- NTP winner #8 : Ricardo Castro (1.08m)
- NTP winner #14 : Stuart Taylor (3.75m)
- Longest Drive : Robert Frager (168m ? – the 200m line may have been wrongly marked since both Robert & Geoff hit very good drives but were well short of the line)
- Lowest gross : Geoff McLaws (83)
- Last birdie : Allan Wright
COTD
We had 7 nominations this month for COTD.
- Flight 2 – nominated by Nicky for laughing at his putt
- El Pres – nominated by Nicky for his choice of course !
- Anyone who speaks German – nominated by Allan
- Edwin – for using a #13 Wood on the short Par 3 then hitting short
- Rafael – for showing off with his sand wedge on the same hole then also hitting short, because it was his last game & for trying to sell his wife’s car via the KLOGS website
- Ricardo – for hitting his own leg with his club & for driving into the buggy in front.
- Nicky – for complaining about Kota Seriemas
The almost-unanimous winner of this prestigious award was Ricardo Castro
Farewells
As noted above, it was Rafael’s final game as he will soon be heading to Madrid; we wish him good luck.
Fines
A few honesty jugs this month (2 by El Pres) plus other fines for the numerous injured amongst the group & the late-comers.
November Away
This will be at Chiang Mai from 18-20th November; currently have 24 players
August Game
The venue will be confirmed soon.
Sponsors
Our sponsors are a main reason that we can play at good golf courses and award members with trophies, attractive prizes as well as “KLOGS” signature golf balls. In order to show our appreciation we encourage members to support our sponsors.
Wine (Ricardo Castro):
Photos : courtesy of your Scribe & Stuart T (thanks !)
