The April 2022 game was held at the picturesque Palm Garden Golf Club. 20 players including our Honorary Octogenarian (Mike Smith) plus 6 guests (Terry Freckleton, Christian Swift, Peter Dabrowski, Mike Garwood, Erik Stoel & Robert Bellavance ), teed-off at 8am with a 2 tee box start, most playing off the Blue tees since the course was deemed ‘short’. Three of the golfers (including your scribe) opted to play off the White tees with a 2 stroke penalty applied. Flights off #10 progressed well but those off #1 were held up by a 6-ball flight; flight 1 was able to play through but the others were not so fortunate so finished well after most. The weather was initially cool, heating up through the morning. Unusually, there were quite a lot of complaints about the greens, which were playing very slow.
Post-game, 15 golfers enjoyed a substantial meal at Restoran East of Highway accompanied by numerous jugs of beer & good wines provided by Ricardo Castro (our sponsor for the wine prize). The day wrapped up for most ~ 3pm.
Results
The use of the Blue tees resulted in only 1 player bettering his handicap !; the April medal winner was R Wee with a splendid 80 for 41 (cut 5), with Bernd Kaiser 2nd on count back from Robert Bellavance both with 90 for 34. Paul Geddes won a sleeve of balls for the lowest gross of 87 (with 33 points).
Full results below.
Erik became, possibly, the first person to get 3 NTPs but not win anything as he didn’t attend the lunch; the prize for 2 holes therefore went to others
In Memoriam
Our golfing fraternity has been saddened by the passing of our friend and regular KLOGer Geoff Parslow in March after a long battle with illness. Whisky toasts were made and Paul, Iain & Mike Smith gave short speeches in remembrance. Below is a link to his career .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Parslow
RIP Geoff
COTD
We had the following nominations this month for COTD.
- Wee (self nomination !) – for not wearing a KLOGS shirt
- Vind – for nominating a guest for not wearing a KLOGS shirt
- Sigi – D’Qd for having too many clubs – an extra driver had been put in his bag at some point but he did not know the owner
- Iain – for leaving his caddy behind when she was in the ladies & for not forcing his way past the 6-ball
Iain unsurprisingly was voted COTD !
Fines
There were numerous fines this month for jugs, partly because of the choice of Blue tees, plus others for various misdemeanours.
Next Game
TBC
May Away
The May 2022 Away will be to Phnom Penh, Cambodia between 23-28 May; ( 9 players have currently signed up so more welcome)
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.
Golf Balls
Special thanks to Sigy Maierbrugger who procured the Golf balls for 2021-2022
AWAYS:
http://www.liberty-travel.net/ simon@libertygolf.com.my
Photos : courtesy of Stan & Ricardo (thanks)
