The second post-MCO game of 2020 was held at the Templer Park Country Club with the arrangements being made from a very safe distance in Stonehaven in Scotland by El Pres (recently arrived in KL but in quarantine!)

With most of the committee AWOL, Allan Wright was persuaded to come out of retirement to be the MC on the day, with your former scribe still unable to hand over his old role to our Australian committee member!

With an early morning start again, 22 eager players including 2 guests (Gerhard Burchhard & Jasmi Kamsar) teed-off ~8am with a 2 tee box start. The flights which started off #10 were held up throughout by a slow 4-ball in front but still finished at ~12.30pm, slightly behind the flights which started off #1. The weather was initially sunny but became overcast later, but the threatening rain held off, though the course was still very soggy from torrential overnight rain.

We then enjoyed a decent meal at the club, joined by various groupies (Barry Cousins, Richard Moss & Andrew Robinson,) accompanied by numerous jugs of beer, good wines provided by Ricardo Castro (our sponsor for the wine prize) and whisky, procured on our behalf by Andrew Robinson getting mates rates at the Annex. The day wrapped up for most ~ 2.30pm.

Results

With many players, including your scribe, struggling, only 4 players bettered their handicaps. The July medal winner, was David Cheung with an impressive 89 for 43; Ricardo Castro was second with 85 for 38 with Stan C third with 92 for 37. (Actually tied with our guest, Jasmi with 97 for 37). Andrew Chez won a consolation prize of a sleeve of balls for his lowest gross of 83.

Full results below.

• NTP winner #2 : Tony Morris
• NTP winner #8 : Clive Gordon
• NTP winner #11 : Pietro Martucci
• NTP winner #16 : Roland S
• Last birdie : Enzo F

In Memoriam

Another sad event during the month was the passing of our friend and regular KLOGer Roger McGowan after a long battle with cancer. Whisky toasts were made and Andrew Barber gave a short speech in remembrance. A full obituary is posted at :

Obituary – Roger McGowan

RIP Roger

COTD

We had only 4 (rather tame) nominations this month for COTD.

1. Stan – for a late handicap adjustment, allowing him to steal 3rd place
2. Andrew Barber – for aiming for the bridge on the 4th hole, then landing on it
3. Ricardo – hunting for Martin in the shower !
4. Sigi – for responsibly picking up the longest drive tape measure & results sheet (when we didn’t have a longest drive !)

Sigi was unanimously voted COTD !

Fines

There were surprisingly, only a few jugs this month and a few other fines.

Next Game
TBC

Sponsors

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Photos : courtesy of your Scribe, Stuart, Ricardo, Jasmi, Andrew C & Martin (thanks)

The final game of 2019 was held at the immaculate Templer Park Country Club.  22 players including our Honorary Octogenarian (Mike Smith) plus 6 guests (John Lee, Jay Schooley, Jasmi. Franz Hierz, David Ross & Jeff Lynch) teed-off slightly before 1pm with a 2 tee box start.   At that time, the course was almost empty so all flights made good time, with the first flight finishing at ~5pm. The weather was initially sunny & hot with a cooling breeze springing up later; then at ~ 5pm, as the first flights were finishing, a short but heavy rain shower started.  However, all flights completed the full 18 holes. 

At the invitation of Hans & Berni, twenty of us then made our way to their Chalet Suisse restaurant in Ampang, where we were joined by various groupies (Barry Cousins, Richard Moss, Andrew Robinson, Pietro Martucci & Ian Durant) and enjoyed a splendid 4-course meal, accompanied by numerous jugs of beer, good wines provided by Ricardo Castro (our sponsor for the wine prize) and whisky provided by El Pres.  The evening wrapped up for most ~ 9.30pm.  

Results

With many players struggling, only 4 players bettered or equaled their handicaps.  Since John Lee was a guest so could not qualify for the trophy, the December medal winner, crediting his good performance to jet lag, was Allan Wright with 99 for 37 (cut 4); Ricardo Castro was second on countback with 84 for 36 (cut 2) from Bernd Kaiser 98 for 36 (cut 1).   John Lee won a consolation prize of a sleeve of balls for his lowest gross of 86 (with 41 points) (Ricardo having won another prize).

Full results below. 

• NTP winner #8 :  Dave Evans (4.65m)
• NTP winner #16 :  Berni Schobert (4.27m)
• Longest Drive : Clive Gordon (276 yds, using his 3 Wood !)
• Last birdie  :  Jay Schooley

COTD

We had only 4 (rather tame) nominations this month for COTD.

1. Enzo – for his record breaking performance, breaking his 4 iron, sunglasses & golf shoes  
2. Bernd –  for scoring using the wrong 9 for the first 5 holes 
3. Clive – for asking for a light while wearing his Santa beard 
4. Iain (late nomination) – for not wearing his Xmas hat for the 1^st half hour

Enzo & Bernd were jointly voted CsOTD !

Fines 

There were numerous fines this month.

Next Game / AGM

This will be at Rahman Putra (groan !) on January 15th, 2020 .  

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.

Photos : courtesy of your Scribe, Jasmi, Helmut & Ricardo (thanks)  

Twenty Players teed off at Templer Park as we were back in Malaysia following last month excursion to Thailand for the May Away. As ever Templer Park was in very good condition as can be seen from Stuart’s excellent photographs. We were blessed with good playing conditions with the initial sunny skies clouding over and with a gentle breeze it made for very pleasant playing conditions. The course was relatively quiet and with a two-tee box start we got away before one o’clock and we all finished before 5-15pm.

It was good to welcome our 2 guests, Dave Higate playing his second game and Derren Simpson on his first, invited by Enzo. After the game we adjourned to Tang Dynasty Restoran for food and copious quantity of Carlsberg. We were joined for dinner by Richard Moss, John Arkinstall and Andrew Robinson.

Results

The June medal winner was Clive Gordon with a score of 85 for 40 points (cut 4) moving up from his second place in April. We had 4 players all vying for second each with 38 points. After analysis Paul came fifth, Geoff fourth. It took a back 6 countback to establish that EL PRES was second winning a bottle of wine (cut 2),  and Edwin third, a sleeve of balls (cut 1).   Lowest gross went to Geoff McLaws with 80 played off the blues, a sleeve of balls.

Full results below. 

• NTP winner #8 :  Enzo Filoni (14.8m) to be commended for holing the putt for 5 points
• NTP winner #16 :  The man with no name at 1.8m was the closest – it was discovered by some sleuth-like detective work that this was Edwin, but as he was already in third place, it went to the next nearest, our other guest Dave Higate
• Longest drive #5 :  This went to Lim Hong with a distance of 296 yds.
•  Last birdie:  This went to our guest Derren Simpson with his birdie on the 18^th.

COTD

We had 5 nominations this month for COTD.

1. Edwin – for being the man with no name on hole 16 NTP and then blaming his flight partners for not putting his name on the record sheet.
2. Robert – for complaining he had to walk too far, blaming everyone but himself for the fact his ball was always a long way from the buggy track.
3. Paul – for leaving his range finder on the previous tee box.
4. Clive- for allowing a monkey to steal his four iron. 
5. Geoff – for chasing the monkeys away by doing a gorilla impersonation aptly demonstrated by Martin.

Geoff was the unanimous winner.

Fines 

Several honesty jugs this month, EL PRES then used some invention to fine all the Chickens for decling the across-the-water shot on the last, then fining those that were not chicken but not golfers as they failed to cross the water, the rest were also fined with the exception of the birdie man.

November Away

The next Away in November will be to Chiang Mai and will be between Monday 18th to Saturday 23 November; 4 rounds of gold Tuesday through Friday.

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  Stuart, Paul & Ricardo

The October game was held at the immaculate Templer Park Country Club.  24 players including 7 guests (Adrian Skiba, Andrew McDonald, Jeffrey Brown, Chris Banton, Jan Van Driel, Paul Carpmael & Roland Steiner ) teed-off slightly before 1pm with a 2 tee box start.   At that time, the course was almost empty so all flights made good time, with the first flight finishing at ~5pm. The weather was sunny & hot with a cooling breeze springing up later; surprisingly there was no rain throughout the afternoon.  

At the invitation of Hans & Berni, twenty of us then made our way to their Chalet Suisse restaurant in Ampang, where we were joined by ‘tour groupie’ Ian Durant and enjoyed a splendid 4-course meal, accompanied by numerous jugs of beer & good wines provided by Richard Rodwell (our sponsor for the wine prize).  The evening wrapped up for most ~ 9.30pm.  

Results

With many players (including your scribe) struggling with their approach shots & putting, only 2 players bettered or equaled their handicaps.  The October medal winner, no doubt inspired by his recent visit to the Ryder Cup, was Martin Walsh with 89 for 37 (cut 4); Kaz Takita was second with 92 for 36 (cut 2) and third Iain Wise with 100 for 34 (cut 1).

Full results below.

• NTP winner #8 :  None (Kaz & Juerg not attending the dinner)
• NTP winner #16 :  Berni Schobert (2.55m)
• Longest Drive : Ricardo Castro (260m, but measured from the blue tee)
• Lowest gross  : Paul Geddes (89) (Martin W having won another prize)

COTD

We had 4 nominations this month for COTD.

1. Paul Geddes – for his aquatic exploits while retrieving his ball (and for arriving more than fashionably late at the restaurant !)
2. Flight 5 – for slow play 
3. Sigi (self nomination) – for teeing off while the group ahead was still on the green
4. Edwin – for refusing to swear in German

Paul G, unanimously, was voted COTD !

Fines 

Numerous fines this month.

November Away

This will be in Bangkok from Monday Nov 19th to Saturday Nov 24th.  

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.

Photos : courtesy of your Scribe, Martin W & Ricardo (thanks)