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September 2021 Game – Palm Garden Golf Club

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The September 2021 game at Palm Garden Golf Club was a ‘welcome back’ game for many of the double jab brigade who had plucked up the courage to venture out on the course once again. Many had already been swinging off the cobwebs in the last few weeks but for some it was a first outing for a few months.

The course, after a very heavy downpour the night before, was still in top condition and surprisingly buggies being still allowed on course, was good to have. The weather was perfect with a cool start and only a few hot holes towards the end.

El Pres had now settled back into the hardship of sitting in buggies with a carryout again, after spending a couple of months in Scotland carrying his clubs and already has the belly back to show for it!

With an early morning start 16 players took to the course with high hopes and the option of playing from whites with a 2 stroke penalty was taken up by many! This looked a good choice when those who started on the tenth couldn’t even find the blues, as it was 70 meters behind the whites. This turned out to be the order of the day with half the tee boxes being Black or pretty close to it.

That said, the resulting scoring from those playing of the pretty short ‘Whites’ didn’t produce the results many had hoped for.  However a few of the short par 3’s were capitalized on, with a large number of successful golfers getting on at the first attempt.

We were quickly round without incident and soon on our way to the ICON kitchen restaurant for some much needed refreshment. A few roadworks and detours on the way made the first beer particularly welcome. Albert had laid on some local delights including intestine which went down well, with at least one table!!! 

After some good food and quite a few beverages it was on to ceremonies.

This commenced with a tribute to our dear departed friend “Crackers” – Ian Craighead who passed away in April. This was the first opportunity for the group to say our goodbyes to this Klog’s stalwart. Ian had been an early member of the society serving as El Pres and Klogger of the year. A toast and a moments recollection to Ian and other absent Kloggers was made. 

From Tee to Green and beyond

“Crackers” – Ian Craighead – RIP

 Member since 1990

EL PRES 1992

Klogger of the Year 1994, 1995 & 2003

Honorary Member since 2007

Results

Full results below.

COTD

Pres of Vice was nominated for phone abuse on the first hole, where he unwisely called El Pres on the tee box. The wise wee Scotsman didn’t fall for the bait and instead Iain called Stan asking him to interrupt El Pres on the tee box to ask if we were off of blues or whites. So, in addition to the phone abuse, he had failed to read the Email instructions for the day! 

Tony nominated El Pres for dismissing his chip going 10 feet past the pin to then chunk three chips and not reach the green. The later quickly dismissed and the not so Wise Iain took the honour!

Fines

There were surprisingly few fines this month, with only 4 jugs. Looks like those who took the option of playing off of white had one eye on the fines!

Iain was fined for his phone abuse.

Jugs included

Paul, Iain, Vind and Tony (for playing three off the tee instead of proceeding to the drop zone).

John Lee and Vind for arriving late.

Next Game

13th October; course to be advised

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.

2020-2021 were supplied by http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/kulrn-renaissance-kuala-lumpur-hotel Thanks Robert Frager

We are pleased to announce that Sigy Maierbrugger has procured the Golf balls for 2021-2022

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Obituary – Enzo Filoni

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Once again this year we have been shocked and saddened by the sudden death of one of our beloved KLOGS members Enzo, who passed away in the earlier hours of the 19th of October, 2020.

Enzo the Swiss/Italian first played with Klogs in March 2014 and became a member two months later at the June game. A regular attender over 7 years playing nearly 50 games. In January 2020 he became the societies treasurer, wanting to give back somethingto the group he enjoyed being with. Enzo was always smiling and joking around, just two of his many infectious attributes.

A monthly winner on 2 occasions at Staffield in March 2017, and Tropicana in September 2018, he was also the winner of the 2 day Away competition in Chiang Mai last year.

His most recent award however was for the other trophy at Templer Park in December of 2019 when he managed to break his 4 iron, sun glasses and golf shoes all in the one round.

He was famed for use of the cigar holder to avoid burning the green which he used to good effect on the Bangkok Away in November 2018. 

Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and close friends in this difficult time.

A true gentlemen who will be sadly missed by all who had the pleasure to know him.

Rest in peace buddy.

August 2020 Game – Kota Permai Golf & Country Club

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The third post-MCO game of 2020 was held at the immaculate Kota Permai Golf & Country Club; El Pres had finally returned from exile in the UK but your former scribe was still unable to hand over his old role to our Australian committee member !

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With an early morning start again, 24 players including our honorary octogenarian Mike Smith and 3 guests (Vind Sidhu, Albert, & Lee Hee Hong) teed-off ~8.15am with a 2 tee box start. The flights which started off #1 were held up throughout by slow flights in front but still finished at ~1.30pm, slightly behind the flights which started off #10. The weather was initially cool but became sunny & hot later. The course as usual was in very good condition and relatively dry so balls ran well if you were on the fairway; bunkers were in-play causing a few players, including your scribe, problems.

We then enjoyed a good meal at Pantai Seafood, where we were joined by Barry Cousins; Andrew Robinson made an early start on the beer as his back was still troubling him, forcing him to abandon at #11. Needless to say, numerous bottles of beer were consumed, together with good wines provided by Ricardo Castro (our sponsor for the wine prize). The day wrapped up for most ~ 3.30pm.

Results

The day was a day of big points scores, with 10 players bettering or equaling their handicaps. The August medal winner, initially by a huge margin was Hans Bohi with an impressive 87; this was originally for 49 points but his handicap was subsequently reviewed and reduced from 28 to 23 (based on +4 of his NHS handicap 18.7), so he ended up with 44 (cut 8) now playing off 15 !; Thomas Stadler was second (cut 2) with 85 for 42 with Tony Morris third(cut 1) on countback with 87 for 41. Andrew Chez won a sleeve of balls for his lowest gross of 80.

Full results below.

KLOGS Aug results v2
• NTP winner #4 : Clive Gordon
• NTP winner #14 : Vind Sidhu
• Longest drive #8 : Albert 262.5m
• Last birdie : Tony #17

COTD

We only had one person nominated this month (twice) for COTD so the decision was clear :
1. Mike Smith– for complaining people were in his peripheral vision because he has 270 deg vision !
2. Mike S (again) – for spending some time trying to get into locker #91, only to realise it was #16

Fines

There were (surprisingly) no jugs this month but Hans was fined 100 Rm for his handicap violation, a few for incorrect scorecards and others for various misdemeanours.

Next Game

This will be at the Glenmarie Valley course, on Thursday 17 September.

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.

Sponsors

Photos : courtesy of your Scribe & Ricardo (thanks)

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Rules of Golf – Nearest Point of Relief

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With the recent Covid-19 restrictions and the situation where most courses are now classifying bunkers as GUR this requires the player to take the nearest point of relief from the bunker. This has caused a lot of confusion as how to determine this point so this video we made today highlights the process the player should go through. Thanks to Peter Davies for a great explanation.

July 2020 Game – Templer Park Country Club

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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!)

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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.

KLOGS July results

  • 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 !

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Fines

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

Next Game
TBC

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.

Sponsors

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

June 2020 Game – Palm Garden Golf Club

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The first post-MCO game of 2020 was held at the immaculate Palm Garden Golf Club, with this first game moved to the end of June to allow more time to prepare & become familiar with the relevant golf SOPs etc.  El Pres (Paul Geddes) was stuck in the UK because of movement restrictions but remotely still managed to arrange the game while Scribe (Geoff McLaws) similarly was stuck in Australia so Iain Wise & Dave Evans stepped back into their former roles.

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28 players including our Honorary Octogenarian (Mike Smith) plus 4 guests (Mike Williams, O C Tan, Andy Morrow & Harrish Bhonsle), teed-off at the unearthly hour for KLOGS of 7.15am with a 2 tee box start, most playing off the Blue tees since the course was deemed ‘short’.  Two of the golfers (including your scribe) opted to play off the White tees with a 2 stroke penalty applied; when the others realized that in some cases the Blue tees had been moved back to the Black, a few others wished they had taken the penalty (on the 18th tee, for example, the official difference between Black & White is 72m !).   At that time, the course was not busy so all flights made good time, finishing by ~noon. The weather was initially cool, heating up through the morning.

Post-game, 27 slightly sweaty golfers (the changing rooms & showers not being open) enjoyed a 2-course meal in the clubs banquet suite, accompanied by numerous jugs of beer (when you could get one !) & good wines provided by Ricardo Castro (our sponsor for the wine prize).  The day wrapped up for most ~ 2pm.

Results

Playing of the blues (and a few Blacks) and with the new handicaps in force, there were only 3 players bettering or equaling their handicaps, with no 40+ winner this week.  The June medal winner on count back was Thomas Stadler with 94 for 38, with Bernd Kaiser 2nd with 93 for 38; Allan Wright was 3rd with 98 for 36.   Andrew Chez won a sleeve of balls for his lowest gross of 83 (with 33 points).

Full results below.

KLOGS results June 2020 v2

 

 

 

KLOGS novelties

In Memoriam

Our golfing fraternity had been shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of our friend and regular KLOGer Tom Holmes (on 12 June) & a regular guest, Arthur Rodwell (father of Richard) in February.  Whisky toasts were made and Iain & Mike Smith gave short speeches in remembrance.

RIP Tom & Arthur

KLOGS - Tom Holmes

 COTD

We had the following nominations this month for COTD.

  1. Iain – for knocking over a beer jug with a badly aimed sleeve of balls
  2. Hans – for not knowing he would be fined a jug for 3 off the tee, despite playing with KLOGS for years, and for saying “he was pin high, but in the water !”
  3. Flight #5 – for slow play, the following flight frequently waiting 5 mins on the tee box
  4. Pietro – for a very long email exchange
  5. Mike S – for getting very agitated & demanding the staff bring him beer immediately, when there was a jug in front of him
  6. Paul Geddes (in absentia) – for implying KLOGS members are like alzeimhers

Hans was unanimously voted COTD !

Fines

There were numerous fines (13 !)  this month for jugs, no doubt because of the choice of Blue tees, plus others for various misdemeanours.

Farewell

Edwin Ferner leaves Malaysia soon to go to darkest Africa; he could not join us for this game but leaves us on a high as the last pre-MCO game (February) winner.   We wish him well.

Next Game

TBC

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.

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 Photos : courtesy of your Scribe & Ricardo (thanks)

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Obituary – Tom Holmes

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It was with deep sadness and shock that we heard about the sudden death of Tom Holmes on 12th June 2020. 

Tom (48) will be fondly remembered by all for his jovial nature, his passion for the game of golf and of course his inimitable sharp, dry humour.

It was in 2008, after meeting Mike Smith at the Doha Golf Club, Qatar and with Mike enthusing to Tom about how nice Malaysia was, Tom, who was now at the end of his contract, jumped on a plane with one suitcase and his golf clubs and arrived in Malaysia. Here he fell right into the KL lifestyle and joined a number of golfing societies living the life of leisure before getting a job. Tom subsequently became an “offshore tiger” having gained employment here in Malaysia specialising in offshore installations, flare maintenance and operations, which included flare tip and igniter panels replacement, given his electrical background.

In the time that Tom was in Malaysia he was active in all the KL golf societies such as Loose Cannons, KLOGS and FRID’ Eggs but Tom was of course predominantly active in the running of the WIGS group which played every Sunday at Bukit Unggul.

Tom was involved with the WIGS golf group for many years and with his organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail with the WIGS unique scoring and handicapping system along with the “Animal Fines” and other associated infringements Tom ultimately headed up the WIGS group. Tom organised and attended every twice-yearly golf away trips in his capacity as CW for the WIGS society and they were all an outstanding success.

Tom was also a regular attender of KLOGS monthly games and twice-yearly “aways” for over 10 years when not working offshore. His last victory was at Tropicana in April of 2017, and on this day as well as easily winning the game he was also awarded the “other award” for blobbing the last hole when considered well in front – handicap preservation being the cry with the forthcoming May away on the horizon. Tom was regularly awarded this accolade, most recently on the Chiang Mai November Away, where as well as winning the daily misdemeanour award he also took this for the tour -something to do with the wearing of an orange bathing cap in the shower. Tom’s greatest qualities were to give everyone the benefit of his cutting wit, but also not getting bothered when it rebounded and taking his punishment in fine style. He was also quick to assist and standing in as scribe at short notice, and acting as the tour’s fines master with relish. With his wide knowledge of golf in the region, he was a very helpful source on the latest course information when planning the next away adventure. In addition to all the above an accomplished golfer who always showed great sportsmanship and a loyal friend to all those that had the privilege to meet him.

Tom was also a member of the FRID’ Eggs group who met every Friday and, work or travel permitting, Tom would join the group. Tom’s last game with FRID’ Eggs was on 14th February 2020 at Danau Golf Club where he won on the day – a very fitting result for a great golfer and a great human being.

Tom was a very well-loved and respected friend to everybody in our community here in Malaysia. The outpouring messages of affection and tributes received upon the shock and disbelief at Tom’s sudden and totally unexpected demise bears testimony to this. Tom became more than just a golf buddy to some, he also became a part of the family. 

Tom will be sadly missed by all his golfing friends and all his other friends and working colleagues here in Malaysia and overseas but of course our thoughts and deepest condolences go out at this time to his family back in UK. 

R.I.P. Tom Holmes

February 2020 Game – Sungai Long Golf & Country Club

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It truly was a beautiful sunny day with, thankfully, a cooling breeze and no sight of rain all afternoon. All six flights completed their rounds, albeit some got around a bit slower than others.

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We had a good field of 24 players with four guests, Sam Geddes (Son of El Pres), Herman Brand (1st game and guest of Clive), Thomas Stadler (2nd game and guest of Bernd) and On Chin Tan (2nd game).


The ever efficient starter at Sungai Long arranged for us to have a two tee box start – 3 from the 1st and 3 from the 10th. Malaysia Boleh, two flights suddenly appeared on the 1st tee box just before our 1st flight’s 1pm tee time, who we established had a 1.32 tee time. This eventually meant that flights from the 10th tee box were finishing before the first two flights from the 1st.

Course condition: No one can ever complain about Sungai Long as a golf course. It is always presented beautifully and the fairways, tee boxes (apart from the abomination below) and greens were very good. The rough as always, is very tough so it pays to stay on the short stuff.


We played from the white tee markers which, today, made the course very short; some of the white tees were on the ladies tee box. Yours scribe could benefit from some course management in such situations.

Some good scores were returned but only 7 players bettered or equaled their handicap. I know that the rough was a challenge and I think the scores reflected that.

Caddies: Feedback on the caddies at Sungai Long before we get into the results. About half the field had some complaints about the caddying, anything from ‘giving putts’ and ‘moving debris around the ball’ to demanding higher tips or having the audacity to ‘tut tut’ a players shot! Some trainees were deployed I believe, and also a few ring-ins. The rest thought the caddies did an OK job.

Post-Game Dinner and Prize Giving

East of Highway Restoran is one of our regular and most enjoyable haunts away from the clubs, and once again provided a really good spread of well chosen dishes. Lots of beer and wine (graciously provided again by Ricardo) was imbibed along with heaps of banter and laughs. Ted even provided us with a very comical re-enactment of his ‘dummy spit’ on the 17th hole earlier in the day!  Great day and evening all around!

EGM

As previously notified a short EGM was convened.  Following the AGM the committee was asked to review the current handicap system and make recommendations. These recommendations were put to the members and previous committee members.  The vote on the recommendations was held and the said recommendations were passed unanimously unopposed. The constitution shall be amended accordingly and issued to all members.

Results
• The winner today was Edwin Ferner with an excellent round of 89 off a handicap of 23 and a result of 42 points. (Cut , – 4 for winning plus – 1 for being so good, erm, no, because he had more than 40 points! His base handicap is 22 and you cannot be cut more than four below your base, i.e. 18. Thus cut 5.
• Second today on the sheet was Sam Geddes but being a guest, he could not win. Nonetheless, it should be noted he had a score of 97 for 39 points. El Pres was the fortunate recipient of 2nd given Sam’s ineligibility, with a gross of 84 for 38 points. Cut 2.   Many thanks to Ricardo Castro for sponsoring the Wine prize
• Third place went to Bernd Kaiser with another solid round of 96 for 37 points. Cut 1.

Full results below
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Novelty Awards
• Longest Drive – Hole number 5 Par 5 – Sam Geddes 229.2m
• NTP – Hole number 8 Par 3 – Pietro Martucci 3.2m
• NTP – Hole number 14 Par 3 – Andrew Robinson 2.7m (and he made the birdie putt)
Lowest Gross – Geoff McLaws 81. Second Paul Geddes 84. Third Ricardo Castro 86.

COTD Nominations
• Iain Wise  – playing in the group in front. Claimed they had three caddies working for them and Iain was still raking the bunkers himself!
• Geoff  -for throwing a club in the direction of the caddy. Undue Petulance (that’s a new one).
• Ted – who on the 17th, instead of throwing a club, threw himself on the ground (Ted provided a re-enactment of this at dinner). The caddy asked, “is he dead?”
• Herman – who received advice from his caddy after taking three unsuccessful shots out of a bunker – ungentlemanly conduct! And,
• Siggy who nominated himself for barking (woof woof) on Andrew’s backswing. More fool him, Andrew couldn’t hear!

Unanimous winner was Ted Parslow who was obviously enjoying prostrating himself!

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Fines:
Enzo ended up paying the fines for his guests, Herman and Tan. Is that called losing the bet?
Much confusion prevailed but I believe the fines are:
Herman, Tan, Clive and Andy for not reaching the ladies tees. Each fined RM50
Thomas for arriving late – RM20 but paid RM50 – very charitable.
Numerous other misdemeanours raised more funds from Clive, Ted, Herman and Tan to the tune of RM20 each.

We also had a number of fines issued for non-submission of score cards. It will not be accepted to have four players scores recorded on one card and that submitted in place of individual cards.  To clear up this issue once and for all. We each receive a card with our name and handicap already on it. We swap the card with someone else in the group. That person records your score and his own where appropriate on that card. No other scores are to be entered on the card of an individual player. (If so, they are to be scrubbed out before handing the card in).  At the completion of the round, you will check your scoring and sign the card you have completed, as marker, and sign your own card when handed back by your marker.
When you hand in your card after your next round it will be checked off the list and fines will be issued accordingly. Better bring your tens and twenty’s.

May Away – unfortunately cancelled because of Covid-19

Sponsors:
We cannot forget our ever faithful sponsors for their continuing support.
Robert for providing his ever reliable balls for the prizes. There must be so many of those KLOGS balls all over the world by now!
Ricardo for the generous contribution of the wine for the prize giving and for ongoing supply of a much enjoyed beverage.

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Photos : Courtesy of Stuart & Ricardo

January 2020 Game – Kelab Rahman Putra Malaysia

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The first game of 2020 was held at Kelab Rahman Putra, a very picturesque but challenging venue. With one late drop-out, 27 players including Honorary KLOGGERS Ian “Crackers” Craighead & Mike Smith & guests teed-off on the Lakes Course at ~1pm.

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The course was in good shape and the weather was good for the whole of the round.

All players then adjourned for a good four course dinner at the clubhouse where they were joined by Andrew Robinson, Barry Cousins & your scribe. Excellent service was provided by Laily & her staff of KPRM; needless to say numerous jugs were consumed, plus some good wines provided by Ricardo Castro (our sponsor for the wine prizes ). joined for dinner. Thanks to Tony for his generous 70th Birthday donation of Rm300.


Results
Seven players bettered or equaled their handicaps, but 12 players recorded less than 30 points reflecting the difficulties of this course if you are not a big hitter.

The January medal winner was Stuart Taylor, with an excellent score of 85 for 48 (cut 12 ! – what a great handicapping system !). Second was Robert Frager with 81 for 46 (cut 2), with an Eagle on the Par 4 13th hole; 3rd was Edwin Ferner (93 for 40)(cut 1).


Full results below :

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The novelty winners were:

• NTP Hole #5 : Not awarded
• NTP Hole #15 : Stan (2.4m)
• Longest Drive (#8) : Ricardo (217m)
• Lowest Gross : Geoff McLaws (83)
• Last birdie : Paul & Bernd
• Most golf : Enzo Filoni

COTD

We had 6 nominations this month for COTD :

1. Edwin (nominated by Tom) – using his diplomatic immunity in trying to park in the members car park
2. Tom – since Edwin did not drive to the club !
3. Bernd – for an “incident” in the locker room relating to his lost key
4. Mike Smith – for wandering around in towel, asking for directions to the showers
5. Bernie– for nearly wiping out a caddy on 1st tee-box, then still parring the hole.
6. Geoff – for hitting 245m then trying to measure from the 200m line rather than the 250m, and then failing to par the hole

Geoff was unanimously voted as COTD

AGM
The AGM was also held after the game, introduced by El Pres, Iain Wise, who thanked Paul Geddes (VP), Roger McGowan (Moneybags), Dave Evans (Scribe) & Frank MacKenzie (Fines Master) for their support. EL PRES thanked Renaissance Hotels though Robert Frager for sponsorship of new golf balls which should see us through 2020.

EL PRES reported :

KLOGS has now completed its 30th year.

We played 7 different local courses during the year – visiting Templer Park, Kota Permai & Sungai Long twice. It was good to celebrate Xmas at the Chalet Suisse Restaurant after the December game; thanks to Hans and Bernie for making this available.

The May Away was to Thailand, for which we had 18 tourists. It was good to catch up with the Overseas groupies, in particular Brian Jeffers, Wayne Beck & Frank MacKenzie who are regular May Away tourists along with “Hasty” Hewitt.

In November, we returned to Chiang Mai with 20 players attending; after 20 years of Klogging, we finally managed to get Robert Frager on tour !.

Throughout the year 62 active members played 248 rounds. In addition, 18 guests played 27 rounds, so in total 89 players played 275 rounds. We welcomed 13 new members.

The number of local players for the 2 Aways increased which is good to see as we were starting to become very dependent on the overseas members

In Memoriam
Sadly at the end of April we lost one of our members – Ray Funnell. Ray had been a KLOGS stalwart for nearly 20 years. He served on the committee as Vice President in 2007 and is sadly missed. We had a moment of reflection for Ray and other absent Kloggers.

Finances
Iain briefly presented the finances; we have a healthy balance. There were no questions / comments.

Annual Awards

The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the annual awards

A) Played 8 Games or More (Bottle Of Wine):
• Dave Evans, Paul Geddes, Robert Frager, Stuart Taylor (8 games);
• Edwin Ferner, Enzo Filoni, Stan C (9 games);
• Geoff McLaws, Allan Wright (10 games)
• Iain Wise (11 games)
• Ricardo Castro (12 games)


B) Player Of The Year Trophy (Best 9 Game Stableford)
Geoff McLaws : Gross 339 (played 10 games, average 37 Stableford Points). Geoff received a tankard.
Runner up : Ricardo – 329 (played 12, av 35)

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C) Player in Most Need of Improvement (Worst 9 Game Stableford)
Allan Wright – a Rm 200 voucher from MST

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In addition we recognised various others achievements:

• Lowest Gross of the year Geoff McLaws – 75 – sleeve of balls
• Most stableford points in a game this year – Tony Morris – 46 – sleeve of balls

D) Honorary Members – Mike Smith & Crackers – were awarded a sleeve of balls. Barry Cousins was also made a member of this illustrious group

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E) COTY Award (Trophy)
Stan C was voted COTY for his photography during the May Away and was awarded the trophy by Mike Smith, a 2-time former winner; El Pres also had a special presentation to accompany the mug & flask, and dressed for the occasion. Enzo was a close second for this. (41 members voted with 18 nominations)


Election of Officers

The following were elected unopposed :

a) EL PRES : Paul Geddes
b) VICE PRES : Iain Wise
b) MONEYBAGS: Enzo Filoni
c) SCRIBE: Geoff McLaws

For the position of Scribe, El Pres tried to press-gang several members to take the post; after this proved unsuccessful, Geoff McLaws volunteered to take the position. Thanks Geoff & Good Luck!   El Pres presented Dave Evans with MST vouchers for his services as Scribe for the past 3 years.

2019 El Pres Award (Trophy)
Iain Wise was presented with a tankard by Paul Geddes for his services over the past 3 years.

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El Pres Address
Paul Geddes in his new role, gave his inaugural address. Since it was in Scottish, I could not understand it; we will hire a translator for future events.
Constitution
1. Proposed by Stuart Taylor – a request to change the KLOGS handicap system to a standard approved handicap system making it fair and equal for everyone to stand a chance to win; as we are moving to the new World Handicap System as of 1st January 2020 this is an excellent time to adopt this. It was agreed that a small committee will be set up to discuss this further
2. Proposed by Paul Geddes – the number of qualifying games be revised from 9 to 6 – ACCEPTED.
May Away
This will be from Monday 18th May to Saturday 23rd May 2020. Venue likely to be Phnom Penh.
Next Game
This will be on 19 February – Venue TBC

Further Thanks
Stan C & Tom Holmes, as members of Rahman Putra for their assistance with the arrangements for the game & AGM.   Stuart Taylor for his photography, tutoring & assistance with the blog over the last 3 years.

Fines
There were numerous fines imposed during the course of the game & evening

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.

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Photos : courtesy of your Scribe, Ricardo, Stuart (Thanks)

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And it’s Goodbye from Me ! Thanks for reading, Guys !

December 2019 Game – Templer Park Country Club

On By Dave EvansIn golf, KLOGS, Monthly Medal, Templer ParkLeave a comment

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. 

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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. 

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  • 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 1st 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.

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

 

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