The July 2022 game was held at the Kota Seriemas Golf & Country Club.  15 players including 4 guests (Scott Milton, Chris Miller, Chia Weng Lock & Michael Ferner-Smith) with one call-off due to illness, teed-off the whites at 8am with a 2 tee box start.   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 fast to catch them up later in the round !   The weather was initially cool, heating up through the morning. 

Post-game, 14 golfers enjoyed a substantial meal at Restoran Loon Sing near Nilai, accompanied by numerous jugs of beer & good wines provided as a departing gift by Bernd Kaiser.  The day wrapped up for most ~ 2.30pm.   

Results

The July medal winner by a considerable margin was Bernie Schobert with a splendid 80 for 45 (cut 9), with Stan C 2^nd with 91 for 37, then Thomas Stadler 3^rd on count back from Ricardo Castro, with 86 & 85 for 35 respectively.   Paul Geddes won a sleeve of balls for the lowest gross of 85 (with 30 points).  Bernie nominated Siggi to down his mug

Full results below.

COTD

We had the following (weak) nominations this month for COTD.

1. Thomas – for hitting a bunker shot & hitting Pietro near his privates
2. Wee – after a late night, went to wrong entrance that was closed, then had to be guided to club house, then had to go home with a severe hangover. (Ineligible as did not attend the lunch)
3. Ricardo  – for forgetting his birthday (pin no on locker); denied of course !
4. Bernd – for donating 6 bottles of wine with failed corks thereby needing a sieve as his parting gift

Bernd in his last KLOGS before departing home unsurprisingly was voted COTD ! Thanks very much for the wine which was decanted and drunk ! Very nice indeed !

Fines

There were four fines this month for ladies tee-boxes & other misdemeanors.

Next Game

17th August Kota Permai

Sponsors

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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 Ricardo (thanks)  

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.

1. Flight 2 – nominated by Nicky for laughing at his putt
2. El Pres – nominated by Nicky for his choice of course !
3. Anyone who speaks German – nominated by Allan
4. Edwin – for using a #13 Wood on the short Par 3 then hitting short
5. 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
6. Ricardo  – for hitting his own leg with his club & for driving into the buggy in front.  
7. 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 !)