Next Game - KGPA - 18th April 2014

Next game will be at KGPA on Friday 18th April. Tee times have been booked at 9:00am and we have 9 people currently confirmed ... so 3 x 3-balls. Please be at the club by 8:30 for registration.

After golf we will have lunch at the Selangor Club Sports Annexe.

Results - Danau Golf Club - 11th April 2014

I remember playing Danau many years ago and recall it being tough. It has not changed! It is indeed a challenging course with thick cow grass fairways and greens which on first impressions are slow but can be relatively quick. Luckily we elected to play off the white tees which in themselves were long ... if we  had played the blues we may still have been out there hacking our way round!

We had 2 flights of Eggers today and we got off at around 8am on a humid and hot morning on the back 9. One of our flight members took till the third green to start putting having lost balls on the first two holes. 

The course has some interesting holes but on the whole I would call the course "agricultural" ... interesting and challenging to play but not a course to rush back to.

We played the 1st 9 last and experienced the incredible hole no 2  with its small landing fairway plateau and ridiculously high green - I of course ended up in the deep valley to the right never to find my ball but did find the skeletons of at least 3 lost golfers! The 3rd hole is also of interest with a high tee and a green surrounded by many bunkers. Luckily I managed to drop a 7 iron shot right next to the pin and sunk it for a birdie ... so made up for the previous blob on hole no 2.

By the time we finished we were all exhausted with the steep inclines and the high humidity. WE had a snack lunch at the clubhouse before retiring to KL.

Winner of the day (on count back from myself ... gggrrrrrr) was Peter Davies who shot a gross of 102 with 34 points, myself with gross 89 and 34 points. Full results detailed below.

Rotten Egg Award

We were at first very unforthcoming on nominations for the Rotten Egg award but once Robert Mulliss fessed up to forgetting his bag at Kinrara last week and having to drive back to the club after reaching home we awarded the Rotten Egg to Robert ... not for forgetting his bag last week ... but for actually owning up to this over lunch today!

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Danau Golf Club - 11th April 2014

In our continuing quest to find and explore new turf, the plan this week is to try Danau which is very close to Bangi Golf Resort. I will call tomorrow and confirm a tee time but I think there should be no problem getting 2 flights off on a Friday morning around 7:30 to 8:00am. Will advise details and update this posting once confirmed.

Results - Kinrara Golf Club - 4th April 2014

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We decided to test out Kinrara Golf Club as we had not played this before and it had a good rate of RM67 with the Top Premier book. What a good decision - the course was beautiful and has been very well maintained. Greens were slowish but really excellent and apart from the decision from playing off the white tees which made it rather short and the quirky 3 x Par 3's in a row on the first 9 it was a joy to play. Next time we would play off the blues for sure which would make it more of a challenge.

The finishing 18th hole is really interesting with a sharp dog-leg to the right and then a difficult water carry up to a raised green directly below the clubhouse - stunning finish.

7 players turned up to play and 5 out of the 7 shot to handicap or better which made for some good scores. The winner of the day was myself (Stuart Taylor) shooting an excellent 82 gross for 40 points. In second place was Erol Akinci with 91 for 39 points. Full results detailed below.

A simple but good lunch with non-alcoholic refreshments were taken at the refurbished clubhouse restaurant. The club changing rooms also had been recently renovated and were modern with good showers.

Cost-wise it is a good deal especially with the TP book and you also get food discount vouchers of RM10 per pax.

We will be back.

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