Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Inter Society Golf Tournament - Templar Park Golf Club - 1st June 2014
For anyone interested in participating in the Inter Society Golf Tournament on 1st June at Templar Park please see the details below:
Next Game - Nilai Springs - 6th May 2014
Next week we will play at Nilai Springs and we have 5 flights tentatively booked at 8:00am from (hopefully) 2 tee boxes and 1 caddy per flight.
Costs will be RM130 per player and for TP book holders RM110.
Please confirm by e-mail if you plan to play and be at the club by 7:30am latest.
We shall probably eat at the club unless we have a consensus to eat closer back to KL (Restoran East of the Highway?) or if anyone has a good recommendation locally near the club - so please indicate what your preference would be.
Results - Tropicana Golf & Country Club - 29th April 2014
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The newly refurbished Tropicana was in great shape this morning for the monthly Loose Cannons Trophy Game. We had a record turnout of 28 players for this month's Trophy Game and we all got off to a fairly prompt start off two tee boxes on the East 1 and East 2 courses at approx. 7:45am.
The course was in excellent condition, having recently complete a refurbishment, with beautifully manicured fairways, powdery white bunkers and great greens running at a Stimpmeter reading of 8m. Pin positions today were difficult to say the least and with the undulating greens made putting out a testing process. Our members specifically mentioned the great condition of the course, especially Hans Berger who made a special mention of this over lunch.
We all finished by around 1:00pm and then most of the team made our way to Pantai Seafood Restaurant for an excellent lunch. Allan McNicoll was celebrating his 60th birthday today so kindly offered to pay for the drinks which was most appreciated by all attendees - thank you Allan for the kind contribution. We had the luxury of a private room with TV and karaoke system and we played a special tribute video (BBC Grandstand style) for Allan McNicoll, the Birthday Boy - see video below at bottom of blog posting. Allan was also entertained by the wonderful singing rendition by Hans Berger of his routine, but always well received, Swedish drinking song .... Rat...at..at!
We actually had two other Birthdays .... Hans Berger (today) and Ted Parslow (yesterday) so it is very much hoped that next week we can enjoy some sponsored refreshments from these gentlemen.
Results
The winner today was Iain Wise with a score of 95 and 36 points - well done Iain. Second place was shared by Geoff McLaws, Andrew Chez and Allan McNicoll. Best gross of the day was a 79 from Sean Niven. It is indeed encouraging to see a winner playing exactly to his handicap taking poll position today on this rather tough course. Full results below listed by Stableford and Gross Scores:
Sorted By Stableford
Sorted By Gross Score
Photos
Allan McNicoll's "Grandstand Special" Birthday Tribute Video
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Next Game - Tropicana Golf & Country Resort - 29th April 2014
Next week is our monthly Loose Cannons Trophy Match and as per previous discussions and general agreement we decided we should play the Trophy Game at some of the more prestigious clubs.
So next Tuesday 29th April we shall play Tropicana Golf & Country Resort (East1/East2) from the white tees. Jason Winter has just visited the course and has reported it to be in great shape so it should be an ideal venue for our monthly Trophy Game. We have two tee boxes booked for tee-off at 7:45am so please be at the club by 7:15am latest.
The cost will be RM240 per pax inclusive of green fees/buggy/insurance/caddy fees.
Lunch Venue
Post game lunch will be at Pantai Seafood Restaurant which has some great seafood and other Chinese food …. and of course plenty of cold beer. A map to the restaurant is attached below. We shall be celebrating Allan McNicoll’s Birthday (It’s a Big One!!) on this day and he has kindly offered to pay for the drinks over lunch - Thank You Allan.
Pantai Seafood Restaurant
Jalan Cempaka,
Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara,
47400 Petaling Jaya
Map to Restaurant
Results - Kinrara Golf Club - 22nd April 2014
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I played Kinrara a few weeks ago and it was dry and well maintained. Today was a slightly different story - with the heavy rain of the last 2 days the fairways and rough were wet and soggy. On top of this there appears to have been no cutting of the rough or greens so the combination of the wet and the heavy grass made it tough going today.
We had 22 Loose Cannons players today so another good turnout for this course which has not been played by Cannons for a long time. The clubhouse has been renovated as have the changing rooms and showers making it very pleasant compared to what it was before. We got off at almost right on our designated tee-time of 7:45 from two tee boxes.
We decided to play off the blue tees today as the whites were effectively next to the red tees. For most holes this was good although on a few holes there was quite a distance between the whites and the blues making those holes a bit longer/tougher.
The fairways were fairly good but wet in places due to the rain, the rough was very heavy as mentioned before and the greens slow as they had not been cut.
One interesting observation I noted on hole number 13 was two of the drains at the side of the fairway had been covered by an air-conditioning panel - made it look like the course had air-con installed .... bizarre!
After the game most of us took lunch at the Restoran 8 Road in Puchong which was very good and excellent value - another one to retain on the books for when we play either Kinrara or perhaps Bukit Jalil.
Results
The winner today was Ted Parslow with a gross of 79 and 38 points - well done Ted! Second was Andrew Chez with 82 and 35 points. Best gross of the day was Jason Winter with 77. With Ted and Jason responsible for the design of this course I believe their valuable inside knowledge must have helped in their top places today!
Full results in the table below:
Photos
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