Results - Staffield Golf & Country Resort - 28th October 2014

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The Trophy Game for the month of November was held at Staffield Golf & Country Club. We had 19 players (5 flights) starting from split tee boxes on the North and Western 9's. Weather was excellent and the course was in good shape. The greens on our first 9 holes (Western) were however very bumpy having just been cored and not properly rolled - the greens on the Northern 9 were better albeit sandy.

After the game most of us returned to the excellent Restoran East of the Highway for a sumptuous (and over-ordered) lunch care of Messrs Robinson and Moss

Results

Scores were very good as is usual at this venue and more than half the field turned in a card with a score equal to or higher than their handicap. We had 3 people sharing best gross score of 79 this week (Geoff McLaws, Andrew Chez and Paul Geddes) but it was Paul Geddes who won this week picking up the November trophy with an excellent (and best performance to date in Malaysia) of 79 gross and 43 points - well done Paul. Runner up also with an excellent 41 points and gross of 90 was Allan McNicoll. Full scores are tabulated below.

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Results - Danau Golf Club - 21st October 2014

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It's been at least 4 years since Cannons played Danau so we returned with the promise of renovated greens via information from Geoff Parslow. This course has always been a tough and challenging course with some rather interesting holes. We had a tee time of 8:00am but it was a slow start as our 5 flights were all off one tee box and there were players in front ... and it was slow going after that waiting on almost every hole making it a 5 hour round.

The course was good and although the greens were good they were soft and spongy. Putting on the sloping greens against the grain was also something of a a challenge.

We eventually finished about 1:45 and just before the rain came luckily. Lunch was at the Restoran East of the Highway and we made it there just before the kitchen closed. The food here was excellent other than the yam basket with rather smelly squid .... note that we should not order this again.

Results

Winner of the day with an excellent 40 points (gross of 86) was Tony Morris, with Geoff McLaws runner up some 7 points behind with 33 points and the best gross of the day at 83. As well as the RM50 pot Tony Morris won a free 4-flight voucher for Danau which had been kindly donated by the golf club manager who Ted and Geoff Parslow know well.

We had one non finisher, Andrew Chez, who had to leave 2 holes from the finish. We also had a couple of players who didn't submit scores so it is important to make sure that every player records their score and submits it otherwise it will not be recorded. If you are not going to the post game lunch please make sure that you hand in the scores to someone from your flight who is.

Full results below :

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