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.
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.
- 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.
- Enzo – for his record breaking performance, breaking his 4 iron, sunglasses & golf shoes
- Bernd – for scoring using the wrong 9 for the first 5 holes
- Clive – for asking for a light while wearing his Santa beard
- 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.
Photos : courtesy of your Scribe, Jasmi, Helmut & Ricardo (thanks)
K.L.O.G.S. 