This is the second time that this tournament is being held at the RSGC and only open to RSGC members. The best gross and best net winner will win a fully-paid business class trip to Scotland to play and dine with Greg Nroman the 'Shark' at the Gleneagles in Scotland. Last year Alex Hwang took the best gross prize and Tg Muin Putra took the best net prize. And they both came back with a glowing report of their trip to Scotland.
Pakdokter and about 50 other golfers signed up for the tournament this year. Competition fee was RM1000 per person but this was more than being made up by the goodies - a bottle of Johnnie Walker 'Blue Label worth RM 650, 2 high-quality tee-shirts, two tubes of golf balls, a golf cap, a golf umbrella, a golf towel and a golf travelling bag. On top of that we were treated to a sumptous lunch and after the game to a cocktails followed by a 4-course Italian dinner. Free flow of 'Blue Label' was served during the cocktails and dinner.
Pakdokter played in a flight with esteemed colleagues from the RSGC - Tg Muinuddin Putra (20), Azlan Abdullah (CEO of Mycron Steel) (20), Faidz Izham ( Senior Manager Celcom) (19). Pakdokter played to current handicap of 19.
Pakdokter partnered Tg Muin to play in a side-bet with Faidz partnering Azlan. We started from the 10th tee of the Old Course. With a bogey at the 10th, pakdokter took the par-5 11th with a par after getting the ball on the green for 3. However pakdokter seemed to be atrracted to the water a lot - losing 2 balls to the water at the par-5 15th, then again at the par-4 16th. In the end pakdokter only managed to return a 53 for the 2nd Old Nine. Luckily the others in the flight played just as bad and pakdokter and Tg Muin only won RM5 from the other pair!
Our opponents doubled up for the 2nd Nine. It was a close match - pakdokter winning a few holes to keep the opponents at bay and we reached the final hole still square. Pakdokter's drive was way to the right and under and behind some trees. Using a 1-iron - pakdokter managed a good shot that swerved to the right 10 yards marker. With a 6-iron, pakdokter hit a great 3rd shot that went about 10 feet in front of the pin. Azlan struggled to reach the green and was out of contention. Faidz reached the green in 4 about 6 feet to the right of the pin. Tg Muin hit a great 3rd shot to nearly just about 3 feet to the pin. Pakdokter putted to about 6 inches of the pin and tapped in for a 5. Faidz had to put in to square and the tension obviously was too much for him and he missed it and settled for a 6. So pakdokter and Tg Muin won RM60 each from then for this Nine.
Pakdokter did much better in this Nine - returning a score of 47. But the overall score was obviously not good enough for the trip to Scotland. The best gross score went to ex-footballer Wong Hung Nung who returned a score of 73 ( 1 over). The best net winner scored 5-under to his handicap of 18.
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