I am away but the show must go on.... G Sam jadi paymaster

Away on long business trip...(Tokyo, Fukuoka, Seoul & Jakarta)

Joint Editors for this week, Ladies and Gentlemen I am proud to introduce to you
Haji Samuil Mohidin and Haji Shahbudin Musa...

Who Played: Shahbudin, Samuil and Zairin
Where: RBA GC
Tournament: DRM June monthly medal

Joined the DRM June monthly medal and we were paired with Omarali Md Diah as our usual crowd only 3pax.. (Mohamad, Khun Ali and Bahreen outstation..) formed the DRM player to form the flight. Playing black Tee this time, OMD proved to be a consistent player & eventually turned out to be the overall winner with 94 gross (handcap 18). So pool went to him.

Anyhow back to our usual gang this was a day where all of us were sligtly off form (stiff muscle, sakit punggang, sore etc) evident by our first Tee shot where everyone did not hit a good tee shot. Zairin ke bunker, Shahbudin & SAm hit the net & nearly OB & Had to play provisional.

Eventually, Shahbudin came out bogey at the #1 (escape OO) but trouble for Yoi Zairin & Sam double bogey... Sign of things to come!!

GAme was quite close as everyone for some reason was off color & struggling with only one par or none by each player plus the odd triple on one or two of the front nine.At the turn, game was still competitive Sam 46, Shahbudin 49 & Zairin 51. We could only dream of making birdie this time...

Fair to say the inward nine would be the game decider.. Sam started #10 with double par 8 OOh! (Advantage cancelled!)Zairin went to the pond on #12 & I think double parred! as the game went from bad to worse.. still The next fews hole were the three of us were neck to neck.

THEN the ultimate decider #17... banyak sudah orang trauma on this hole before... this time it was Sam's turn!!

My tee shot was OK (strategy was to aim water & slice into fairway as the day's driving been consistently errartic!)

As for the others, perhaps too much pressure led to SAm's tee off went OB & Zairin pulled into the Pond but he managed to take a drop & reach the fairway with 3rd shot.. even though by this time his chances of winning was almost zero!
But Sam could not recover his dropped 3rd shot again hit the pond TWICE!.. Reached fairway only with a 7. I had a good 2nd shot well in range for 3 ON at less than 150m... Game OVer !

(Not yet) Somehow Shahbudin's 3rd shot took too much sand sand & pull into the pond. Taking a drop shot for 5 ON Shahbudin somehow duffed & put into the pond again.. TOO MUCH Pressure kah!! or shall i blame the muscle stiffness! Eventually, ended a double PAr 10 when it could have been easily be Par & ultimately Zairin had the best score with a 9 on the infamous #17 but the highlight without doubt was SAm's 13!

Somehow by the time we teed off on the #18.. Shahbudin only led Sam by one stroke & thus.. anything can happen..

So Last Tee Shot was crtical OHHH.... HAve to focus on for the last time & as usual Shahbudin always rises to the occasion with a perfect T shot ... Zairin made it also BUt was no longer in COntention!

One last TIme SAm's T Shot somehow went into the storm drain.. (Pressure again Ohhh)... So with that the last Highlight was a Non event by the time second shot was hit... Nothing to play for by the time we Putt on the green....


lepas "happy din" ....GSamuil & Gbudin terus be-urut belakang to get ready for next outing. (advantage tu jang -BH)