BMMJ Open - Mohamad cruises to win

News headline

1. Mohamad wins the open
2. Ada orang minta hujan
3. Quote of the week
4. Case of "cari nasib" awal claim "Saudara"
5. Day of upsets
6. Full results

1. Mohamad Damit out of nowhere claim the third major of the year - The BMMJ Open at the Empire hotel and country club. Mohamad recorded a 89 gross and 71 nett to win by two shots over Yusof Johan who finish on 73. With this win Mohamad has his handicap reduced by two strokes and his new handicap will now be 16.

2. According to reports around the course, some of the players were wishing rain at the turn after storm clouds gathered around the course and threaten to pour down cats and dogs. Luckily, rain stayed away and proved profitable for some but not others. Tau ku tu..

3. "Unsangkarable, Unbelievable and Unbearable" were the words uttered by fellow flight mates Hj Amir, Hj Yusof and Hj Rahim to yours truly after I played even par for the first seven holes during our round. It included a birdie, a bogey and five pars after which Hj Rahim offered to hand over the dosh after nine holes. "You are different league lah jang" Hj Rahim then continued... While Hj Amir and Hj Yusof said "Ada tu karang"..

4. Over lunch Hj Samuil was telling us his bad day on the course and thought he would be ATM after recording a 97. He also thought that Hj Zairin would easily beat him and when Hj Zairin offered "Saudara" clause in the locker room - Hj Samuil happily accept only to find out that Hj Zairin's score was worst and that he actually won... Susah cari makan ani jang..

5. Disappointing performance by myself as well as "man in form" Anak Inchan Senior Hj Zairin. Although I can understand Hj Zairin's lacklustre performance due to his daughter's recent wedding, I have no defence to offer accept I did not "Stay in the moment".. more of this later

6. Top 5
Winner: Mohamad Damit
Runner-up: Yusof Hj Johan
3rd: Hj Shahbudin Musa
4th: Mohamad Bahreen
5th: Hj Yusof HM Taufik

Invited Guests
Winner: Hj Salam Musa
Runner-up: Yuichiro Saito

Novelty
NTP #4: Hj Yusof Taufik
NTP #14: No winner

Others (gross)
Hj Samuil - 97
Hj Dua - 96
Hj Zairin - 107
Hj Amir - 97
Hj Rahim - 108
Abd. Walid - 116

Personal take: With four holes to play I was only 5 over at which I should have breezed through this tournament. I am not too sure whether its a blessing (kalau inda chop two strokes which could have made me drop to 6 h'cap) or playing a bit more conservative and protect my score by "staying in the moment" rather than getting carried away with the thought of scoring a 76. Need to dwell on that for a while.. On the positive side the PING ANSER irons continue to impress and so far I have not recorded a gross score of more than 86 whether in Brunei or abroad.. steady eh?

Inda lagi lama balik model if this continues until December...