DRM 1st Monthly Medal, Eastwood Valley 2009

MIX FEELINGS/WHEATHER AT EASTWOOD
It was raining heavily most of KB area that Sunday morning. Positive vibe from lord of the putt, said it will shine in Eastwood Miri and eventually it was true. About 48 golfers joined that morning with high spirit to beat the opponent team.

This tournament, apart from the triple threat competition, an extra duel from Mr Seruji Haji Setia, Brunei No.1 Golfer, was also competing personally against Miri very own Champion, Mr Kelana Ibrahim.

Rain did fall at halve nine and also stopped at next 2 holes played. I heard “I will play better golf when it s raining” “Golf is not fun anymore!” “Oh I can get birdie when it s raining” “Soggy fairway” “I lost my momentum when it s raining” “my ball went low rider because of this soggy fairway” and many other statements coming out from most of the golfers.

Game lasted for six hours! Golfers went to the locker room with joy, mud, long-faced, you name it, it s all there. But I would say it s all about fun playing golf. The fun we get from this tournament is the challenge playing on wet condition, which is part of the journey of DRM Championship Tourney 2009; and Eastwood is just the beginning!

Well done DRM! You have shown your commitment and fighting spirit.


DRM MAESTRO CLAIMED 1ST CHAMPION OF 2009!
Kamal Bahrom is the first champion for DRM January Monthly. As the buggy partner, I can only say that I am proud to have played with the winner. We were at the same flight with that Brunei No.1 too plus low handicapper Mr Haji Osman Duraman; and the tension were quite over-whelming.

I don’t know if Kamal felt it but he had a bad start at 12th Hole, hitting a Double-Par. He made an adjustment to his swing and after 5holes of misery; he managed to sink down a birdie at 18th Hole.

That hole is like a turning point that he locked his game to Mr Seruji’s level. First Nine, he scored 41, same figure as the Brunei No.1 Golfer. While second nine, he scored “ting-tong-ting-tong” 42, smacked down by Mr Seruji who scored 33 at back nine. We both enjoy seeing our pro from Brunei, how he swing, his regulation, his recovery and also his long putt in.

Congratulations! Cik Kamal for winning the first and probably the last DRM Tournament. We will sadly miss your appearance for the rest of the DRM Tour 2009.

Winners as Follows:
DRM TEAM
RANK DRM MEMBERS
Champion Kamal Bahrom 73 OCB
2 Moises Abreu 73
3 Rafali Rasit 76
4 Asmadi Puteh 78
5 Sani Abdullah 80 OCB

RANK DRM INV
Champion Hj Raya Dollah 71
2 Abdul Ghafar Musa 75
3 Saiful Bahri MS 76 OCB
4 Hasni Jafaroudin 76
5 Amran Abd Hamid 84

NOVELTIES
Longest Drive Hole 6 Kelana Ibrahim 246m
NTP Hole 3 Richard Lau 4Ft 10Inc
NTP Hole 8 Kassim Asman 13m
NTP Hole 13 Abd Ghafar Musa 4.25m
NTP Hole 17 Kelana Ibrahim 4.6m

LAPOR PO TEAM
GROSS
Champion Seruji Haji Setia 74
2 Kelana Ibrahim 75
Congratulations, Seruji, you beat Kelana by a stroke!

NETT
Champion Kassim Asman 70
2 Rusli Sulaiman 72
3 Salleh Abdullah 72 OCB

DRM TEAM VS LAPOR PO TEAM
DRM lost to Lapor Po team by 19 strokes. DRM has scored 444 (nombor mati ooh!) while Lapor Po scored 425. Congratulations! To Lapor Po team and we shall meet again in the next quarter. I hope this meet has certainly brings the benefit of wide spreading our networking as fellow golfers and strengthen our camaraderie.

FADLE VS KAMAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Regrettably to inform you that we will count the score on separate note due to technical problem faced by Eastwood Golf Management. I will also post DRM Order of Merit this weekend.

Lastly, not to forget, to our two proactive assistant to this tournament Mr Moon Saiful and Renny Muslim who has helped me throughout this event. You two deserve my monthly captain point of 100k each.