Friday, March 29, 2013

What was he playing?

WINNER’S BAG


Haji Mohd Jaafar Haji Bakar
Handicap 18 – 2?
DRM March Monthly Medal (Nett Winner)
RBA Golf Course

Ball Titleist NXT Tour and Pro V1
Driver Taylor Made R9 SuperTri Driver (Best R9 ever) -10Deg US regular shaft
3-wood Cleveland XL Regular Shaft
5-wood Cleveland XL Regular Shaft
7-wood Cleveland XL Regular Shaft
Irons Mizuno MP-53 iron (once you go MP there’s no turning back!) – 950g Steel shaft
Wedges Taylor Made TP wedge (better feel than Titleist Vokey!) , 54 degrees
Putter Scotty Cameron Studio Select


Any superstitions?
Not superstitious although I always shower before a round, and I always say Bismillah before the first hit.

Playing off a handicap of 18 (debatable), he’s scored sub-handicap rounds of 82 and 84 this year. He won the DRM March Monthly Medal with a gross score of 85, 4-under his handicap!

Are you a buaya?
…*cricket sounds*…


DRM Reporter


Wednesday, March 20, 2013

What was he playing?

WINNER’S BAG

Lai Suan Loong/The Prodigy
DRM March Monthly Medal (Gross Winner)
RBA Golf Course

Ball Titleist Pro V1x
Driver Bridgestone J30
5-wood Bridgestone J30
Irons (3-PW) Taylormade
Wedges Taylormade RAC (52 degrees), Titleist Vokey (56, 60 degrees)
Putter Ping Blue


CLUB SPOTLIGHT
Virtually playing as a professional off a handicap of 0, perennial DRM high-flyer Lai has recorded his best Gross score of the year of 71 in Panaga Golf Course. The Prodigy actually didn’t know what clubs he was using until he was interviewed for this article. I guess it’s true what they say, it’s not about the club; it’s all about the player!

When interviewed if he had any superstitions whilst playing the beautiful game, his response was, “I never let my woods cover drop to the ground. It means a bad tee shot is coming!”

I guess we all know what to do to psych him out now the next time we get paired with him!

DRM Reporter

Saturday, March 09, 2013

DRM Tour Order of Merit


Rank
Player Name
Mar
Total

1
Haji Jaafar Bakar
1,440,000
1,440,000
Batle of the Bridges Automatic Qualification Spots
2
Kamal Bahrom
1,200,000
1,200,000
3
Pg Suffri Pg Hashim
1,120,000
1,120,000
4
Haji Manan Kamis
1,040,000
1,040,000
5
Saney Halim
880,000
880,000
6
Za'iem Halbi
720,000
720,000
7
Haji Sufri Sulaiman
640,000
640,000
8
Razzimy Zaini
480,000
480,000
9
Haji Md Jair Japar
320,000
320,000
10
Walid Taufik
160,000
160,000
11
Haji Rahim Matusin
15,000
15,000
12
Rafali Rasit
15,000
15,000
13
Yamin Yakub
15,000
15,000
Top 4 Selection
14
Yap Sin Fah
15,000
15,000
15
Shahnuddin Emran
15,000
15,000
16
Azrin
15,000
15,000
17
Lai Suan Loong
15,000
15,000
18
Haji Zairin Abdullah
15,000
15,000
19
Rommel Rosales
15,000
15,000
20
Leonard Lim
15,000
15,000
21
Yap Kong Fah
15,000
15,000
22
Asmadi Puteh
15,000
15,000
23
Firdaus Abdullah
15,000
15,000
24
Renny Muslim
15,000
15,000
25
Sani Abdullah
15,000
15,000
26
Yusra Yakub
15,000
15,000
27
Pg Shamhary Mustapha
15,000
15,000
28
Majdi Jasni
15,000
15,000
29
Shamir Salahuddin
15,000
15,000
30
Azelin Pauzi
15,000
15,000
31
Pg Izan
15,000
15,000
32
Juswira Momin
15,000
15,000
33
Sulhi Yahya
15,000
15,000

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DRM RBA Monthly Medal: March 2013 Results and Report


The first DRM Golf tournament of 2013 went underway at RBA Golf Course on March 2nd, 2013. With a strong field of 33 players, comprising of former DRM Tour winners as well as first time Tour players, who will stake the claim to be the first winner of the year, and most importantly, bragging rights??

It was a great turnout and the Tour has been encouraged so far by the participation of DRMers and look forward to seeing these familiar faces (and more!) in the upcoming tournaments.

Everyone was in jovial mood prior to the prize presentation, enjoying the lunch on offer and catching up with old DRM friends alike. On a sidenote, how good was that Lemon Fish?? Definitely going back for that again next time. The gallery got the mood running with a rendition of "Happy Birthday" for celebrant Haji Sufri Sulaiman.

Fresh from his exploits of playing with the country’s best professional and amateur players in the BDGA Tournament in Pantai Mentiri recently, Lai Suan Loong carried his rich vein of form and was crowned champion of the Gross Category with a score of 80 (He wasn't happy with his score!). Returning DRM veteran “Gold Tee” Kamal Bahrom gave Lai a run for his money and nearly toppled the young Brunei amateur off the top of the list, but had to settle for runner-up with a score of 81. His long bombs off the tee into the fairway are reminiscent of his former glory days as a DRMer. Our bet is that he will carry his fine form into future tournaments, so watch out!

In the nett category, with a score of 4-under 67, Haji Jaafar ran away with the Overall Nett Winner’s trophy. This, despite suffering an injury to the middle finger of his left hand. The cause of the injury is yet to be determined, but does make for interesting debate at the coincidental finger location! =p Playing off a handicap of 18, calls for “CHOP” were heard among the gallery when he received his prize! The DRM Tour committee and players alike look forward to see Haji Jaafar’s performance for the rest of the tour. Will he be a frontrunner to guarantee automatic qualification for the end of year BOTB? We shall see! 1st and 2nd Runner-ups were awarded to Pg Suffri and Haji Manan respectively. Shooting a 2-under 69, Pg Suffri edged Haji Manan on OCB. 4th-Place was up for grabs by three golfers, namely Saney Halim, Captain Z and Haji Sufri. Based on OCB, after shooting a 1-over 72, Saney Halim was determined the occupant of the 4th position. Birthday boy Haji Sufri who was kind enough to sponsor the novelty Nearest to Pin prizes would’ve rounded off a very successful flight, making it a clean sweep of winners with Haji Jaafar, Pg Suffri and Haji Manan winning, had he claimed the 5th and final prize position, but was edged out by Captain Z on OCB, amidst calls of “croc” from the gallery (led by former captain Haji Rahim!)

Despite there being 4 NTP prizes on offer, only two were won with Lai Suan Loong winning one and Juswira Momin winning the other.

And finally the prize for being the most active golfer, making the most of the wonderful weather on offer that day, claimant to the prize was the golfer formerly known as Pg. Woody, the "9-Iron Man" Pg Shamhary. Pg Shamhary more than happily and cheekily obliged to claim the wooden spoon prize in the form of a Callaway Ball retriever sponsored by Lai. Perhaps we shouldn’t mention if there would be a prize for wooden spoon in the future? Hrmmm…

Congratulations again to all the winners and to those who came close, there’s always the next tournament, and we look forward to welcoming new challengers to the trophy and bragging rights for the race to the BOTB!

Winners summary:

Gross Category
Champion
Lai Suan Loong
Runner-Up
Kamal Bahrom

Nett Category
Champion
Haji Jaafar Bakar
1st Runner-Up
Pg Suffri Pg Hashim
2nd Runner-Up
Haji Manan Kamis
4th Place
Saney Halim
5th Place
Za’iem Halbi

Nearest To Pin Winners - Sponsored by Haji Sufri
Lai Suan Loong
Juswira Momin

Wooden Spoon - Sponsored by Lai
Pg Shamhary Mustapha

DRM Reporter