Starting a 1001 Bulls on Golf by Jack Golf Addix series

For info, I will be posting a new guide to golf starting from (maybe) next week. Date to be annouced. You would not want to compare this with other guides which you may come across in magazines, books or other golf publications.

Start tagging my blog for update and enjoy it.

JGA

Ain't going ahead neither moving back

So they have predicted another economic meltdown but this time around as if everyone is so damn sure it is just around the corner. Yet most crowd are still patronising golf greens and other daily routines. And evertime I raise the idea of moving jobs, others reminded me of job security.
So where do i go from this point. Should I move on to another job and gets to play more golf, or should I stayed on and the world starts rolling backwards as the calendar year starts shortened day by day.

I am beginning to think we should all play golf during office hours and start working at nite....hows that?

2009 and a lot of good golf to come

I have ended 2008 with some terrible golf adjusting to my new MP67. I have only myself to blame anyway. With one month resting over ramdhan and busy managing new workplace and new home for my family to settle in Bintulu. The scores have been in the range of 101, 99, 98 and 97. And most of the time it is simply because I am not hitting that green on regulation or near to the greens anyway. 

The Bintulu Golf Club is quite a challenging golf club. You wont get adapted to the course in one visit for sure.

Only recently I have managed to play 45 for the first nine and still hitting 8 for the first hole Par 5. I have decided to let go all the new gadgets for fairway woods and so called friendly rescue woods. More on making good impact with iron 3 and decided to use old wilson wood 3 which most golfers would have thrown to the junkyard.

Thus adapting to the new strategy proves to be fruitfull nowadays. I dont have to use the driver regularly especially for the short and tight par 4. Course management enhancement will be the target for 2009 agenda. On the driving range, I will focus more on hitting the driver longer and hitting good shots on those iron 3.

Last but not least...........how come it is too much rain this month.......grrrrrrrr

hitting 283 m, hole 15th, Danau...

283m .....ish ish ish

Making a comeback and loving every single minute of it...

And so I have decided enuf with sidebar contents. As much as the same with golfing days in this city. Enuf with trying to make time on the greens every single weekends. Now spending more time on thinking golf and making that proper adjustments to my swing speed and perfecting as much as possible that downswing.
Lo and behold after spending more quality hours on the range, things get pretty much better than weeks before. Considering borrowing my uncle old honma irons and make 84 at Port Dickson Golf Club is quite an achievment (after a month without full 18 holes).
We have been moving homes three times this year and that did not make 2008 such a good year to play golf. Letting go MP33 was like sliding a knife right under my throat.
In a way putting things in perspective, what else life can do to you. You win some, you loose a lot anyway.Things are looking up within the next couple of weeks. Hopefully I'll get that MP57 soon enuf. And more good golf to finish off 2008.

pssstttt!!!....been hitting 250m mark regularly now...I am happy mah....

photoshoot....back then, Miri Golf Club

and the journey goes on...

Recently I may have messed up my chance to make that payslip a big bigger this year. Well some wise words from a fren," you may have all the riches in this world, but it does not mean you will secure rezeki from your creator..."

and I smile thinking, thank god there's a fren close by to lend a hand...

Golf in another world

I have not been able to do golf lately.
Not answering to some sms becoz wa tak nak layan.
Doing some gardening at home nowadays.
Baru subscribe to slow broadband services.
New rented home close to LRT thus not driving to work.
Work at office is getting ... boring and predictable.
Bosses are getting...nah...they are in their own world.
Golf channels are getting weird.
Sports channel are nothing much different.
Liverpool are long due starting to play football.
Met a number of old mates...
Misses my late father in law.
there goes my update for the week....

m back......

Sold off MP32.
Moved house twice in 2 months.
Lost our loved one recently.
Dude in the office showing off their authority.

and I am back....playing golf again....

The collection to date....

Back then in Miri where golf came back to me................

Then saying goodbye to Miri golf club wasn't easy but golf have to move on....

Game is improving by week, shaping every single shot thru the fairways...

And owning up to new pets in the bag....

and I am staying, working harder for some aspirations.....

Wishing everyone , " Come lah join SSGLInks......."

SSG Links ... full blast for 07-08 season

And I thought I was not that excited about SSG Links. Until last week, I have decided to link myself again with it and aiming to complete every single monthly medal after ramadhan. I have been able to score between 80 to 84 again recently and start collecting 2 longest drive medal this year. A 249 m at Bunga Raya hole no 1 and a 260 m at hole no 25 at Bangi Golf Resort. My new Ping G5 made it to 260 m and it does make a lot of difference in my game. Funny that I have started using my long irons on the tee especially on the short par 4.

Target for post ramadhan season:

1. Top 10 in the first 3 SSGLinks monthly medal.
2. Top 5 in the next 6 SSGLinks monthly medal.
3. Top 3 in the last 6 SSGLInks monthly medal.

Which also includes:

1. Minimum 2 birdies in the first 3 SSGLInks monthly medal.
2. Minimum 3 birdies in the next 6 SSGLInks monthly medal.
3. Minimum 4 birdies in the last 6 SSGLinks monthly medal.

Handicapp:

1. Should be registered officially as USGA 12 next month.
2. Should go down to 10 within the next three month.
3. Should go down to 8 within the following six month.
4. Should go down to 6 before September 2008.

Course to play outside KL within the next six month:

1. One in Melaka.
2. One in Johor.
3. One in Pahang.
4. One in Perak.

Inside my bag for 07-08 post Ramadhan season:

1. Putter - maintain PIng pal 4.
2. Wedges - 58 degrees Spin mills Vokey and 54 degrees Voke.
3. Irons - should regrind the MP33 irons and new grips.
4. Rescue 4 Taylormade.
5. Adam Strong 3 wood.
6. Ping G5 driver - probably with better shaft.
7. Golf Bag - to refurbished my Ping I3 golfbag.

Balls to use - Stick to Titliest Pro-V. Srixon Zurys are not performing as expected.

The rest is up to the time spent on the driving range and gym. Have fun....

next to the tee...and its green fee?

A month ago, Hanie broke her arm n dad can't play golf

17th. August. 5.30 pm she broke her arm.

Doc showing off the x ray from side.

n her x ray from top.

And the day after she's off up and running and jumping again. But dad still did not play golf on saturday..........( a month ago)

Tak lama lagi nak raya....(Eid Mubarak.....)

Most moslem golfers take it easy for this month of ramadhan. Some still hitting it hard but most probably only 9 holes in the evening. For me this is the best month to practise your endurance. For example try walking through the "ramadhan stalls". If you can go through the crowd without feeling agitated then you would have improve your mental strength against your betting buddies.

This would be the best time to cook at home and have a quiet evening together with your dearest family. Not that I don't do it in other months but in ramadhan it have its special ummph attached to it.

But then again.....who wants to play next weekend sunday???? 18 holes then buka puasa???

36 hole to close it for Ramadhan

Sunday 14th September 2006. 18 holes at Bangi Golf resort in the morning and then another 18 holes at Nilai Spring tee off at 1.50 pm. The morning session was merely a networking game and to introduce myself to the freternity. Hit 260m on tee box 25 and won the longest drive. Earned top 5 placing but the prizes was only up to 3rd. 1.15pm started my car engine and drove like mad to Nilai Spring. Only then I realize my Proton Wira can really hit 160 and made it on time at Nilai Spring.
Tee off at hole no 3. It was not fun. Legs are getting edgy and the grip is simply not there for the game. Started hitting way to the right on the tee.

hey I did not defend the title but I get a 29inch tv for lucky draw.....hows that!!!!

White over green...

After a long long break

I have not been blogging simply becoz work was quite tight. Honestly I hate it. But things gets into proper order recently. Priorities have been set and I am ready to jump out of the ship. After all if all things went well, by the end of the year I would be able to play golf more often than ever. And likely by next year I should be able to cut my handicapp to below 7.

Played Bangi Golf resort , hitting 41 on the front nine and 45 at the back nine. Not that happy with the score simply due to the fact a bunch of old aristocrats and three stupid yuppies in front of our group are patheticly slow. And sad enuf I lost it at hole number 14th and start making bogey and double bogey till the last hole.

Played Kundang Lake today and hitting 42 on the front and making 40 at the back. Probably the best score for the last two years of golf. Except for some errant driving at the 9th, miss hit the second shot on the 10th, and a couple of bad 8 iron shots to the green. Happy enuf to play 82 but without a birdie for the day.

I am thinking of going below 80 next week.....

Balls on the ...........

Landing your ball on a cow grass fairway...

One of the worst place to land the ball off the green with the green side not well maintained..

Nice green offers good putting line....but then again , if your putt is lousy....it remains.

There is a big difference between a good lie on the fairway with titwarf or bermuda.

Yours truly me , myself and I on fairway 11th, KGM attacking the green.......

easy tuesday....in black n white

A cup , well I don't really know where it came from. Probably one of those left by the house owner.

My precious ashtray. Only used during special ceremony or occasion. Like....???

Our precious Alya. She knows how to raise her hand when she wants her doze of dumex. Growing up fast ....

Little shoes from Amsterdam. Never new we bought it...or at least we must have forgotton all about it...

The other precious metal in the bag. MP33. Unique , a class on its own. No longer produced. The only blades I have ever used or going to buy. A miracle club , and a no one can take that away from my bag forever....

KL SPE Golf 2007 at Glenmarie

It has been over 8 years since the last SPE Golf tournament, and suddenly this year I was invited to play. The format has since changed over the years. All the buayas(big crocs) has since left and the new system 36 Stableford has sort of eliminate the problems. But then again , most are not keen to join unless they can get one or two birdie on their score card.
This year , the organisers has done quite well. No extravagant goodies but excess sponsorship are now being utilised to sponsor a group of 10 students from UTP and UKM. Nice touch ! and congratulations to the organisers.
Playing 88 gross for the day after struggling on the first nine , managed to score a respectable 41 on the back nine.
That would be the only golf for this month, coz next week I will be travelling again. Most probably will only have the oppurtunity to play again sometimes in early June.