The Team: Shahrul, Zack, John & Me
John Preston, the Country Manager for our franchised arm, UTS Group, booked us in a charity golf tournament at Kota Permai Golf & Country Club. The tournament is organized annually by the American-Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM). The Ambassador’s Cup is the winner’s challenge trophy. The format of play is best ball. All 4 golfers hit their respective shots and pick the best one for subsequent shots. A boogey in this format spells disaster.
Getting ready to rock n roll
After donning our UTS Group’s team shirts, John, Zack, Shahrul and I proceeded to Hole 6 for shot gun start. It is a par-3 hole. Both Shahrul and Zack missed the green. John was on but miles from the hole. My shot ran all the way over the bunker to the green. It was a make-able birdie. Unfortunately all of us missed the short downhill putt. It was a good start for the team. Kota Permai’s green was fast.
John started the ball rolling with the first tee off
The 2nd. hole (Hole 7) was a disaster for us. We chose Shahrul’s shot lying in the rough under some trees as our best ball. It was the furthest. We argued for a while for the second shot. The plan was for 2 persons to go for the green and if they failed the other 2 to lay up. Zack & Shahrul went for the green but ended in the water. John and I laid up for our 3rd. shot. Again we missed the green, our best ball was found in the bunker. We had a boogey, which turned out to be the only one for the day.
I caught the photo of this caddy running across the fairway to retrieve a ball
I had a good round, contributing to quite a number of best tee shots for the team. Shahrul came in a few times to rescue us when all hopes seemed gone. He was our savior. Zack came back into the game after switching to the “royal” yellow ball. That was the turning point for the team. John holed in the last hole to give us a much needed birdie for a 4 under. It was good enough for the 3rd place.
The 3rd place team (minus Shahrul) getting our prizes
That was not the only thing that we won. In the lucky draw, Shahrul won a night stay in Langkawi, Zack got a hotel room at Carcosa Sri Negara, a pricey place and John got a RM100 dinner voucher at Outback Steak House. Of all the luck, I won a Motorola RZR hand phone worth more than RM1000 which was the lucky draw grand prize. Lucky me!
Prizes were given by the new US ambassador to Malaysia. I got my handphone.
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