Mid-week golf
I played a mid-week golf yesterday at Sentosa Golf Club - Serapong Course to relive the Singapore Open experience. To have imagined that it would be a tough course to play because it was part of the Asian Tour standard, I was right - but half right. The toughness came from finding the ball that has not landed on the fairway... because not only was the rough shin-height, but the maintenance workers didn't sweep the grass away after they mowed it. So, you'll always get into trouble when you couldn't land your ball nicely on the fairway.
I teed off my first ball, it went to the right (as usual), and that was the last I've seen my Titleist ball. I swear that I could see my ball landed at about 1 meters from the side of the fairway. But the ball just went to the bermuda triangle! Now, that's a good reason why pros always have marshals and caddie to look out for the balls!
The flight in front of ours consist of 4 ladies. The marshal said today was like a volunteer's day. Lotsa flights booked were those who volunteered during the Singapore Open. I was slightly disappointed with the condition of the course, can't imagine that this was the exact course that the players from Singapore Open played.
Dropped a second ball on the rough where I landed. Took a 5-iron, managed to hit it back to the fairway. Lesson learnt - try to land my balls on the fairway. But soon I did the exact same mistake again! Can't help it when I tend to slice my balls. Tried to compensate a few times, but for those times that I compensated, my ball shot straight, hence it went left this time round... So you could imagine, an inconsistent game, plus rough that's shin-height, it wasn't really a great golf day for me. Well, placing the lousy game aside, I had a few perks on the Serapong course here and there though.
I teed off my first ball, it went to the right (as usual), and that was the last I've seen my Titleist ball. I swear that I could see my ball landed at about 1 meters from the side of the fairway. But the ball just went to the bermuda triangle! Now, that's a good reason why pros always have marshals and caddie to look out for the balls!The flight in front of ours consist of 4 ladies. The marshal said today was like a volunteer's day. Lotsa flights booked were those who volunteered during the Singapore Open. I was slightly disappointed with the condition of the course, can't imagine that this was the exact course that the players from Singapore Open played.
Dropped a second ball on the rough where I landed. Took a 5-iron, managed to hit it back to the fairway. Lesson learnt - try to land my balls on the fairway. But soon I did the exact same mistake again! Can't help it when I tend to slice my balls. Tried to compensate a few times, but for those times that I compensated, my ball shot straight, hence it went left this time round... So you could imagine, an inconsistent game, plus rough that's shin-height, it wasn't really a great golf day for me. Well, placing the lousy game aside, I had a few perks on the Serapong course here and there though.
I picked up 2 golf balls from a little stream at Hole 4. I believed that one of the Titleist Pro-V ball belongs to one of the Singapore Open player. =)
Remember Hole 12, which is Hole 3 in Singapore Open? This was where my ball landed. See that big tree over there? That was where the pros landed their balls. And the difference between the two - approximately 100 meters away!
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Check out the black and white swans!
A post at Hole 16 *cheese* with the Sentosa Golf Club billboard behind me at the tee box.
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