Weekend in pictures

Bitter Truth Tears The Throat

We never wanted to believe and acknowledge that personal vendetta sometimes play a major part to one's performance. It certainly was the case yesterday. Who would believe just 24 hours earlier AP was the subject of laughter when he emerged from a rare humiliation of being the ONLY guy left to lick his wound for getting 'Full Moon' solely by himself. But tlike all great heros, AP can turn that biterness into his nest deadly ammunition to inflict exactly the same thing the following day - to render RGS, JB and yes the likes of JS as 'werewolves in a full moon night'. Yes, a very rare occasion to inflict all the three jokers 'full moon' at once!

(Picture shows AP as sole 'Honeymoon' player. Notice full moon at the background for added spice! AP has the last laugh next day!)

I blame this on being professional. RGS has the chance to prevent this from happening but his good friend and partner has other ideas when at hole 2, Jungle he prevented RGS to score his first skin. Well it was another 'itu saja persembahan dari saya'. Since then AP keep on 'drill baby drill' his tee shot when no one could see until it settle in the hole(s).

JS on the other hand, has all the local knowledge to bring him through and with the new weapon still shaky in RGS hands, JS has found more ways than one to unsettle RGS in every hole there is. This once again proved that yes local knowledge about the course counts.

But in a rare moment of exhibition, AP, JB and RGS taught JS how good chip/pitch can be executed exquisitely in hole 17, par 3 nothing less. Even his tee-off had majestically put his ball in the middle of the green against the likes of AP, JB and RGS who has found the rough, all three parred the holes leaving JS to three-putted ened with a shamed bogey. He did that twice! Oh No.

JB what can I say. After ten tries RGS has yet to cause any damage to his amoury and with the new FT9 added to his repertoire, what else can hurt JBBO?

I wonder what next.

Weapon of No Choice Use By JS

Taylormade 200 Iron (picture top-left) is made popular by my good friend and nemesis JS. While the golf world is buzzing with newest stealth technology club, my friend is very loyal to his Iron 200 relics. Even his most trusted supporter is using a slightly modern G5 made by Ping for battle. And both are hoping to outgun a young man (JBBO) with age on his side backed by S-Yard Iron U-21 combined force with Element E-21 in the hands of RGS. You know lah JBBO.

For those roving but untrained eyes out there, a picture is worth a thousand words. Please identify JS's Weapon Of Choice for this coming weekend.

Thank you.

JabRick on a rampage!

Wild, crude, untried, untested and uncoordinated. That is how to describe the latest team in golf - JabRick. The first blood was spilled by JasAp combination and that hurt bad.

For all the bravado and heroic play by RGS and the team still ended up loser. That was then. Well wind of change blew fast and furious. Then came the new weapons in the crafty hands of JB. Watching him chips is like witnessing poetry in motion. Really. Since then JabRick never look back regardless of where the battle ground was Siol, Matang or Prison you name it and the results are the same - JabRick on the winning side. What is more satisfying is the fact that both men are good drivers! A team player and yes, good at it. JB Bo for example is a versatile humanoid who can putt bear-footed and at the end of the day end up a winner again. His mind is so focused on winning as a team that sadly he too ended up losing his underwear! I strongly suggest for him to lodge a police report within twenty-four hours!
Camel Active undies is not cheap and Perry Anak Gear sock is popular amongst thieves.

But on the other side of the coin, his exploit today will leave a deep wound in the minds of our nemesis - a badly beaten JaSap!

Sadly this will be the last of the team played together as it is tough to be the owner of three losing streaks - unheard of considering the huge talent within the team. Two very good putts from JS does not guarantee winning since golf is played on 18-hole duration.

JB, our next trip please be a good bus driver. Bad weapon is not an excuse. Thanks for the fun. You are great spot.

How can you protect yourself from being a victim of counterfeiters?

As a golfer one must be very aware of what club to use and where to buy them. I am a regular buyer of golf clubs online and throughout the years, I have been pretty careful to ensure that the website that I frequent is safe.

As you all know there are hundreds of fake golf-club-selling websites out there which strive by selling fake clubs in bulks and are advertised as 'brand new'.

I have recently found articles and would like to show the links here on
CONSUMER ALERT – COUNTERFEIT CLUBS and
NINE WAYS TO AVOID BEING FOOLED BY COUNTERFEITS.

You have been warned.

Choice of weapon matters!

I used to say if I really want a putter, any putter, I could just improvise my old grandma’s broomstick with a crossed plank nailed and used as a putter. Provided the hole is bigger than normal, an untrained putting stroke might just do the job. But 18 holes later how many putts would I make? 1, 2 or none. In this case the results does not matter because the stroke that produces it might be ‘retarded’ and so chances are the improvised broomstick might not last the second day.

A good carpenter might say it does not really matter if you have a good tools as long as you have the will and hunger to produce artistic craft. But that good carpenter will be the first to admit that a good tool might get the job done quickly.

There you have it.

JS will argue till he’s blue and black to say that the Taylormade iron of 2002 model (bought just after Iraq/Iran war!) might still get the job done. Let’s face it. JS will be constantly confronted by the glistering shines and reflection bouncing off JB’s newest 2008 FT iron and that distraction to JS's fragile swing posture can induce and generate cold sweat on his weak knees. Or the sweet but devastating sound of AP’s Ping wood cracking golf ball at 180 MPH is not needed to send him into tailspin every now and then.

If JS is not intimidated by that as he always claim, it’s a lie. A lie so well disguised that any weak soul will take it as the absolute truth.

If you recall yesterday’s episode which happened when all of his flight mates (RGS, AP and JB) literally fell asleep on the green (Matang hole 6) while poor JS shove and smashed what looked like an attempt at three jumping frogs next to the green behind the trees. All that happened (like it or not) under the keen observation of the president of DBNA!

JS, age maybe catching up but you still have every right to enjoy the highest form of technology man can produce today and at a cheaper price…unless chasing lost golf ball in a thick weeds and grass and ‘lalang’ is your idea of living life to the fullest!

Cheers.