Congratulations to WBGC 2011 winners. Sunday proved to be a great day of golf with unbelievable golf exploits, thrills and spills dominating the conversation of the day.
Some say he may have lost the golf games but not his integrity and soul while others may speak with bitterness and the story of what could have been. Nevertheless, just get ready for the 8th series 2012!
For me, my weapon of choice failed me this year!
Let us congratulate those who put in hours and hours of work to make it happen.
Thank you to Paul, Lester, Milo and many others.
ASTONISHING RESULTS?
IMMANUEL PHILIP JEROL, AGE_ 15 YEARS. (HDCP 24) HOLE1=4, HOLE2=1, HOLE3=2, HOLE4=3, HOLE5=2, HOLE6=4, HOLE7=4, HOLE7=4, HOLE8=3 FIRST NINE=27: HOLE10=5, HOLE11=6, HOLE12=4, HOLE13=3, HOLE14=4, HOLE15=2, HOLE16=3, HOLE17=4, HOLE18=5 SECOND NINE NETT=36, OVERALL NETT SCORE = 63.
GROSS WINNERS
1. Magit Semong – 75
2. Fabian Marip – 80
3. Lester Simbas – 82
4. Johnny Chai – 83
5. Sipol Ambun – 85 (OCB)
6. Andrew Peter – 85
7. Luis Carnis – 86 (OCB)
8. Winton Martin – 86
9. David Philip Jerol – 87 (OCB)
10. Albert Tanon – 87 (OCB)
11. Ik Talano Pahon – 87
12. James Sinjeng - 88
NETT WINNERS
1. Immanuel David Philip Jerol – 63
2. Paul Ponar Sinjeng – 66
3. Andrew Victor Nub – 68
4. Paul Ritom – 69
5. Joseph Jindy – 71
6. Dr. Firdaus Abdullah – 72 (OCB)
7. Nicholas Andrew Lessem – 72
8. Walter Dior – 72
9. YB Datuk Peter Nansian – 73 (OCB)
10. Danny Neb - 73
3 comments:
Let us Play by The Rules!
I want to congratulate and thank the organizers of the recent Bidayuh golf competitions, which were generally well run, but I submit there is always room for improvement.
For some days after the games ended, the talk on the fairways and halfway houses was less to do with the comraderie and the benifits to charity that the events provided, but on the stunning, unexpected scores of some players. Were they the result of Vijay Singh-like work ethics or the equivalent of magic's sleight of hand!
Such lapses on the part of the organizers are not unique to Bidayuh golf, however. In a restricted, non-Bidayuh, golf competition some time ago at a premier club in Kuching, a husband was marking his wife. They both scored brilliantly: the wife, a new golfer, played under par in double digits, and the husband not quite well, but both won handsome prizes. During the prize-giving, there were some mutterings of disbelief, much raised eyebrows, and a smattering of not so complimentary remarks. Was the reception deserved? I wonder!
Like the Bidayuh incident, I suspect this has more to do with perception than realities. But in golf, like most things in life, perception is almost everything.
We all have heard it said, umpteenth times, that golf is a gentleman's game. Indeed it is, and we should, therefore, play the game befitting its status and not create opportunities for the outcome to be a subject of speculations, innuendos and gossip on the fairways of possible impropriety.
I am not suggesting that the pairings of parents/off-springs in the recent or past Bidayuh golf tournaments lack integrity. There was no evidence of any shenanigans or indeed proof of temporary mathematical amnesia! But golf is a game of Rules (34 to be exact) and much of it self-regulated and rely on individual integrity and honesty. The rules are subtle, full of nuances and quirks, which if breached attract a bewildering array of penalties, such as added strokes, even disqualification. For example, Rule 8-1 prohibits the giving and receiving of advice. It is a strange parent/spouse who plays with a loved one not to dispense an advice or two during four hours plus of together on the course.
My suggestion is to act pro-actively and avoid situations where players' integrity may be questioned. Organizers of Bidayuh competitions must stand firm and not give in to pleadings of parents or off-springs that they play together, for whatever reasons, in competitions like the WGBC, in order to uphold the reputation of the game and the community. Better still, if through chance, of almost a lottery proportion, that a parent is drawn to play/mark his son/daughter, the onus is on either player to respectfully reject it and ask for a redraw, as a question of good etiquette. The USGA and R & A prohibit parents and other close relatives even to caddy for players in their junior events. Let us all, in future, play golf by the Rules.
Dr Mosko Reuben
KGS member
Doc,
We appreciate your comments.
Thank you.
RGS, it would be helpful if you could give more details of the "astonishing results ?", such as the gross score and the par for each hole and also, who the marker was.
Dr Mosko Reuben
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