Life On The Greens

Sunday, June 5, 2011

First Competition First Win

It a great feeling when you know all your hard work and dedication to win my very first competition. I've found the winning formula but still need much work to rise up in rank and skills.

~~Can't wait to get my handicap down to~~ I've officially qualified for the KPRM Annual Championship from the 24th - 26th June, a challenging 3 days tournament which I've never experienced.

Shot a gross 85

Tee Off Time 7.52am ( 16th Hole )

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Passion and Perseverance

" The Amount of your Desire will Determine the Outcome of Your Success "

How you live your life is really entirely up to you. I'll summarize mine around three words. I believe in living courageously, passionately and to persevere in reaching any goals you set forth. Everyone's got dreams, some are willing to turn them into passion, some becomes extremist.

It takes lot of courage to pursue a dream, a passion and even simple day to day goals and task. I wake up every morning believing in my passion and that in return, everyday it rewards me with the satisfaction I seek from it.

The phrase above will be my reminder of how successful I really can be. I hope it will inspire you too.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Maybank Malaysian Open 2011 - Live Scoring (by EuropeanTour.com)

European Tour - Maybank Malaysian Open 2011 - Leaderboard

Updated: 17 April 2011 09:18 GMT+1
Pos	Name	Country	Hole	To Par	1	2	3	4	Total
1	MANASSERO, Matteo	ITA	18	-16	66	71	67	68	272
2	BOURDY, Grégory	FRA	18	-15	71	69	66	67	273
3	MCILROY, Rory	NIR	18	-14	69	64	72	69	274
T4	CABRERA-BELLO, Rafael	ESP	18	-13	69	70	69	67	275
T4	NOREN, Alexander	SWE	18	-13	64	69	71	71	275
6	AGUILAR, Felipe	CHI	18	-12	70	70	66	70	276
7	DYSON, Simon	ENG	18	-10	70	64	76	68	278
8	SIDDIKUR RAHMAN, MD	BAN	18	-9	68	71	71	69	279
T9	CAÑIZARES, Alejandro	ESP	18	-8	69	72	68	71	280
T9	KAYMER, Martin	GER	18	-8	70	71	67	72	280
T11	SCHWARTZEL, Charl*	RSA	18	-7	73	71	67	70	281
T11	GALLACHER, Stephen	SCO	18	-7	67	70	72	72	281
T13	ROCK, Robert	ENG	18	-6	70	71	70	71	282
T13	KAPUR, Shiv	IND	18	-6	71	69	71	71	282
T13	KJELDSEN, Søren*	DEN	18	-6	73	70	72	67	282
T13	MORRISON, James	ENG	18	-6	69	71	70	72	282
T17	HANSEN, Søren	DEN	18	-5	70	72	72	69	283
T17	KNUTZON, Jason	USA	18	-5	70	71	71	71	283
T17	LUITEN, Joost	NED	18	-5	72	69	71	71	283
T17	BAEK, Seuk-Hyun*	KOR	18	-5	70	73	70	70	283
T17	COLSAERTS, Nicolas	BEL	18	-5	70	70	72	71	283
T17	WILLETT, Danny	ENG	18	-5	71	69	72	71	283
T17	GAUNT, Daniel	AUS	18	-5	69	69	71	74	283
T17	KUBOYA, Kenichi*	JPN	18	-5	74	70	65	74	283
T17	STEWART, Tim*	AUS	18	-5	73	71	70	69	283
T17	LEE, Danny	NZL	18	-5	71	67	70	75	283
T17	RUMFORD, Brett	AUS	18	-5	69	68	72	74	283
T17	BROWN, Mark*	NZL	18	-5	73	71	70	69	283
T17	JAIDEE, Thongchai*	THA	18	-5	73	71	68	71	283
T30	ICHIHARA, Kodai*	JPN	18	-4	71	71	74	68	284
T30	LAWRIE, Peter	IRL	18	-4	70	71	73	70	284
T30	LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo	ESP	18	-4	70	70	71	73	284
T33	DONALDSON, Jamie	WAL	18	-3	68	73	71	73	285
T33	FRASER, Marcus*	AUS	18	-3	69	73	72	71	285
T33	JACQUELIN, Raphaël*	FRA	18	-3	71	73	69	72	285
T36	PHADUNGSIL, Chinnarat*	THA	18	-2	73	69	71	73	286
T36	HIRATSUKA, Tetsuji	JPN	18	-2	71	69	71	75	286
T36	WARING, Paul	ENG	18	-2	71	69	70	76	286
T36	CAMPBELL, Michael	NZL	18	-2	73	67	70	76	286
T36	COETZEE, George*	RSA	18	-2	73	71	74	68	286
T36	CHAN, Yih-Shin*	XTP	18	-2	70	74	73	69	286
T42	LAFEBER, Maarten	NED	18	-1	74	68	69	76	287
T42	KINGSTON, James*	RSA	18	-1	71	71	71	74	287
T42	WIRATCHANT, Thaworn	THA	18	-1	72	68	73	74	287
T42	MARKSAENG, Prayad*	THA	18	-1	71	72	69	75	287
T42	CHIA, Danny*	MAS	18	-1	71	73	67	76	287
T47	BOTH, Marcus	AUS	18	Par	71	70	72	75	288
T47	HWANG, In-choon*	KOR	18	Par	72	71	65	80	288
T47	SINGH, Jeev Milkha*	IND	18	Par	67	76	69	76	288
T47	NIRAT, Chapchai*	THA	18	Par	71	72	69	76	288
T47	MARTIN, Pablo	ESP	18	Par	73	65	82	68	288
T47	MAYBIN, Gareth*	NIR	18	Par	73	71	74	70	288
T53	DAVIES, Rhys*	WAL	18	+1	72	70	70	77	289
T53	STORM, Graeme	ENG	18	+1	71	70	75	73	289
T53	LAHIRI, Anirban*	IND	18	+1	75	68	74	72	289
T53	GOYA, Tano*	ARG	18	+1	72	71	72	74	289
T53	RUANGKIT, Boonchu*	THA	18	+1	71	72	75	71	289
T53	HORSEY, David*	ENG	18	+1	72	72	71	74	289
T59	LIN, Wen-tang	XTP	18	+2	70	72	75	73	290
T59	JUNHASAVASDIKUL, Pariya*	THA	18	+2	75	68	75	72	290
T59	BECK, Darren	AUS	18	+2	67	71	76	76	290
T62	WIESBERGER, Bernd*	AUT	18	+3	71	72	72	76	291
T62	DUANGDECHA, Udorn*	THA	18	+3	73	70	76	72	291
T62	RODGERS, Chris*	ENG	18	+3	69	74	74	74	291
T65	FORSYTH, Alastair*	SCO	18	+4	72	71	74	75	292
T65	LIANG, Wen-chong	CHN	18	+4	70	69	75	78	292
T67	PARRY, John	ENG	18	+5	74	68	74	77	293
T67	BARR, Scott*	AUS	18	+5	69	73	74	77	293
T67	PLAPHOL, Chawalit*	THA	18	+5	69	73	74	77	293
T67	MAMAT, Mardan*	SIN	18	+5	73	70	73	77	293
T67	FLINT, Gavin*	AUS	18	+5	71	73	73	76	293
72	TANNIN, Kwanchai	THA	18	+6	69	72	74	79	294
73	OOSTHUIZEN, Louis*	RSA	18	+7	69	75	76	75	295
T74	DRYSDALE, David	SCO	18	+8	69	72	79	76	296
T74	KARMIS, Peter*	RSA	18	+8	73	71	77	75	296
T76	VAN ZYL, Jaco*	RSA	-	+1	74	71	-	-	145
T76	HOEY, Michael	NIR	-	+1	75	70	-	-	145
T76	CAROLAN, Tony*	AUS	-	+1	74	71	-	-	145
T76	NOH, Seung-yul	KOR	-	+1	73	72	-	-	145
T76	APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech	THA	-	+1	73	72	-	-	145
T76	TANTIPOKHAKUL, Namchok	THA	-	+1	73	72	-	-	145
T82	FOX, Ben	USA	-	+2	73	73	-	-	146
T82	BICKERTON, John	ENG	-	+2	71	75	-	-	146
T82	RANDHAWA, Jyoti*	IND	-	+2	73	73	-	-	146
T82	LASCUNA, Antonio*	PHI	-	+2	75	71	-	-	146
T82	SASIDARAN, M*	MAS	-	+2	75	71	-	-	146
T87	GLEESON, David	AUS	-	+3	76	71	-	-	147
T87	KARLBERG, Rikard*	SWE	-	+3	72	75	-	-	147
T87	BHULLAR, Gaganjeet	IND	-	+3	74	73	-	-	147
T87	HEND, Scott	AUS	-	+3	75	72	-	-	147
T87	HAEGGMAN, Joakim*	SWE	-	+3	73	74	-	-	147
T87	NAZARI, Akhmal Tarmizee Mohd	MAS	-	+3	74	73	-	-	147
T87	FLOREN, Oscar*	SWE	-	+3	73	74	-	-	147
T87	O'HARA, Steven*	SCO	-	+3	73	74	-	-	147
T87	KRUGER, Jbe*	RSA	-	+3	74	73	-	-	147
T87	LEONG, Ben*	MAS	-	+3	70	77	-	-	147
T87	DODT, Andrew*	AUS	-	+3	73	74	-	-	147
T87	McGOWAN, Ross*	ENG	-	+3	74	73	-	-	147
T87	WIEGELE, Martin	AUT	-	+3	74	73	-	-	147
T87	ZHANG, Lian-wei*	CHN	-	+3	73	74	-	-	147
T101	SINGH, Digvijay*	IND	-	+4	75	73	-	-	148
T101	KHOR, Kheng Hwai	MAS	-	+4	75	73	-	-	148
T101	CHAN (AM), Tuck-soon*	MAS	-	+4	71	77	-	-	148
T101	LAM, Chih-bing*	SIN	-	+4	73	75	-	-	148
T101	STRANGE, Scott	AUS	-	+4	73	75	-	-	148
T101	GIBSON, Rick	CAN	-	+4	75	73	-	-	148
T101	TULLO, Mark*	CHI	-	+4	73	75	-	-	148
T108	OLESEN, Thorbjorn*	DEN	-	+5	81	68	-	-	149
T108	QUE, Angelo*	PHI	-	+5	74	75	-	-	149
T108	LIN, Wen-hong	XTP	-	+5	74	75	-	-	149
T108	ISMAIL, Md. Rashid*	MAS	-	+5	74	75	-	-	149
T108	GHEI, Gaurav	IND	-	+5	73	76	-	-	149
T108	DOUGHERTY, Nick*	ENG	-	+5	74	75	-	-	149
T108	SIVACHANDRAN, S*	MAS	-	+5	73	76	-	-	149
T108	HUSSEIN , Shaaban	MAS	-	+5	74	75	-	-	149
T108	KULACZ, Rick*	AUS	-	+5	72	77	-	-	149
T108	WANG, Ter-chang*	XTP	-	+5	74	75	-	-	149
T108	EDFORS, Johan	SWE	-	+5	73	76	-	-	149
T108	HULDAHL, Jeppe*	DEN	-	+5	77	72	-	-	149
T108	KALEKA, Alexandre*	FRA	-	+5	76	73	-	-	149
T121	GARRIDO, Ignacio	ESP	-	+6	73	77	-	-	150
T121	STEEL, Iain	MAS	-	+6	72	78	-	-	150
T121	PUCAY, Mars	PHI	-	+6	73	77	-	-	150
T121	MUDA, Shaifubari	MAS	-	+6	75	75	-	-	150
T121	BOYD, Gary	ENG	-	+6	78	72	-	-	150
T121	LEE, Sung	KOR	-	+6	76	74	-	-	150
T121	HAMILTON, Todd*	USA	-	+6	71	79	-	-	150
T121	PAGUNSAN, Juvic*	PHI	-	+6	75	75	-	-	150
T121	HORNE, Keith	RSA	-	+6	75	75	-	-	150
T130	NIXON, Matthew*	ENG	-	+7	79	72	-	-	151
T130	OTHMAN, Mohd Sukree*	MAS	-	+7	74	77	-	-	151
T130	HAINES, Matt	ENG	-	+7	74	77	-	-	151
T133	RIZMAN, Airil	MAS	-	+8	80	72	-	-	152
T133	KIM (AM), Jeremiah*	MAS	-	+8	74	78	-	-	152
T133	HISYAM (AM), Mohamad	MAS	-	+8	79	73	-	-	152
T133	FISHER, Oliver*	ENG	-	+8	78	74	-	-	152
T137	LEE, Lucas	BRA	-	+9	78	75	-	-	153
T137	SRIROJ, Thammanoon*	THA	-	+9	77	76	-	-	153
T137	JAMIL, Hanafiah	MAS	-	+9	74	79	-	-	153
T137	BAIN, Ross*	SCO	-	+9	77	76	-	-	153
T137	BROADHURST, Paul	ENG	-	+9	71	82	-	-	153
T137	HSU, China-Jen	XTP	-	+9	71	82	-	-	153
T143	BLAND, Richard	ENG	-	+10	75	79	-	-	154
T143	SINGH, Sujjan	IND	-	+10	78	76	-	-	154
T145	GREEN (AM), Gavin Kyle	MAS	-	+11	80	75	-	-	155
T145	CHOWRASIA, S S P*	IND	-	+11	79	76	-	-	155
T145	KANG, Anthony	USA	-	+11	75	80	-	-	155
T145	BHASIN, Kunal*	AUS	-	+11	82	73	-	-	155
T145	FUNG, Nicholas	MAS	-	+11	76	79	-	-	155
T150	PARK, Unho	AUS	-	+14	78	80	-	-	158
T150	DE SILVA (AM), Kenneth*	MAS	-	+14	78	80	-	-	158
152	SIEM, Marcel	GER	-	+17	72	89	-	-	161
153	BASHARUDIN (AM), Mohamad Azman*	MAS	-	+23	84	83	-	-	167

* Indicates players who did not start on the 1st tee.

Updating Leaderboard...

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Two is better than One - Good Golf Coaches that makes the difference

This is dedicated to all my fellow golfing friends who have always believed in self learning to be GREAT.
The reason I highlighted the word GREAT, is coz everyone I know like to kid them selves, when they tell people they just want to be GOOD, which in fact they actually want to be GREAT even if they are aiming to win their buddie's $$.

I was on the same boat until i've made up my mind to change the way I train, well you guest it, the results changes as well. I've decided to do my homework, talking to people, use the internet. some private investivation work to find out who would best fit this profile as a coach in line with my goals.

What am I looking for in a coach : -
A good coach teaches good sportsmanship.
A good coach will respect all of his/her players and teach them how to respect each other.
A good coach will take extra time with those who need it.
A good coach will find the best in each player.
A good coach will teach his players how to be a team.
A good coach will have patience.
A good coach will remember it’s a game whether they win or lose.
A good coach doesn't get caught up in the outcome of the game but keeps their focus on
A good coach continually stives to become better by seeking advise and training.
A good coach thinks and acts positively not negatively.
A good coach understands that adversity is a part of the game and life.
A good coach is prepared and doesn't just show up.
A good coach honors the game by showing respect for the rules, opponents, officials and players.
A good coach always thanks their players for their committment and effort.
A good coach recognizes that they are the leader of the team. This not only includes players but
( Courtesy of Forum Post Lisa & Doug G from Y-coach.com )


He needs a better picture,

My decision to work with Dean Hartman, Director of MST Golf Academy was one of the best decision I've ever made. Shared my goals and gotten the necessary feedback from him.

While I can't testify for others, I can say this, 1 hour with him is equivalent to 1 year of bashing balls to perfection. I've finally found my solution to quickly improve within a short period of time. Its not magic or tricks, its REAL. The knowledge and characteristics he has as a teacher was well suited for me.

I strongly recommend you consider engaging with a golf pro and do your due diligence in finding the right one for yourself. You may also have chat with Dean or any of his highly qualified instructors

Time to head out for more lessons with him.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

My First Home Club - Rahman Putra Golf Club (KPRM)

After waiting, saving, more waiting, and saving, finally managed to secure myself the best option for a Golf Membership Club. Thanks to the people around me that supported the idea.

As I mentioned to my fellow new found KPRM friends, The home club will allow me to train better and be more competitive in Golf. I feel this is one way to improve my golf, I'm sure there are many other ways I can go about improving. Having a good facility is crucial for competitive golf. Apart from Glenmarie's Pro Tour Golf Learning Centre, Rahman Putra allows me to do more on the course.

My days starts from 6am on a daily basis where it involves a combination of either of the following skills - short game, long game, course managements strategies, strength training, mental training. Not forgetting to juggle between a full time job and a part time job in between. While its tiring or some may even call it madness or crazy, it really doesn't feel that way, when you pursue your passion.

I do admit, somedays, I just shut down like someone just hit a human CTRL - ALT - DEL button. LIGHTS OUT! I realize when you get the people around you to support you, progress seems to come along with it.

Looking forward to 6am. ( that was mad me talking )

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Keeping Track of Your Golf Progress

I've been searching for apps or software out there that helps me track my progress. Its a challenge it self when you realise your support team is not as strong compared to other great players out there. Time is precious for me, and I'm sure for many others. Hence its very important find tools that helps you get to your goals in the most efficient way.

Here's a snapshot of my most recent ( and limited ) games played.

For now I've found Project Birdie to be the easiest but not necessary the best. The site allows me to monitor my average putts, fairway hits, GIR, and even a journal for my personal training/practice. Until I find other better ones, my wishlist from Project Birdie would be
1) Mobile Version that syncs with the Web version
2) Export, print feature

If you have any better suggestions, please do share.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Maybank Malaysian Open 2011

I'll be supporting our local Malaysian contingent and also other favourite international players. Few of my favourites are Gavin Kyle Green, Martin Kaymer, Rory Mcllroy, Louis Oosthuizen, Matteo Manassero, Noh Seung-Yul and ThongChai Jaidee

Date : 14-17th April 2011
Venue : Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (KLGCC) MAP
Website : Maybankmalaysianopen.com

World Number 1 Martin Kaymer, reigning Open Champion Louis Oosthuizen, 2005 US Open winner Michael Campbell and 2004 Open Champion Todd Hamilton and the recent Augusta Masters 2011 Championwill be showing up in full force together with the top players from The European Tour and the Asian to contest a US$2.5million prize fund. Noh Seung Yul is also back to defend his title. It will be interesting to see how he plays with 4+1 major champions.

The Maybank Malaysian Open is going to be the most interesting golf event with the recent Augusta Masters Champion Charl Schwartzel, battling it out again with Rory Mcllroy who is currently facing the test of his character for seeing his Masters Trophy slipping from his hands from the 10th hole onwards. From the interviews, you can see he is so matured in handling the situation, people's expectations of him and his own vision of his future.

Before THE DAY ( Practice Sessions )


Martin Kaymer Hitting his Driver. Noticed his personal club fitter with hi-tech sensors. Benefits of being World No.1

Matteo Manassero finishing up with his wedge shots accurately dropping them next to the 100yards board.

I noticed a key difference with some of our local players compared to the international players in terms of ball striking and the level of focus on their practice sessions. I hope we get to learn from the experienced and aim to be Better. Go Team Malaysia.


Photo Courtesy of EuropeanTour.com

Congratulation Matteo Manassero. He displays a certain kind of calmness through this game, while enjoying a joke or two. Nice to receive a great birthday gift of over USD 400k. Here is what his score card looks like. A great eagle on the 10th ( 4th Day )