DGCC inks reciprocal deal with Palm Resort Club (JB)
KUCHING: Over 100 gol fers from Johor and Damai Golf and Country Club ( DGCC) will take part in the DGCC- Palm Resort Golf Club Tournament at DGCC on April 14.
“We are satisfied with the encouraging response towards the event which is a prelude to the reciprocal agreement signing ceremony which will be held during the closing and prize presentation ceremony later on the same day,” said DGCC general manager Roslan Mohd Salleh.
DGCC members can look forward to playing at Palm Resort Golf Club in Johor Bahru which is one of the popular clubs there.
“Many golfers from Johor Bahru have heard about us after we hosted last year’s Asian Tour and Asian Development Tour championships which were participated by over 300 professional golfers from throughout the world,” he added.
The course at the club has improved after the end of the monsoon season and members have taken part in various inhouse tournaments including this month’s DGCC-KKB Monthly Escalation Medal ( MEM).
In the nett category, Jimmy Tan Kheng Chiang who played with handicap 16 emerged champion with a score of two-under par 70 and the victory also gave him five MEM points.
Hardy Abu Bakar (72) and Fiteri Ismail (73) finished second and third.
In the gross category, Iskandar Mat Jani who played with handicap eight won after defeating Michael Lee Joon Khiong with 81 strokes. Roslan Mohd Salleh was third with five strokes adrift.
But it was Abang Zaidi Abg Bolhassan who stole the limelight of the prize presentation ceremony after he bagged two Nearest to the Pin awards at Hole 5 and 8. The other winners were Jimmy Tan and Sapawi Muhi.
The winner for Nearest to the Line (NTL) prize was Jaafar Dawi with a distance of 24cm at Hole 3 while Jaafar Mustapha won the Longest Drive (LD) with a distance of 220.8m at Hole 18.