Saturday, August 9, 2008

A great experience gain =D

From my previous post, i was to be a course marshall at today's Worldwide Selangor Masters golf tournament at Seri Selangor golf club. So this was how it went today. I went there at 7 in the morning.

First job: Mobile scorer for the flight that did not complete their 3rd round (A mobile scorer is a person that follow a flight of players to keep track of the player's score and report back the score on the particular hole). It was quite nerve wrecking as i had to this job on my own. So i was sent to follow the flight of: Craig Smith(Wal), Steven Tiley(Eng) and Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha). They were at the 17th hole and had to follow them till the 18th. Once i arrive at the 17th, Craig Smith and his caddy immediately came to greet me. I swear to god, Craig Smith is FREAKIN TALL !! When i was shaking hands with him, i had to look up. The other two players weren't that friendly..i guess they were focus own their game..so can't blame them. Once finish following this flight, went for breakfast at the player's lounge ^^ ( To find out more about this players, go to asiantour.com but i doubt anyone will do so..)

2nd job: Finally 4th and final round started. We were suppose to go on the last flight to hold the 'QUIET' sign up..but ended up being a mobile scorer because they lack volunteers, so we had to follow 2 flights ahead of the last flight. At first i was disappointed as i really wanted to watch Ben Leong play..i seriously love his golf swing..nice and accurate. Okay now back to my work, so me and Hao Sern went to the 1st tee to wait for out flight which consist of: Craig Smith (Wal), Lin Wen Tang (Tpe) and Chawalit Plaphol (Tha). So we walk with them for a full 18 holes. In total i have walk 20 holes today and thats a total of 7 km ++ of walking in the course for me. Before we started walking, took 2 bananas a bottle of 100 plus and a bottle of water in my bag. I think i drank 3 bottles of 100 plus and 4 bottles of mineral water. It was EFFFFIIIINNNGGG HOT today. And i think i just turn into a human cha-siu (BBQ pork) with the sunburn on my arms and my neck. While walking on the 7th hole, Craig Smith's caddy gave us each 2 golf ball. Quite a good souvenir though..LOL.
souvenir pic. 1
Souvenir from Craig Smith

Pictures from the 3rd Round:

Plaphol ( in pink) and Adam Blyth (left)

Ben Leong ( back ground) 6th hole.

Ben Leong at the 7th hole. I love his golf swing ^^

Now for the 4th round, enjoy the video(i recorded the video, sorry if the quality of the video sucks..) and the pictures (courtesy of asiantour.com)





Iain Steel finish 3rd at -6

Thongchai Jaidee finish 2nd, 1 stroke behind winner Ben Leong

Ben Leong with his 3rd win in a row after his victory at Terengganu and Negri Sembilan.
Ben Leong with the Sultan of Selangor.

I really gain a lot from this tournament as both official and a learner. I definitely will not forget this experience. One more thing, i've been eying this golf bag throughout this tournament.



I'm dreaming of this bag everytime i see anything related to golf.

Click on the picture if you want to read the description.

Hopefully will be back on Tuesday..i got add maths and chemistry to study up.

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