Playing alongside me were two retired civil servants, Louis Lau and Thomas Choi. Louis Lau has been a HKFC member for over 30 years and this is the first time he joined our GS event, so welcome aboard. He has just finished a knee surgery so he couldn’t stand for long periods of time. At 75 years of age, he can still swing his drive 200 yards! You will be amazed by his short game ability. He can always get up and down to save par!

There are some highlights for the nearest to pin on hole 13, a short par 3 with 120 yards slightly downhill. This hole’s difficulty is very dependent on the wind which is hard to judge from the tee box. Nickolas Dalais put his approach shot just 2 inches away from the flag by using his pitching wedge, almost a hole out for him! Easy tap-in birdie, but sadly no free drinks all round!

I managed to continue my recent good play, hitting the first 11 greens in regulation! I still managed to be 2 over par thanks to 3 three-putts. Clearly, some work was needed in that department. However, golf requires concentration for a long period of time, and mine broke down on the 12th where I decided to go for the par 4 green off the tee, and so had to wait quite a while to play. As usual, after a long wait for a glory shot, I hit a horror left resulting in a lost ball. This gave me a double bogey which of course rattled me, so I rapidly picked up a few more bogeys. Luckily my hot start was enough to allow me to stagger over the line for a winning 8 over par 80.

Happy Golfing
Ted Li