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Golf Punk’s Day Off 7: Seletar Country Club

1 April 2015 By Alex Tan Leave a Comment

I attended this amazing golf tournament yesterday organised by GolfPunk Magazine. Day Off 7, as you can guess means this is their 7th tournament, also celebrating their 7 years of magazine success. Such tournaments are usually fun to play in, as they have prizes  you could win at certain hole, especially the all time favourite hole in one prize. The prize is a watch from Philip Stein, worth like $30,000! Of course, where got so easy right? But then again, usually us golfers will treat this prize like striking 4D or Toto, chances that only comes one in a lifetime, unless of course if you are super pro. Here are some great photos to share

GolfPunk Day Off 7, presented by Tourism Authority of Thailand

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Golfers warming up at the putting green, while I just chillax at my buggy

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Saw this interesting Tuk-Tuk, so why not take a photo?

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Us! before the start of the game. Forced to wear some Muay Thai attire. I avoided wearing the shorts

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The hole in one prize that I mentioned. Of course never win.

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Met a need friend before the game.

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And he decided to help me find my ball after my tee off

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Filed Under: Golf

Golf Punk’s Day Off 7: Seletar Country Club

1 April 2015 By admin 1 Comment

I attended this amazing golf tournament yesterday organised by GolfPunk Magazine. Day Off 7, as you can guess means this is their 7th tournament, also celebrating their 7 years of magazine success. Such tournaments are usually fun to play in, as they have prizes  you could win at certain hole, especially the all time favourite hole in one prize. The prize is a watch from Philip Stein, worth like $30,000! Of course, where got so easy right? But then again, usually us golfers will treat this prize like striking 4D or Toto, chances that only comes one in a lifetime, unless of course if you are super pro. Here are some great photos to share

GolfPunk Day Off 7, presented by Tourism Authority of Thailand

20150331_183108

Golfers warming up at the putting green, while I just chillax at my buggy

20150331_123625

Saw this interesting Tuk-Tuk, so why not take a photo?

20150331_142619

Us! before the start of the game. Forced to wear some Muay Thai attire. I avoided wearing the shorts

20150331_142951

The hole in one prize that I mentioned. Of course never win.

20150331_144633

Met a need friend before the game.

20150331_161808

And he decided to help me find my ball after my tee off

20150331_142020

Filed Under: Golf

Why Golfers Buy Hole In One Insurance

4 March 2015 By Digital Curator Leave a Comment

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Image via Flickr user Don DeBold

The goal of insurance is usually to protect us from life’s least happy circumstances: the loss of a family’s primary breadwinner, the theft of one’s car, the onset of an illness requiring expensive treatment. We buy insurance to protect us from misfortune and the times when lady luck lets us down.

But there is one type of insurance that people buy to protect them from the consequences of unusually good luck: In Japan, the U.K., and, to a lesser extent, around the world, golfers buy insurance to protect themselves from the potentially bankrupting consequences of sinking a hole in one.

The concept of hole in one insurance may baffle the uninitiated, but to many it is a wise precaution as golf tradition holds that anyone who scores a hole in one should buy drinks back at the clubhouse for his playing group — if not everyone present. In Japan, many give extravagant gifts to friends and family after scoring a lucky ace.

In our research, we failed to dig up a definitive account of how the tradition became so entrenched. It likely came out of exuberant golfers buying rounds of drinks for friends and even strangers. Perhaps it was influenced by the idea behind many traditions of someone who experiences a great success humbling him or herself. (In judo, for example, anyone promoted to a higher belt is celebrated by being thrown onto his or her back by everyone else in the room). Clubhouses also likely promoted the tradition as a way to drive up bar tabs, while some speculate that golf courses, which often put up a plaque for holes in one, may have formalized the tradition to discourage golfers from making false claims.

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Filed Under: Golf Tagged With: buy hole in one insurance, golfers buy hole in one insurance, golfers hole in one insurance

Golf: An Amazing Game

12 February 2015 By Alex Tan Leave a Comment

Golf, as it seems to many people, is a slow and boring game usually played by the older generation where they are into their retirement period and have plenty of time to spare. However in recent years, more and more young golfers are appearing on the golf courses.

I started playing when I was 14, remembering how my dad will drag me to learn when at that period I was only interested in soccer. It was a start-stop hobby as the interest wasn’t really there until when I started working in 2008. As age is catching up, soccer is definitely not a sport I can play for long as it is very much intensive  and hence I have decided to take up golf as a full time hobby and totally commit my time into it.

Yesterday I had an interesting game with my usual kakis and would like to share with you guys. My flight mates consist of:

1. Alvin Tan, owner of Visual Tech Solutions, specialises in audio and video equipment.

2. Guy Tan, Director of E-Sarn, Thai restaurant in Singapore

3. Francis, mutual friend

It is inevitable for a golfer to be involves in bets, as many would say if there are no bets involved you won’t treat your game seriously. While I have individual bet with Alvin and Guy, we also played a team game known as VEGAS. It was a game at NSRCC Kranji and after completing the first 9 holes, I was already down $100 for VEGAS. I am not usually a heavy better and having lost $100 is considered a disaster for me. While I was playing a decent game and had actually lead in the individual games, it was quite surprising that I can lose so much for VEGAS, because it seems unlucky that my partner for  each hole, either didn’t play well or the opposite team would score either par of birdie. So yes $100 down after first 9-holes.

While continuing our game with 8 holes remaining, Guy propose to play another team game known as Banker-Player. Ok so in my mind I was preparing to lose even more. Indeed the first banker player hole I lost another $20. Then came the turning point at hole 5, par 3 course. After teeing off, here is picture of where our balls have landed:

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Ok so we have three balls, where is the fourth?? Well unfortunately the banker (Francis) got his ball into the hazard twice, which basically means game over for him. And can you guess which ball is mine? Alvin (left ball), Guy (center ball), me (right ball). YES MINE IS CLOSER TO THE HOLE AND ITS A BIRDIE CHANCE! Actually all three have a chance for birdie. However, I still need to score 1 better than the two of them in order to win more money from them to cover my losses. So here is the video of our putting results:

 

Yes the guy in green is Alvin and he MISS. The second is Guy and he ALSO MISS! ok par for them. I just need to birdied it, I didn’t ask anyone to video it as I know I will be distracted and miss it. So I just put my phone back into my pocket, walk up to the ball…..Putt…..BIRDIE! haha Ka-Ching $$$$. This was the hole that change my entire game. After completely 18 holes, we computed our bets and here are my results:

1. Individual with Alvin – Won $15

2. Individual with Guy – Won $25

3. Team game Vegas – Lost $60

4. Team game Banker-Player —- Won $45

Yes!! Overall Nett win of $25! That is why golf is such an amazing game. It is such that you might seem to be on the losing end, but you will never know until you put your 100% through it all and see the results. In life that is also a valuable lesson for us, we may fail to achieve things in our earlier stage of career, but that doesn’t mean it’s the end and game over for you. Keep pushing and trying and work harder, one day and who knows, success might come looking for you. 

Filed Under: Golf

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