Don vs Naga......

What is Don vs Naga you may ask? Well, last Sunday myself and the other 119 other forummers from mygolf.com.my had a golf tournament at Tasik Puteri Golf Club. The tournament is a team event between 'Don' and 'Naga'. I have to be frank here...for some strange reason I was chosen to head the Don team. Imagine this, I have to be the captain for a team that consists of almost 60 golfers whose handicap ranging from 3-24. That's quite a task i might say.

ANyway, just a brief history about Don Vs Naga. It all started with a simple idea by a good friend of mine called Mr Halim. He suggested that we have a small gathering of golfers from mygolf.com.my. So we decided that we should have a team event and that's how Don vs Naga started. Like I said, I still don't have any clue as to why I was chosen to be the captain of Don team but to a certain extent, I felt honored a wee bit. Hehehe. How the Don name came up? well...the name was taken from a character in the Godfather's movie.

So from that simple idea, we decided to organized the first team event tournament at Kuala Kubu Bharu. I think the total participants was about 35-40 people. At that time, Don was the champion of the tournament and every participants seems to be contributing some points to their respective teams.

The second team tournament was held at Saujana Impian in Nov 08. This time, the participants has increased to about 70 people. And again, Don was announced as the champion. I didn't quite enjoyed the outing as a lot of the participants did not manage to complete the whole 18 holes because of the rain. The method of scoring also has changed and I still wonder how did Don actually won that team event.

So, for this Don vs Naga Part 3, Brian (the head of mygolf.com.my) took the initiative to form an organizing committee to ensure the event went smooth and steady. The OC was formed a couple of months before the event date and we managed to get few sponsors along the way. I guess, every effort has been taken to ensure that the event goes as smooth as possible. It was decided that the event was to be held on a Sunday afternoon. At that time, we had hoped that the weather stays fine (which is highly unlikely in Malaysia).

ANyhoos, I went to Tasik Puteri rather early yesterday as I was part of the OC to make sure that everything that we've planned were in order. At about 1130am, the participants started to arrived and the registration process was rather smooth. The same goes to the arrangement of flights as well as the distribution of buggies.

Unfortunately, the tournament had to be stopped about 2 times because of the heavy rain but from my personal observation, I can see the competitive spirit amongst Don and Naga team members. Hehehe. I guess, almost all of us tried our level best to get the best score for the team. In my case, I'm lucky that we managed to complete 18 holes as there were some flights that couldn't complete the game.

Since not everyone manage to complete their games, it was decided that there will be no winners for this outing. Which also means, that Don is still the defending champion. Hehehehe.

Whatever being said, I think, this tournament is not about winning or losing. It's about meeting new people, new friends and new golf kakis. I, for instance, made a lot of new friends yesterday and I even suggested that we should organize more events like this in the future. I believe it's a good place to start or improve your network of contacts...

I for one is looking forward for the next edition of Don vs Naga. For the time being, I'm enjoying the privilege of being the captain of the defending champion....hehehehe