Today is my first attempt to play at Palm Garden Championship 27-hole Golf Course. I was staying at the Palm Garden Resort mere 5 minutes walk to the golf club house. I went to the registration counter and there was promotion at this time. I could only play a 9-hole as both the other two lines were under heavy upgrading. So that left 9-hole for me to play.
As this is the first time I play in this course, I don’t mind just to try out one 9-hole as I heard quite good recommendation from my friends. So, I went ahead to register for a 9-hole game. The promotion price was MR55 for a 9-hole game with twin sharing buggy. As I was alone, I have to pay 
extra MR15.75 for the buggy and another MR21.00 for the caddy. This 9-hole game cost me MR91.75 in total. I am just like most golfers who likes to explore new courses.
I tee off at hole 19 which is a short 329 Meter par-4. It was an elevated tee box with a stream across the fairway about 100 meters from the tee box. My tee shot went slightly towards the left and landed at around 150 meter to the green. The green was on an uphill slope and I used my 5 wood in an attempt to go for a regulation on but I missed it as my ball was fade and landed right of the green but about 3 meters below the elevated green. The flag was in a downward slope and I used my approach iron in an attempt to chip just on the green to let the ball roll toward the flag. But I missed it as I chip shot of the green and the ball roll backward to around the same spot where my ball landed during my second shot. Then I chip again and it landed on the end of the green but the ball did not roll too far as the green was slow ( compared to what I used to play in Bukit Jalil ).It was a down slope 3 meters putt for me. I was cautious for the putt but over shot for the first putt, then missed the second putt and ended up a 7 strokes for this hole. What a start !!!
Anyway, that could be a warm up issue, so I proceed to hole-20, it is elevated tee box 165 meters par-3 with bunker guarded on both side. I used my favorite 7 woods to tee off. The ball flight was straight toward the green. I was not able to see where the ball landed though it was sure towards the green. I saw the ball about 2 meters beyond the flag and it was a down slope birdie putt. I missed the birdie and came back with a par.
Along the way, I read some interested display board with some golfer lessons and jokes as follows:-
The scenery of the course was pleasant and both fairway and the green were well maintained though it was a bit slow. I managed to complete the 9-hole in 1.5 hours with 4 pars ( 2 on par-3, 1 on par-4 and 1 on par-5 ). But I screwed up the last par-4 hole with 9 strokes. What a game !!
