A'Formosa Golf Resorts, Malacca

Played in A’Formosa Golf Resorts yesterday. There are three nine-hole courses. We played the Crocodiles and Palm course and the one we did not play is called the Rockies course.

There are live crocodiles in the Crocodiles course and if I remember correctly, there was a golfer hurt by the crocodile when he tried to retrieve his ball inside the crocodile pond. The player later sued the golf course management but lost the case.

The green fee including buggy is only RM88 per person. However, it is compulsory to hire a caddy which is RM40 per caddy. All the caddies are from China. I understand that most caddies in the southern part of Malaysia are from China. This is to attract the golfers from Singapore.

Due to the dry season lately, the fairway is very hard and the ball runs a long way. The management did a very good job to the green. The green is very good and the roll is very true.

I played very well on the palm course and manage to play 2 over 38 gross. In the second nine, I only manage to get 3 pars but on the last hole, I holed a birdie putt from more than 30 feet.

It was an enjoyable round of golf.