Entries from January 2010

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

The Koreans are in Town

Some time back, there was a comment by an LPGA player Jan Stephenson:
“This is probably going to get me in trouble, but the Asians are killing our tour. Absolutely killing it. Their lack of emotion, their refusal to speak English when they can speak English. They rarely speak.
“We have two-day pro-ams where people are paying [...]

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Where would you bring a newbie??

Since we’re on 2010, a lot of people have resolutions to pick up golf, or restart their golf again.
And many of them will quit before the first quarter is up.
I think it should be our sworn duty as professional hackers to add more people into our elite Cangkul Club, and encourage as many people as [...]

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Gilagolf’s New Home

After 2 and a half years of hacking, destroying and reviewing golf courses, Gilagolf has finally moved to a proper home on this little corner in the internet universe: Gilagolf.net.
Gilagolf.com was unfortunately taken, and negotiations fell through when they realised all we could offer them were used second hand balls and some nasi lemak if [...]

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Koh Samui Football Golf

Introduction
This is our first review of a golf course not in Malaysia. In fact, we have travelled far to the idyllic island of Koh Samui to bring you a review of a course that is both unique, challenging and ultimately, despite its flaws, will give you the kind of enjoyment courses like Bukit Unggul, KRTU [...]