How time flies! I used to organize golf day journeys for associates to Batam once a month for just a few years. It’s not easy to get folks to return collectively on the identical day so ultimately I just picked a date and people who can come will do. Most of us would not have a handicap and you know the way tough it was those days to have a sport in Singapore? Especially if you don’t buy a country club membership.
The attract of Batam is that it gives you a feeling of being on holiday. You must go by ferry, get stuck there a complete day, take your time, have enjoyable golfing and then take the fastened time ferry home. You’ll be able to push or rush it. We’d wait for a month simply to get collectively to do it. Typically when within the ferry and searching forward to play, we seemed out the window and saw a storm brewing, everybody would turn into quiet, speechless and frowning. Though we now have been to each side of Batam nearly quite equally, we gravitated extra towards Nongsa (from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal) over Sekupang (from the former World Commerce Centre now Harbour Entrance).
My favorite golf course from Sekupang used to be South Hyperlinks, a course so properly manicured, vast and open plus friendly although it cost more and you can seize a handful of wooden tees from a giant glass there. One other course Indah Puri Resort Golf Membership is sort of fascinating although it was oldies, it was created by world renowned architects from Ronald Fream Design Group and is a mature course overlaying 300 acres of land however I went to Paradise Bay solely once as I used to dislike it because it wasn’t nicely-maintained and has a very outdated club house back then. Right now it is named Batam Hills (I am going to share later). As the ferry will get near Nongsa, it could immediately see a golf course however I have by no means played there for it had solely 9 holes. None of the buddies I introduced along needed to play the identical 9 twice having made such an extended journey. That’s the Tamarin Santana.
Nongsa is a holiday a resort area so it’s more calm down and laid back with most likely much less individuals versus Sekupang’s industrial areas. I made the preparations so usually that at one time all the Batam golf firms in Singapore and their consultant at Batam aspect knew me well. It raised each one’s enthusiasm as we look forward to the trip each time. Most of us may wake up by ourselves even earlier than the alarm clock rang. Talking about motivation. Throughout weekdays, you can have nearly your entire course to yourselves. Often there are no flights in front or behind you so there may be completely no strain for anyone. Some of us could even play the perfect of three from tee off. In Batam, you often go one spherical across the golf course and hardly have two holes right beside each other. When it was all over, you simply slack, take your time to get pleasure from your lunch, have some beer, shower and watch for the bus to take you back to the ferry terminal.
At Nongsa, I like Palm Spring Golf Course too which has one course which was quite robust however I do not really like the caddies there then. My favorite course on Nongsa facet was Tering Bay, designed by Greg Norman with greens protected by nice white bunkers. Excellent place to train your bunker shots. These days, we love to play with used balls and you can get great ones here at Tering Bay or Palm Spring. Some associates would ask me to buy some back for them but they’re so heavy! Steadily work acquired busy for everyone, it became more durable to organize. At one time, after a break I returned to Tering Bay and bought a shock. Half of the membership grew to become a casino. They have safety that used metal detectors on us. It was time to cease going there I thought. Ferries plying to Nongsa have lesser golfers however most on board had been going to gamble at Leisure World.
