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| Sutera Harbour Marina, Golf & Country Club General Manager Mr Rick Blackie and Mr Paul Wong (Golf Operation Manager) interviewed by the media. |
Kota Kinabalu: Playing ball on the golf course. It sounds weird but that's the kind of sport known as the 'footgolf. For the first time, footgolf sport was introduced in Sabah with the Sutera Harbor Golf And Country Club in Kota Kinabalu as its pioneer. To experience the sport, five journalists from the electronic and print media were given the opportunity to play for the first time yesterday. Journalists include Junaidi Ladjana from Sabah News Today (SNT); Willie Jude Junaidi (Astro Arena); Edmund Samunting (NSTP), Lester J Bingkasan (The Borneo Post) and Umesh Rajan (New Sabah Times) have had a great experience playing golf on the golf course.
At first the sport seemed easy as it used to kick the ball but to put it in the hole at 120 meters or 30 meters required techniques such as playing golf. In fact, the player should have taken 45 minutes for the nine holes but had to spend almost 2 hours finishing the game. For 9 holes, the number of kicks is 36 and just like the golf sports scoring system, the player who makes the lowest kick is the winner.
General manager of Sutera Harbor Golf and Country Club, Rick Blackie, said the idea to bring the sport to the state under bay began after his friend Jason Winter, who is also the footgolf in the country, suggested he also introduce the sport to Sabah. “One of the goals of the footgolf was introduced at Sutera Harbor Golf and Country Club to provide the club members with a variety of options and options rather than just golf.
"In addition, I hope football or futsal enthusiasts in the state will come to feel for themselves the challenge of playing on the golf course with some new rules including scoring systems such as golf," he said in a press conference yesterday. Rick said he may be planning to hold a footgolf league tournament in the future, as has been done by countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom.
“Yes, we are planning to do that (footgolf league) and our hope is that when it fully operates this October, it will be more welcoming and we can organize the league. "At present, the sport is only running nine holes but it may be extended to 18 holes in the future besides providing floodlights to enable the planned footgolf league to be played at night," he said. Rick, the footgolf, is actually a sport that has been popular in foreign countries especially in America and Europe, and even the world cup for the sport is also held.
Rick, the footgolf, is actually a sport that has been popular in foreign countries especially in America and Europe, and even the world cup for the sport is also held. "Unfortunately some people consider golfing to be considered a parent game and football is the most popular sport in the world, so we have combined these two sports, and hope it will be a favorite for young people. "We also hope that the sport will be a family-friendly activity, as they play footgolf, and their kids can walk and have fun together," he said.-SabahNewsToday
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