Jan
18
Legend’s Early Bird RM88 special is back!!!
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Who say you can’t have the cake and eat it? Now, you can play at a Jack Nicklaus designed championship course in the region at half of what you’d pay at a public course in Singapore.
The Legends Golf and Country Resort is pleased to bring back their early bird special for the new year. Tee-off before 10am on weekdays for only RM88, including 18-hole green fees, shared buggy and shared CADDY!!!
Brought to you by the team behind clickateeonline.
Jan
18
Just picked up golf and not knowing where to play? Well, we have good news for you.
IOI Palm Villa Golf Club (Johor, Malaysia), a 27-hole golf course is our latest partner to offer golfers real-time, online golf bookings on clickateeonline – bringing the total number of participating golf courses to 16. Unlike most courses, IOI Palm Villa welcomes beginners so long as they observe basic golf etiquette such as repairing divots, safety and speed up play when there is a flight behind.
That said, seasoned golfers will attest that IOI Palm Villa is also no “mickey mouse” course, especially the IOI course. The 27-hole golf course offers varying levels of challenge for different golfers.
The club is located along the 2nd link, near Senai Airport, a mere 20 mins from the 2nd link. It is now offering an attractive RM88 for weekdays and RM128 for weekend (PM) – all rates include green fees and shared-buggy.
So, what are you waiting for? Grab your clubs and we’ll see you at the fairway.
Sep
29
Palm Course Hole 3
Just picked up golf? No handicap index? We know it can be frustrating not having anywhere to play. Especially if you are located in Singapore where beginners are often frowned upon at golf courses on weekends (if you are permitted to play in the first place). But you can’t really blame the golf courses or the seasoned golfers for breathing down your neck. The situation is a victim of demand and supply. As much as beginners don’t like to be rushed, golfers don’t like to wait at every hole and have their momentum disrupted.
So what options do beginners have? Try playing on weekdays. Most clubs in Singapore are tolerant if you have a decent swing and know basic golf etiquette. Of course, you can also pay the only public course in Singapore a lousy 10 bucks for a ‘30-day license’ to play (excluding green fees & buggy). And another 10 bucks to have the ‘privilege’ of making reservations.
There is a 3rd option if you don’t have a flexi work hours like me. Consider getting up early on weekends and head to the courses in Johor. Half the price, twice the fun. Palm Villa is one such club that welcomes beginners.
Talk to any golfer and most would trace their ‘virgin’ 18-hole round at the make-shift container hut in Palm Villa. I myself spent numerous weekends waking up at 4.30am when me and my buddy took up the game 10 years ago. Then, the drive there was an adventure by itself – elusive road-signs, huge pot holes and gigantic humps that the F1 cars would crash into.
Well, Palm Villa Golf Club has since gone a long way (and you don’t have to wake up at 4.30am nor do you need to have a 4-wheel drive). It now boasts a 27-hole course layout – Palm, Putra and IOI, with the latter being the more challenging nine. The make shift hut is now replaced by a contemporary clubhouse with good shower facilities. It is a friendly course with relatively flat terrain and reasonable distances for beginners – none of the par 3’s and par 5’s exceed 170m and 500m respectively. Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t a mickey mouse course either. Water is in play on 3 holes in Palm course and 5 holes in IOI course. In particular, the Index 1 hole 5 on IOI course requires a precision drive down the middle of a narrow fairway and a gutsy iron shot to get across the canal. You will need to carry your drive at least 140m to clear the big pond on hole 7 at Palm course.
I met with their new Club Manager, Ivan Teo last week. Mr Teo concurred that the club is popular among Singaporeans as it welcomes golfers with varying standards. Because it is a public course, most golfers come with the expectation that the rounds may take longer to complete. So long as beginners observe basic golf etiquette, keep pace with the group in front and let better players overtake, the marshals rarely rush them.
Currently, the course does not take bookings but that could change soon. We are working out the details with the club to participate in our clickateeonline portal. By facilitating advance online bookings, not only would it allow better resource planning for the club, it would provide better customer service. There will not be a need for golfers to wait for an hour or two to get a tee-time or drive all the way there only to know the course is closed. And those who used our portal would know – we don’t collect a dime from you for online bookings – our service is FREE! We even help you maintain your scores and track your performance in cool charts. FREE.
Now, you no longer have to fuss over not having a place to tee-off. It’s funny how my best golf memory in the past decade isn’t teeing off at Pebble beach in Monterey or Kapalua in Hawaii. It is standing at the tee-box of Hole 1, Palm course at dawn, watching how the sun slowly brightens the day and unveils the tranquility of the surroundings. No buildings, no traffic, no construction noise. Just me, my buddy … and a whole bunch of crap about how I hadn’t slept well the night before and why I should get that extra stroke from him. Priceless.
Enjoy your game. Everyone can golf.
David
Aug
7
Welcome Jurong Country Club, Starhill Golf & Country Club & Ria Bintan Golf Club
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Golfers in Singapore will now be pampered for choices. Jurong Country Club, Starhill Golf & Country Club and Ria Bintan Golf Club are the latest golf clubs to offer real-time online golf reservations through our portal.
Jurong Country Club is one of the few golf clubs here that offer night golfing. With their $3 million floodlight system with 720 lights strategically deployed throughout the entire course that renders a natural carpet of light, you can partake in one of life’s finest indulgences in cool, tropical evenings!
The course plays to a par 72 and is split into two distinct halves, with the clubhouse sitting snugly in the middle. The front nine, designed by British architect Frank Pennick, sprawls over heavily wooded hills and valleys with one major water hazard. The back nine, by contrast, is a green-carpeted plain. You can swing into widened fairways moulded with Zoysia grass running into the Jurong Lake that provides a velvet-smooth playing surface, and the incomparable Bermuda grass on the greens.
Starhill Golf & Country Club is only a short drive from across the Causeway. Favored particularly by Japanese golfers, the club boasts a 36-hole championship course complemented by a sumptuous spread of Japanese cuisine.
As it is one of the earliest Golf Clubs to be developed in Johor, the trees lining the sides of the fairways are now taller and maturing making the fairways tighter. The colonial styled clubhouse perched atop a hill commands a spectacular view of the surroundings.
This next course needs no introduction. Voted the best golf course in Indonesia and Asia’s 5th best golf course by Asian Golf Monthly last year, Ria Bintan Golf Club is a world-class golfing destination that keeps golfers captivated with its 27-hole championship course designed by Gary Player.
And the best part is – it takes you less than an hour to escape the hustle and bustle of the concrete jungle to find your golfing paradise in Singapore’s neighbouring island of Bintan.
We offer real-time access to tee-times at Ria Bintan Golf Club through www.clickateeonline.com. By booking the ferry separately by yourself (www.brf.com.sg), you will stand to enjoy savings of up to $5 per golfer over even the lowest daytripper package price offered by the club. Why not, since you are saving the club the effort of making ferry arrangements. You will still enjoy express check-in and immigration clearance, golf bag handling service and complimentary roundtrip transfers between Bintan Ferry Terminal and Ria Bintan Golf Club. So what are you waiting for?
Jun
6
www.clickateeonline.com/sembawang
We are pleased to announce the launch of Sembawang country club’s real-time, online golf booking facility for visitors. With her origin dating as far back as 1968, you can expect to be greeted by the natural landscaping comprising of mature Raintrees and a variety of palms at Sembawang country club. Despite its popularity, the green fees are relatively affordable, with Monday* specials priced at an attractive S$65, including buggy fees. So see you at the “Commando Course”, which is what it is affectionately named by the regular golfers. Book early to avoid being disappointed.
* closed for maintenance on alternate week
May
1
Welcome Keppel Club
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www.clickateeonline.com/keppel
We continue to grow our portfolio of golf clubs. Keppel Club is the second club to come on board in April.
Just 10 minutes away from the heart of the city, Keppel Club has been home to an appealing range of facilities for both the young and old for over a century. Its natural beauty provides golfers with an escape from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Given their proximity and good club facilities, their participation is going to be a big hit among the golfers in Singapore. I’m going to personally try out the course with some golfers I ‘met’ in Facebook on Friday.
May
1
Welcome Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore
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www.clickateeonline.com/sentosa
If Legends Golf & Country Club was the ignition for our business, Sentosa Golf Club was the engine that propelled us forward when we launched their real-time booking site on April 17th. We couldn’t have found a better club to endorse our product.
Undisputedly Singapore’s most exclusive and beautiful golf club; Sentosa Golf Club is the home to not one but two of the most scenic yet challenging golf courses in the region – Serapong and Tanjong. Serapong is the venue for Asia’s richest National Golf tournament Barclays Singapore Open. The completion of a year long multi-million renovation project has also resulted in state-of-the-art meeting and conferencing facilities and top class dining options. No where else can golf and business mix so eloquently, putting Sentosa Golf Club truly in a class of its own.
The inkling of this partnership marks a key milestone in the growth of clickateeonline.
Apr
24
Welcome Legends Golf & Country Resort
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www.clickateeonline.com/legends
The Legends Golf & Country Resort was the first golf club that commissioned us to create a real-time booking site for them in January 2008.
Located in beautiful Sedenak, Johor, an easy 40-minute drive from the 2nd causeway via the North-South highway, the resort is easily accessible yet remote enough from the hustle and bustle of city life. It It features a Par 72, 18-hole Jack Nicklaus championship course which is highly rated for its quality, including the number one golf course in Johor by The Business Times and the Top Three golf course in Asia by Asian Golf Monthly.