What a view! I exclaimed, as I looked across the picturesque
reservoir from a vantage point near where my car was parked. It’s hard
not to be charmed by the scenery, which is no exaggeration.
What left me breathless was not the driving range, which in all
honesty, looks like any other typical driving range in Singapore. But
rather, it was the scenery of the reservoir, some 60 to 80 meters away
from the range.
Though the reservoir may be a distance away from the range, it
certainly does provide a well deserved distraction for the golfers,
especially some quiet time for reflection and post mortem for perhaps a
day of inconsistency at the range or the green.
Yet another massive advantage that the range has over its
contemporaries is its close proximity of only literally a stone’s throw
away to a nine hole golf course, which is also open to the public. From
where I was standing (ahem, by the male toilet), the undulating 9-hole
golf course looks inviting enough for me to work towards attaining my
own individual PC.
Now back to the range. The range consists of 20 tee-off stations on
the upper and ground levels respectively, and a well-stocked vending
machine. Other than another attraction of the short game facility
behind the ‘club house’ (which is FOC), the range is pretty Spartan. By
all standards, the tee-off mats doesn’t look that bad, but the balls,
with its dimples fast disintegrating, do need replacing.
As for grub, you will need to make your way out to the main road
(Sembawang Road), and with so many coffee shops like the ever popular
Am Pang Yong Tau Foo, and the Prata shop at Casuarina Road, just to
name two of the many others on offer, you are definitely too spoilt for
choice. Since when was food, or the lack of, ever an issue in Singapore?
