Punggol Range..whats going on there??

park at the mini stadium gallery?

mengteck71 wrote:

park at the mini stadium gallery?

yes, there are alot of options there....but why should we be doing that? Even if we want to go makan at the zhe zha after driving range we continue to pay for parking....

@ Iszomb
bt batok can redeem parking. i think 1st 2 hrs or 3.

Acemangill wrote:

mengteck71 wrote:

park at the mini stadium gallery?

yes, there are alot of options there....but why should we be doing that? Even if we want to go makan at the zhe zha after driving range we continue to pay for parking....

Maybe they think that staying at NE golfers more wu $$$...

nevertheless... still a nice place to go to coz there are lots of other things to do around there

pippin wrote:

nevertheless... still a nice place to go to coz there are lots of other things to do around there

Like wat???

prawn fishing... and eat KFC loh

pippin wrote:

prawn fishing... and eat KFC loh

and left side got resturant .. but not nice

pippin wrote:

prawn fishing... and eat KFC loh

Too ex for me to drive there to eat kfc...

beehome wrote:

@ Iszomb
bt batok can redeem parking. i think 1st 2 hrs or 3.

Office hour free first 2 hrs

After office hour free

But must redeem parking from the office at L2. Just insert cashcard will do.

Correct me if im wrong

Punggol range is own by SLA, SLA being kiasu because surrounding areas car park
and HDB car park are all paid carpark! SLA being kiasu implement paid carpark, making
Punggol range at a disadvantage compered to Bishan, OCC and Toa Payoh. I drove there once only, thereafter I dont visit there. Poh brothers are stuck, no choice but stay till contract expire.

Occasionally I would cycle there with my small golf bag spend $6.00 maximum 90 balls
Than I would leave..

I would rather go OCC when they have offer one to one, bought
$100.00 worth and can use for a long time!
example OCCC $10.00 = 178 balls
$100.00 = 1780 x 2 = 3560 balls ( 1 for 1).

iron eagle wrote:

Punggol range is own by SLA, SLA being kiasu because surrounding areas car park
and HDB car park are all paid carpark! SLA being kiasu implement paid carpark, making
Punggol range at a disadvantage compered to Bishan, OCC and Toa Payoh. I drove there once only, thereafter I dont visit there. Poh brothers are stuck, no choice but stay till contract expire.

Occasionally I would cycle there with my small golf bag spend $6.00 maximum 90 balls
Than I would leave..

I would rather go OCC when they have offer one to one, bought
$100.00 worth and can use for a long time!
example OCCC $10.00 = 178 balls
$100.00 = 1780 x 2 = 3560 balls ( 1 for 1).

but OCC not near to Sengkang/Punggol Resident

I would prefer OCC although I stayed near Punggol range due to its auto tee system..

The one for one is also a great deal.

Cheers

Seriously ponggol range is minimalist ... Utilitarian ... So live wit it?

if i stay in punggol i will just go there.. beats driving in traffic and spending an hour on the road... i rather spend that time i hv to spend travellin on something absolutely useless like stare at the wall..

if the hoardes of families are occupying the bays i will jus stay away from those...

life is too short to make it any more complicated... esp for $3 parking... just not worth it.

my two cents...

Now that u guys spelt these out, i realised ive been topping up alot of cash cards recently due to the expensive parking in punggol.

This uncle whom seem friendly teaching everyone how to play golf, when he 'teaches' one bay, the next 12 bays can hear him. im not even sure if he is the trainer or the shopkeeper.

I remembered some ranges have signboards stating rules like keeping voices down.

The putting mat upstairs is for kids to run around.

The drift car (hyundai) looks quite funny but i kinda like it.

Begbie wrote:

if i stay in punggol i will just go there.. beats driving in traffic and spending an hour on the road... i rather spend that time i hv to spend travellin on something absolutely useless like stare at the wall..

if the hoardes of families are occupying the bays i will jus stay away from those...

life is too short to make it any more complicated... esp for $3 parking... just not worth it.

my two cents...

Gd sayg!
My same tot too.

mtm wrote:

Now that u guys spelt these out, i realised ive been topping up alot of cash cards recently due to the expensive parking in punggol.

This uncle whom seem friendly teaching everyone how to play golf, when he 'teaches' one bay, the next 12 bays can hear him. im not even sure if he is the trainer or the shopkeeper.

I remembered some ranges have signboards stating rules like keeping voices down.

The putting mat upstairs is for kids to run around.

The drift car (hyundai) looks quite funny but i kinda like it.

This uncle is the salesman from world of golf telling me how his club can swing me instead of the other way round. It is quite irritating as sometimes when we just want to drill to correct certain mistakes and he keep telling us what we did is wrong.

hkhamateur wrote:

Begbie wrote:

if i stay in punggol i will just go there.. beats driving in traffic and spending an hour on the road... i rather spend that time i hv to spend travellin on something absolutely useless like stare at the wall..

if the hoardes of families are occupying the bays i will jus stay away from those...

life is too short to make it any more complicated... esp for $3 parking... just not worth it.

my two cents...

Gd sayg!
My same tot too.

In a nutshell, punggol never used to have a range and many golfers have to travel east to NSRCC or north to OCC. There is the element of additional time for driving, cost of petrol etc..

I rather look at it now there is an additional convenience of having a range option nearby that we can go for a quick fix and sort our swing out and go home within time for our family dinner,, outing etc...

With us being so busy with work and golf itself takes another half a day or more, convenience of time is priceless...

I suggest our punggol resident golfers look at it this way..

1. When we have more time go OCC or NSRCC, more quieter and more exclusive with free parking.
2. When we need to do a quick turnaround, Punggol its gonna be... with an additional $3 for parking. (as for the uncle , you can always tell him nicely to shut the f**k up)

I'm not staying in punggol and do not have any range nearby that I can use other than NSRCC Changi or MBGC since Laguna have been only for private members... and mind you, NSRCC do not allow non members to range there on weekends...

So having a convenience of a range near my place albeit paying for parking will be super.....

Have a good day and a good round of golf..

iron eagle wrote:

Punggol range is own by SLA, SLA being kiasu because surrounding areas car park
and HDB car park are all paid carpark! SLA being kiasu implement paid carpark, making
Punggol range at a disadvantage compered to Bishan, OCC and Toa Payoh. I drove there once only, thereafter I dont visit there. Poh brothers are stuck, no choice but stay till contract expire.

I do not think it is in SLA's interest to own a range. They have leased their land where it does not figure in the next 3 years of the State's master plan. Therefore, they auction it off publicly pockets of land for lease on a 3 year rolling contracts. This was picked up by an investor, whether it is the range itself or someone else - whether there is parking or not it is down to the lease holder or the range.

With modern technology, anything is possible they can always provide facilities to redeem car park charges. That itself is not being done and secondly, the rates are high.

ahnah wrote:

but OCC not near to Sengkang/Punggol Resident

Well, if you go through Jln Kayu-Seletar ---OCC looks and will feel like the backyard of Punggol...eh. Nice pleasant drive as well.

Acemangill wrote:

ahnah wrote:

but OCC not near to Sengkang/Punggol Resident

Well, if you go through Jln Kayu-Seletar ---OCC looks and will feel like the backyard of Punggol...eh. Nice pleasant drive as well.

Now not so nice, because the road wider. In the past, you'll feel like in countryside.

enwee wrote:

Acemangill wrote:

ahnah wrote:

but OCC not near to Sengkang/Punggol Resident

Well, if you go through Jln Kayu-Seletar ---OCC looks and will feel like the backyard of Punggol...eh. Nice pleasant drive as well.

Now not so nice, because the road wider. In the past, you'll feel like in countryside.

damn you are hard to please

Acemangill wrote:

ahnah wrote:

but OCC not near to Sengkang/Punggol Resident

Well, if you go through Jln Kayu-Seletar ---OCC looks and will feel like the backyard of Punggol...eh. Nice pleasant drive as well.

Strange... from OCC, Ponggol looks like the backyard of OCC too!

blee wrote:

Acemangill wrote:

ahnah wrote:

but OCC not near to Sengkang/Punggol Resident

Well, if you go through Jln Kayu-Seletar ---OCC looks and will feel like the backyard of Punggol...eh. Nice pleasant drive as well.

Strange... from OCC, Ponggol looks like the backyard of OCC too!

from where i stay... punggol looks like part of occ...

and punggol is backyard of tampines/simei... lol