Whether you are a golf fan or not, you cannot fail to be moved by the story of golf icon Nazamuddin Yusof.
PETALING JAYA: Nazamuddin Yusof became a golf pro as an impressionable 19-year-old in 1976 with just RM800 to his name.Then, the jockey of a racehorse named “Not to Worry” teed things up perfectly for him.The horse won, and he pocketed nearly RM8,000. He did not have to worry anymore and was on his way to the 1978 Asian circuit.
He set his sights on the Asian circuit to play with the best Asian, European, American and Australian players under different climatic conditions in 10 different countries. “It was as if there was a message of reassurance for me, a fledgling golfer who just turned pro, and given my dire straits, worried if I would succeed.Nazamuddin said it was a one chance in a million: if he won, the Asian circuit beckoned; if he lost, he would be broke; and his pro career would have ended even before it could take off.
It was his first club but he just hit around with not much interest. Football was his rage, and he was the striker in the Perak under-16 team that won the national schools championships in 1972. “That was when I told myself I could do better than them, and I hit 600-700 balls daily,” he said. “That was the start of my golf journey.”
To find out why he was playing poorly, then Malaysian PGA president and high court judge, Abdul Hamid Omar, became his caddie in the second round.To make matters worse, his brother Sahabuddin and their teammates Eshak Bluah and Batumalai weren’t doing well either.
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