Golfers training at AKA Trio Klang Driving Range during the night.

(Source: Facebook / AKA Trio Driving Range)

KLANG – Driving range offers golf lovers a place for them to practice their swings without moving from one place to another so that they can swing their clubs as much as they can. Just to find the sweet spot when the clubface (a part of the golf stick that is a flat surface that is meant to strike) hits the ball. Golf is a sport of precision, consistency and stillness.

With the recent announcement of Movement Control Order (MCO) 3.0 by the government, AKA Trio Klang Driving Range estimated to lose approximately around RM50,000.

The spike in the number of COVID-19 cases recently in Malaysia has reached the highest number of 6,000 cases daily since the pandemic started. A two-year-old company that just took over from the previous management driving range is one of the recreation and sport facilities that got affected by the MCO restrictions.

The view of the AKA Trio Klang driving range.

(Source: Facebook / AKA Trio Driving Range)

AKA Trio Klang senior manager, Fikry Yusof, believed that since the government decided to suspend any golfing activities on May 12 , the AKA Trio Klang Range has put them once again in a crawling situation to survive in this pandemic without any possible side income.

“During MCO 1.0 last year, we lost approximately RM50,000 and with the recent announcement of MCO 3.0 on May 12, we are about to lose another RM50,000 this time.

Fikry Yusof, senior manager of AKA Trio Klang Driving Range.

(Source: Berita DIMENSi / Syukri Ariffin)

“Although we took over the driving range management, we still have to pay the rent of the place in the usual amount with no discounts despite any decisions the government decided and not to forget that we also have to pay the water and electric bills too,” he mentioned during the virtual interview by one of Berita DIMENSi’s journalist recently.

“The rent and the bills has already cost us around RM20,000 alone and this is not including maintenance costs for the building’s wear and tear,” he added.

Despite everything bad that has been happening throughout MCO, everything turned out fine during the holy month of Ramadan. Within a month, the driving range managed to recover and double up on profit from the amount of money that they had lost before.

“I hope the driving range will be one of the recreation and sport sectors to be opened up as soon as the MCO is lifted,” he said.

However, golf related operations must strictly comply with the Mandatory Standard Operating Procedures once the MCO is lifted to ensure that the spreading of the virus can be stopped completely and effectively.

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