Ahoy there! Welcome. Welcome to the opening round of SGC’s golf tournament. Weather appears to have had an impact on participation. To say it again, weather has clearly influenced participation and obviously that’s not something anybody can control. Expecting cooler temps playing early this Spring but surprisingly, it was close to being an ideal weather condition if you asked the players who showed up last Sunday at Century Pines. There  were occasion of hitting balls to few wet spots in the fairway, but you’d be really unlucky enough to get your ball all muddied. With weather hovering up & down to low 70s F & high 60’s F, we heard no complaints from anyone. Wind was not a factor either. Golf balls were hitting and stopping with zero roll in the fairway and greens were receptive throughout the round. The only hitch that seemed to appear during the round was an advantage to hard hitters because of the lack of time for the ground to fully dry up due to rain for the past day or two that hit the territory. We timely finished our round as it rained cats and dogs as we were leaving for home.

The only drama on this day came when the question of who would be the eventual winner. Ed I. (pictured) who gutted out a round of net 67, thought it was not good enough to win the round as someone else carded a lower net of 66. Unfortunately that someone else was part of the whole foursome that got disqualified for hitting from the wrong location. After debating the disqualification for the four players involved, the Rule Committee’s decision stayed which most players thought that it was the right thing to do. The player who got DQ’d took the penalty like a real gentleman would together with three others and all claimed that it was nothing but an honest mistake. We agreed, case closed. Anyway to Ed’s credit, he began his season in earnest with a win as he was declared the first SGC opening round winner. Congratulations.

It was an attention-grabbing day for every one last Sunday. To everybody’s amazement, Pat D. offered to donate a green jacket to the winner of this year’s regular POY and another one to the Senior POY. Seho O. who contributed an extra $100 earlier to be added to the prize money for Senior POY, again confirmed that the money is to be used for that purpose.

Two former regulars looked to be coming back – PJ P. & Dave Nelson. A new member recruit by Seb Demelo, a young looking Sam Kim is a possible prospect. All three played last Sunday. SGC welcomes them wholeheartedly. From what we heard from the grapevine, more players are thinking of joining us. Let us see come deadline time how true this is going to be. At any rate you know what they say – the more, the merrier.

Every member was treated to a hamburger sandwich after the round. We would like to thank Pat D. for the nice treat as we do not get surprised by him anymore with his kind gesture. Ed I. provided the drinks as well. Seho brought cake slices too. Thanks gentlemen!

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. Membership fee is due next week.

2. Just a reminder for a round next week at Royal Ontario, tee time is 2:00 PM, split tees – 1^st tee & 10^th tee. Please be there early.

See you all next week.