Rain. Rain. Go away. Come again another d…a….y. Sorry. Frustration just came over to most members before last Sunday’s round at Westview because of playing in wet conditions from the past few weeks. Be careful what you wish for. Lesson learned here was to never complain about the weather as we were granted good weather conditions last Sunday. Almost. It was so sticky hot and we feel pittance to those who walked the course. Most players must have chugged gallons of liquid refreshment during their round to stay focused & recharged playing in this kind of searing heat. Anyway, nice of Westview management to allocate a choice of small or large bucket of range balls with the green fee for all members who showed up – all twenty-eight of them. It had been a long time as far as we could remember since Westview bequeathed us with this little luxury as a matter of fact, since all times we played here last year.

ROUND: JC M. armed with a new handicap which was a product of poor showing at early stage, took advantage with a net score of 67. He beat Don D. by a stroke with Paolo B. & Jun P. closed by with net 70s. Nassau winners – JC M. who won the front tied with another player also seized overall lowest score. Don D. who declared himself of total hiatus for the month of June surprisingly showed up, snatched the back nine. A week before, Nassau winner at Royal Woodbine Levi M. felt he owed the boys rounds of drink because of the early closure of the clubhouse bar, linked with JC & Don in buying the members who stayed after the game deserving rounds of drink.

MONTH: Manny C. capping his round with a net of 71 did not give anybody a chance for monthly honours with a total of 210. Paolo B. together with Levi M. tied for second with best three net score of 215.

POY: After nine rounds completed, Manny C. with his excellent performance of late warned every one of good things to come. He caught up with previous leader Jimmy M. as they are tied atop the leader board with 673. A distant third is Ed I. with 685. Coming fourth and fifth respectively with total net scores of 691 & 702 are Seho O. and Jojo D.

SENIOR POY: Ah……..the newly born friendly anticipated competition for young onced. Exe N. with a total best net of three rounds of 232 together with Seho O. are tied for the top spot. Not so far behind is Mar DV tied for third place with another player at 236. Bong M. has taken a solo fifth with 238 while Rey P. took sixth place with a 240. With fourteen games to account for, it’s still a long way to go. Not too late for any senior who wish to join though your round will only count the day you register.

For those of you who likened to fire accurate shots, Bong M. announced to have the par 3 closest to the pin contest renewed again for next week’s round.

Congratulations to the winners and contenders!!

The threat that never was. Weather forecast was cloudy with showers that did not materialize at all last Sunday at Royal Woodbine golf course. It was blue sky and the sun was shining brightly at 21 degrees Celsius. Perfect weather? Maybe. The air was a little dense making ball flight shorter than expected. Most players who showed up admitted that watching the weather forecast a week prior to Sunday was doom and gloom feeling. They were not expecting sunny conditions as it was rain and more rain that particular week. Still hoping for a brighter day come Sunday, players committed to playing. To their surprise, Royal Woodbine was ready for them. But let us talk about the course. With most players still harbouring rain forecast hangover, the course was soaked and playing like a USGA event. Attendance was showing sign of steady uphill climb as thirty-three players showed up including two guests.  Given the least cooperation by the weather, lack of playing golf amongst members probably helped the cause.

Round: Somehow at all cost someone had to win. Jimmy M. got an extra award for himself by shooting an eagle on hole twelve par 5. Nassau winners – Levi M. got the front/overall while JC M. grabbed the back with a net of 44. Surprisingly, one senior member who was on a low scoring binge for the past few weeks was shaking his head after the completion of his gross round of 103. Rising from the abyss was an exhilarating gross round of 76 by Manny C. followed by second best net of solid 70 by Nap P.  Showing sign of increasing improvement from his previous performances was PJ P. with a net score of 72. Rey Mac got the exalted lowest net score of them all by signing his scorecard with 66. Pleased to see him back and playing good as well. Congratulations to the winners!

PJ P.

 

Monthly Race: Wow, this is something new! Very nice to see a fresh face leading the Month 2 race. Coming out of nowhere PJ P. garnered a three best net total of 220 so far overtaking the previous leaders. One stroke behind is Manny C. with 221. Striking distant tied at third place with 226 are Seho O. and Ed I. Nap P is not so far behind only a stroke back in fourth. This race is close for first and second only with only one round to go, don’t you think?

POY Race: Not too much change here folks after eight rounds. Jimmy M. still hugging the lead with Ed I. close in second place. Manny C. and Seho O. exchanging places with third and fourth positions respectively.  Julio R. was unseated by Jojo D. for fifth place while following behind them at seventh is up and coming JP P. Senior POY as promised will be posted after three rounds.

Meanwhile SGC gladly like to announce after being informed for next Sunday’s round by Westview management that our round is going to take place playing Middle to Lakeland courses running every ten minutes.

A memorable round of golf and spending a day with other friends from various golf club organization in the GTA. This important GTAA Interleague golf yearly event happened last Sunday at Deer Creek Golf Club hosted proudly by BGAT organization. More than a hundred players showed up for the event. Nice to see new and familiar faces while exchanging pleasantries, storytelling, and trash talking. All five golf associations that participated thank the support from its members, guests and most especially the volunteers in which without their dedication and commitment would not be possible to host such a huge event. Every member knows it was not easy orchestrating behind the scenes responsibilities as well as juggling pre-and post-dinner tasks. Not to mention coordinating with the host golf course when directing players with their needs making their stay and play a pleasurable one.

While all organizations agreed this is just a fun competitive event, the emphasis is just as much fun as it is on competitiveness.

SGC aiming to finish better overall this year or maybe who knows, winning the team championship altogether, but unfortunately SGC finished dead last in the team standings. All glitter was not totally lost with SGC as our very own Jimmy Manguerra won the longest drive, over 300 yards.

Class A: Julio Rodriguez placed tied for third with a net of 69 while Paulo Ballares tied for fifth gutting out net score of 70. Jimmy M. got beaten by a stroke for the best gross score of 76 with Manny Chea grudgingly posted 79 tied for fourth.

Class B: Top grosser for SGC in the B division went to Rey Plaza with a gross score of 93 tied for fifteenth. The winner had a gross of 82. PJ Paredes scored SGC’s best net of 74 nine strokes off the winning net score followed by Rey P. with a 75.

Class C: & D: SGC did not do too well in this division due to lack of player representation.

Good effort for these players!

SOGA ended up winning the team championship followed by Philcan, Talamak, BGAT, and with SGC bringing up the rear.

SGC’s commitment to this interleague play was not conceivable without the support once again by its members.

For more detailed results, please try this link: http://www.gtainterleague.golfleaguegenius.com/pages/11246

Date and Time: Saturday, June 8, 2013

Registration – 10:30am to 11:45am

Shotgun Start – 12 noon

Venue: Deer Creek South Course – Sapphire & Emerald Men – Blue Tees Women – White Tees

Reminder to SGC members:

Wear your green SGC uniform t-shirts with dark pants if possible.

LOCKERS & SHOWER STALLS ACCESSIBLE FOR PLAYERS!!!!!

DIRECTIONS TO DEER CREEK NORTH & SOUTH/DEER CREEK BANQUET FACILITY

2700 Audley Road North Ajax, Ontario L1Z 1T7 905.427.7737

FROM THE EAST

Highway 401 west to Salem Rd. Go north on Salem until Taunton Rd. Turn right onto Taunton and travel east towards Audley Rd. Turn left onto Audley. The driveway entrance is on the left hand side.

FROM THE WEST

Highway 401 east to Salem Rd. Go north on Salem until Taunton Rd. Turn right onto Taunton and travel east towards Audley Rd. Turn left onto Audley. The driveway entrance is on the left hand side.

FROM HIGHWAY 407

Highway 407 east through Brock Rd. and continue on Highway 7 towards Audley Rd. Make a quick right onto Audley Rd. and travel south. The driveway entrance is on your right hand side.