Another summer season to look forward to. Opening round at Century Pines welcomed twenty-one players with a feeble temperature of twelve degrees Celsius at tee time with the sun coming out intermittently out of cloudy periods. The wind did not help at all going to the back nine by making it a single digit temperature. This year for sure we lost a few members but rumours swirling around that horde of new members are hoarding around to join SGC this year. This one we ought to wait and see. Looks promising this year to greet members with new local rules, prizes, schedule, promises of new swings, game plan approaches together with a lot of chatter that transpired during the winter season. Some went out of the country to try warmer golf climate elsewhere. Before we go any further, SGC in behalf of the members would like to once again congratulate our last year’s winners:
POY (Player of the Year) Jojo Dizon
Senior POY Ricky Reyes
MIP (Most Improved Player) Jojo Dizon,
Lowest Gross Champion Jimmy Manguerra
So much for all the hoopla, what ensued last Sunday?
According to this SGC member it was two years ago when with a rational of thinking that his current golf swing looked dreadful to win, he asked the aid of a very “dear” friend to change things around. He said his sweeping improvement at the end of last year helped him in the season opening round of SGC’s new golf season. This member’s performance last Sunday was with a good amount of confidence. Ed Peñas remembered in particular the wisdom of calm as he was able to sustain down the stretch at Century Pines golf course. Ed awarded his heavy load of work the past two years with a win, carding himself the lowest net of the day of 65. He became the first recipient of the day’s lowest net prize which the membership voted back in to the list of prizes this year. It was a startling sweep as he took all of Nassau corners. We’d like to know who this friend was that abetted him with his swing.
Ed P.
Look Ma, no hands…..er keys. A funny thing happened at the golf course. This next story would tickle your fancy. No intentions of making fun or offense to players involved but this was just for clean fun of storytelling.
Mar DV. got locked out of his car at the parking lot of the golf course – a BMW mind you – keys, golf clubs, personal belongings and all inside the car. CAA was called but could not unlock the car. Car dealer was sought as well but to no avail either. Finally for the last resort Manny M. was nice enough to let Mar used his cell phone to call Mar’s son to come over to the golf course for the extra key and helped him get out of his misery. It was getting close to tee time so Joey C. announced to members that Mar could share clubs with his group – Pat D., & Eddie I. – because of his situation. Agreed, no penalty whatsoever. It turned out that Mar was finding it hard to adapt to using unfamiliar golf clubs in the front nine. I guessed nobody could blame him for that. Luckily his son arrived to unlock his car in time to get his golf clubs for the back nine. But surprisingly, lucking out Mar again struggled with his swing from the sudden club switch with his very own clubs in the back nine. To make the story short, somewhere during the round, on one of the holes, Mar was teeing off from the white tees when he mishit his drive that dropped close to the red tees. Eddie I. ready with a quip said wittingly to Pat D. “There you go Pat, you outdrove Mar without even hitting your ball”.
Sorry Mar, but you’re a good sport.
WANTED: A volunteer to run the par 3 closest to the pin contest. Responsibilities: Designate which two of par 3 holes for the contest; collect money for the contest before a round. SGC would like to thank Bong M. for running this contest for years.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Next Sunday, May 3, 2015 is the deadline for membership fee as well as the entry fee for the senior contest. Bingoy P., SGC treasurer, awaits you Sunday at Royal Ontario.
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Stay healthy folks, see you this weekend.