Terrible weather conditions at Royal Woodbine last Sunday. In so many words to describe it, it was rain, rain, rain, nothing but rain. At some period of time, nineteen players plus two guests got reprieved by an intermittent rain but left the course with soggy and slushy conditions all throughout the round. Irritating convenience of putting raincoat on and taking it off, water dripping down your face while preparing for a shot, wet gloves, equipment and clothing; it was nearly a total wash-out. One good thing that came about yesterday was SGC had the entire golf course to ourselves. No one else was there – smart people huh? Also not to mention because of the poor weather conditions, SGC had already implemented ‘lift, clean and place’ for the players during the round. Softer greens meant to go after pins more aggressively, but it required to alter club selection by choosing more club to get more carry.

Sunday’s chatter: It was obviously a big day regardless of the unkind weather. End of the month – so much at stake – most especially to the Super Series players. They all showed up didn’t they? The bigger issue was soft conditions that had allowed for very little roll, making the course a haven for big hitters, and a monster for those who were not. Even though the rain created havoc during the round, it didn’t bother most players. As a matter of fact, a few replied with plenty of fine golf. So in tough, wet conditions at Royal Woodbine, two players grinded out a remarkable gross score of one over par 72. Manny Chea and Jimmy Manguerra both scored the astonishing feat last Sunday. Due to handicap differential, Manny C. grabbed the day’s lowest net prize. More news of these two lads later on this page.

It was decided that prizes to Super Series were to be handed out right after the round to due winners unlike the previous years where it was given at awards night. So who grabbed the prizes at stake yesterday? Here we go:

Super Series: Two Super Series in a row for Jimmy M. He now won SS 1 & 2. He also leads the race to POY this year. With a consistent good performance of late, this must be the year, right Jimmy? A long way to go yet chided those players in pursuit. Surprisingly, three players got to tie for second place – Paolo B., Manny M. and Ed P. I still picture ‘til now the bright smiling faces of these winners.

Nassau corners: Jimmy M. cornered the front nine and overall while Bingoy P. tied Joey C. to grab the back nine.

Closest to the pin: Unfortunately because of the confusion only one par 3 hole was contested. Manny C. got it the closest on hole number seven, Mind you, Manny also shot an eagle on hole number nine.

Month 2 winners: Rene Q. who was leading all the way for the month of June, showed up at the golf course but did not play at all. Rene must knew something we did not. He was caught by JC M. to tie for the monthly honours. Mike M. got enough gusto to snatch third place. If you heed anything with consistent good golf, these two M brothers are climbing up the POY leaderboard.

 

Congratulations to all winners.

Twenty-eight players including one promising new member got the thrills to play last Sunday at Royal Ontario golf course because of getting a break from the weather, finally. The weather men forecasted a day or two earlier of rain and thunderstorm all day. Never happened. They could be wrong at times and their noses getting longer every time they gave a weather forecast and the opposite happened.  At twenty-five degrees Celsius, it was kind of muggy and very humid. We could not complain. We’d take this kind of weather phenomena any day of the week…..er every Sunday. That was sure funny when you looked at the weekly weather forecast for the past month showing every day with sun coming out and no sign of precipitation except, yes except Sunday.

Sunday’s golf banter: SGC got this golf course eaten alive by its members as indicated by low scores turned in by the players. How could I say that? It was haunting though for I knew some of the players who could not get it going on this golf course had for sure shown us yesterday as if they were playing on the final day Sunday at the US Open. One memorable score simply aghast the membership when someone carded a net of 62. Dave Nelson who skipped the GTAA Interleague Tournament a Sunday ago outfoxed the field with that low net tally. SGC could have used that kind of scoring at the GTAA event, could we not? Dave N. is considered one of those who possessed the sweetest golf swings we have ever seen. Nicely done.

 

It was deliberated yesterday that it was a Korean Sunday. Sam K. convincingly took the Nassau front while Seho O. with that magic drink of his, captured the back nine. Not to be outdone ReyMac got the overall.

In the sharpshooting contest, again it was Sam K. got his mojo going by firing the closest to the pin on hole 8. Joey C. who also was the first one to be closest to hole 8 but got beaten by Sam, won the par 3 eleventh.

Bring your A-game next week as it is Super Series Sunday and the culmination of race to month two. Good luck to all.

 

 

 

Congratulations to the winners. Thanks for the round of drinks.

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2015 GTAA Interleague Tournament at Bethesda Grange Golf Course – over and done with. Players came and went – 137 of them last Sunday. First of all in behalf of SGC (Sierra Golf Club) members, a heartfelt congratulations to SOGA for winning the solid team championship. Extra appreciation to PHILCAN for hosting this year’s event. We all knew how hard it was to organize a participated sporting event like this one most especially without the cooperation of Mother Nature. SGC would like to thank PHILCAN President Junn Siao as well as his members for a job well done.

PROS & CONS at yesterday’s event: PROS – PHILCAN’s determination to continue to get going with this event that was plagued with rain all day. It was really pouring out there even before the shotgun start went underway but the downpour slowed down a bit throughout the round.  Mostly thought that this bad weather might cause a cancellation of this event and a re-schedule was in the offing but most of these probabilities were considered improbable. CONS – a number of different club members who did not bother lingering around until the ceremony was over. A slap in the face to a hosting club. Every participating player knew that this kind of event which happened only once a year was an all-day affair……or more. So please, spare us the excuses. Gone were the days of mutual respect and sportsmanship, you’d think?

SGC’s worthwhile effort to compete at last Sunday’s event was a tad fruitful after all. SGC was proud to thank majority of the members who showed up and supported this event. Golf as we all knew was not easy to compete as a team. So we looked at this on a different light – as an individual sport like as always. SGC bragged about the performance of two members who according to Junn Siao was the “best of the best” during the award ceremony as   he referred to the best gross score by a player. Jimmy Manguerra who posted an impressive gross round score of 77 romped away as the best player in the field. Guess who secured the second best gross? Our very own Rene Querubin who carded gross score of 80. Yes folks, these two SGC members provided the best one-two punch for the day’s event.

Other SGC individual winners: Rene Q. – Nassau overall net (67) score of class A;  Paolo B. – Nassau net (30) back corner of class A; Eddie I. – longest drive.

Ed I.

 

Congratulations to all winners. ‘Til then, see you next year.

Twenty-seven players couldn’t be wrong when they said that playing golf last Sunday at Maples of Ballantrae was almost ideal weather. Mother nature treated them with twenty-one degrees Celsius  temps – not so cold, not so hot. The golf course itself was another story though. Cement liked bunkers and most of the greens were jumpy with bald spot conditions. A cold front sweeping late afternoon start was no bothersome either as golfers always expected the weather to turn things around at any given time. I heard one of the players telling another player  “Stop complaining. Avoid hitting your ball to those bunkers. That’s all”. To tell you the truth, no one cared that much of the temperature & course conditions as everyone was raring to go after being futile a week ago due to a round cancellation at flooded Royal Woodbine golf course.

Sunday’s banter: It never failed that there was always someone who would make the best of the worst conditions and would get the last laugh. This time another Montilla topped Sunday’s tournament by carding a net score of 72. A younger J.C. Montilla following his big brother’s win two weeks ago staged a top prize for himself by winning the day’s award. JC M. must be feeling good as indicated by his net score that this golf course was surprisingly as pressing.

Nassau corners: A newly free from work obligations Rey P. as a retiree, took the front nine as well as tying Ricky R. for the overall. Coming from the abyss was Eddie I. who grabbed the back nine.

 

 

 

 

Closest to the pin: The ever consistent Ed P. seized hole number six as Seho O. who was aided by a ‘wonder liquid’ that he drank got the tenth hole.

 

 

 

 

Manny C. who regularly winning something like closest to the pin, shot an eagle on par five hole eleventh.

Sierra Minutes: SGC welcomes our newest member, Ron Wilson. A recruit by our 2010 POY champ, Paolo B.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Participating members in the coming GTAA Interleague golf tournament this Sunday are encouraged to arrive earlier than usual for registration purposes and for a quick huddle regarding SGC’s hosting this very same event next year. SGC wishes to thank members for supporting this event. Good luck and have fun.