In Memoriam: SGC in behalf of its members send condolences to the family of Mel Catre who passed away last week. Mel C. was a long-time SGC member – may he rest in peace. For particulars about Mel’s wake, please contact Joey C.

Moving on, atmosphere surrounding SGC members was showing calming effect to the point of every one was saying “It’s about time”. Cheerful days were here again, weather wise to be exact. Round six at Tyandaga golf course received twenty-one players with a whooping twenty-four-degree Celsius temperature with the sun cooperating, shining brightly all afternoon long.

A repeat of last week results happened again. Another splendid showing of last week’s winner. Mar DV. closed out with a net 69. He topped the Sunday tournament by three shots over fours players – Manny C., Ed I., Mike M., & Julio R. who all secured second spot with a net 72. A cruising runaway win for Mar who out ranked them age wise by almost a decade or more. Vintage wine much better tasting did you say?

Nassau: C’mon now who else would do it? Mar DV. of course, who romped away with the overall score as well as the front nine. Bingoy P. who was showing good performance of late took the back.

Par 3 contest: Ed I. got the closest on hole number three; Rey P. with another consistent sharp shooting binge since last week took the thirteenth; Joey C. who now won two in a row shot the closest on hole fifteenth.

Race to POY update: Jojo D. leads by four strokes with 442 over Joey C. and Ricky R. with 446 total in six rounds.

Race to SPOY update: Joey C. and Ricky R. battling it out but both tied in first place with 446 after six rounds. Rey P. running third with 450 followed by Bingoy P. a mere stroke in fourth place with 451.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENT: Deadline to submit your entry fee on June 19, 2016 for the GTAA Interleague tournament to be held the following week, June 26, 2016. Members show your colours and participate. We are hosting this event. GTAA event counts as your fifth game in SGC’s Month 2 contest.

What a superb day to play golf last Sunday. Was it the water or was it the weather? Must be the weather. First of all, with four games going into the season we almost gave up on people joining us this year. Declining attendance was a real concern every time we teed off for the first four weeks. Bad weather conditions unfortunately augmented to the daunting thought. It made us to believe that a dwindling membership would take place this year because of mother nature. But lo and behold, a twenty-two-degree temperature with the sun smiling at us for the whole day welcomed twenty-seven players including three guests at Royal Woodbine golf course. Most of all, we were all surprised and jubilant to see Pat Deoca, Fred Halili and Exe Navarette joining us this year. Welcome back boys! With three more members in anticipation to return later on, it’s gotta be the weather. Not bad. Not bad at all.

From all the results at day end, it looked to be a fruitfully senior day. From the scent of BenGay cream rising up in the air, it was deemed to be a day for the ‘young onced’. Kidding aside, these seniors had not forgotten to tell everyone that they were still around swinging hard and effectively. Mar D. and Rene Q. both kayoed the field with a net score of 69 clipping Jojo D. by a stroke. Another senior, Bingoy P. captured fourth place a stroke behind third place.

Nassau contest: Who else but Mar D. grabbed the overall net score. Watch out for a new member of this golf course who is going to present us with good score the next time we play Royal Woodbine – Rey P. He convincingly won the front nine. Sssssh…… he did not want us to know that he became a member this year. Not to be outdone, Jojo D. took the back.

Monthly contest: This was one contest where consistency must persevere for a streak of five weeks. Ricky R. and Jojo D. showed that form of playing consistently, rewarded themselves by winning Month 1 with both amassing total best net three scores of 212. Mike M. stayed in third place a mere stroke behind.

Super Series: Ever wanted to catch a big fish? This was it. Again, who else could have done it? A hot string of good luck and cleverly play, got Mar D. going capturing the title. Jojo D., Bingoy P. and Ricky R. placed second, third and fourth respectively.

Sharpshooting contest: This might sound weird but both Dave N. & Manny C. landed their shots closest on the fourth hole, declared both shots equidistant to the pin. Huh? Rey P. added another win for his second of the day with his shot being closest on the seventh hole. Dave N. got his precise shot going on again on the tenth while nobody got closer than Joey C’s shot on the fourteenth. Manny C. who I heard got scope secretly attached to every club, got the fifteenth.

 

 

 

Congratulations to all winners.

ANNOUNCEMENT: SGC declares that Super Series 2 is to be held on Sunday, June 19, 2016 at Glen Cedars. This schedule is shortened by a week due to GTAA Interleague tournament that SGC is hosting the following Sunday on June 26, 2016. The first week for the Super Series 2 collection is doubled as well as on that day it is being held.

What was it with this golf course? Last Sunday at Crosswinds golf course, a weather phenomenon just happened. Eighteen players showed up and was greeted by mother nature in a very odd way. Why? This was what occurred during their round – hail after a sunshine, then snow after sunshine, then hail again after rain, then sunshine after snow. Jeepers man, that was what happening all day long. Not to mention the howling wind making it a lot cooler most especially on the fifteen hole where it was blowing like you were at the exhaust end of a started huge jet airplane. Temperature wise during the week was not so bad after all as it averaged around fifteen degrees Celsius but not that Sunday and that Sunday the last time we played Crosswinds. Just too bad, most players likened the idea of playing this golf course but the weather did us no favour at all. I heard one member saying “This was the worst golf condition I ever played with.”

Anyway regardless of what happened, we were going to have results no matter what. Many cheers to those players who braved the weather conditions and finished their respective rounds. No quitters reported.

I believe for one that this person who performed well under this conditions was good enough to win the scoring title for the day. Dave N. who seemed to treat that day as another day at the office signed in a net of 72. What bad weather did you say? Dave after the game never showed that he was perturbed by any distraction at all.

Others winners: Eddie I. who looked so relaxed after a week from Panama took the Nassau front nine and overall. Seho O. who is known for shooting good score consistently, grudgingly captured the back nine.

 

 

 

 

We thank the winners for the round of drinks they provided for those who stayed after the round.

SGC would like to officially welcome wholeheartedly our newest members – Allan Man and Sopeara Tuy. Good luck to both.

Super Series is this Sunday. Late entries are still welcome.

Announcement: In behalf of SGC members, we would like to send our condolences to the family of Ross Bautista for the passing of Ross’ mother Dolores. May she rest in peace.