At thirty degrees Celsius at Lakeridge golf course it was a little too hot for a few of twenty-seven SGC members that showed up and played with that soaring heat last Sunday. A few of them who reside in the west end were also a bit reluctant of playing that day because of quite the distance to travel to this east end venue which is in the beautiful little town of Innisfil. But since it was a Super Series week and the conclusion of the monthly race involved, as well as facing difficulty of a challenging golf course, it didn’t matter anyway. Or did it?

One of the big hitting players, the muscular Steve Kim thought that this golf course was there for the taking and to his liking, mind you. Eventually finishing with a net score of 68, Steve grabbed the day prize. Together with Sophera Tuy with a net of 69, they were the only ones who signed their score cards in the high net 60s. As you guessed it, Steve also won the Nassau total net and shared the back nine with Sophera.

Other Nassau winners were the ever “show me the money” kind of guy Rey Plaza captured the front nine and as mentioned above, the up & coming Sophera Tuy shared the back nine with Steve Kim.

From L to R: Rey Plaza, Sophera Tuy

In the accuracy shot department, the sly Ross Bautsta never got challenged on the difficult par 3 seventh hole while the never giving up wily veteran Fred Halili got it the closest on the seventeenth demonic water infested hole.

From L to R: Ross Bautista, Fred Halili

But who has got the biggest fish of them all? Why it was none other than the smooth swinging Dave Nelson who narrowly beat two pursuers by two strokes and snatching the Super Series 3. Well done. By the way, Dave also got the best gross score of the day with an 82 followed by Joey Cruz with an 83.

In the consistency department – the Month 3 contest, it was Jun Paculaba who was leading all the way from the very start for four weeks but got caught at the very last game by who else, Steve Kim. These two gentlemen shared the top prize for this coveted contest.

From L to R: Jun Paculaba, Steve Kim

Congratulations to all winners.

For complete results of all the scores and winners, please go to “Year to date results”. We are past the halfway mark of our summer past time, and this is to remind you that the Blind Partner contest will be held on September 29, 2019 at Kingsforest.

BraeBen golf course because of its high elevation located in the heart of Mississauga city would give a nice view of its sprawling third largest city in Ontario. Despite its name, Toronto Pearson International Airport, which is Canada’s busiest airport, is largely located in Mississauga. The last time SGC played this golf course two years ago sometime in the Spring, it was a disaster – rain, devastating wind as well single digit temperature that created havoc among those players who showed up and played. This time around with twenty-six players, welcomed a nicer twenty-seven degrees Celsius with little wind. It was much nicer weather last Sunday, indeed. I guessed we learned from previous engagements how to use proper and timely scheduling.

This golf venue could give way to those golfers most specially with length off the tee. One of the big bashers, Jess Velarde who signed a net score of 65, one shot clear of Bingoy Peña and Seho Oh took advantage of the pristine conditions. He grabbed the day prize and with this first win in only seven starts, Jess also won the Nassau back and the total net. And what do you know, he brought along with him two bags of crispy fried pork rinds, (chicharron) together with garlic vinegar sauce that was devoured by everybody after the round. Thank you very much.

Seho Oh, who was a multiple winner a week ago captured the Nassau front nine with a net of 30. He, together with Jess Velarde and Bingoy Peña got exemptions for next Sunday’s Super Series.

Closest to the pin contest: Bingoy Peña got it so close on the par 3 hole seventh which had almost an eerie 20-foot drop from the tee box. Jun Paculaba who has five, six and seven strokes lead over Exe Navarette, Steve Kim, and Mike Montilla respectively for the monthly race, grabbed the thirteenth hole.

From L to R: Bingoy Peña, Jun Paculaba

Congratulations to the winners.

ANNOUNCEMENT: 12 noon start at Lakeridge this Sunday. It is Super Series week and the culmination of Month 3 contest.

Twenty-seven-degree Celsius temperature it was last Sunday, embracing twenty players playing golf at Royal Woodbine golf course. With the sun completely out there all day long and with a slightly prevailing wind pressing against our faces, it was ideal for a round of golf to relax and forget life for a while. There was a wedding party celebration happening at the same time with the speakers blasting out loud that you could hear them throughout the golf course. What this meant was since the patio and the entire bar was occupied, we couldn’t have drinks after our round. Anyway, time goes on so fast and before we even realized it, we are past the halfway mark of our summer past time.

Who earned a place with grit and tenacity that Sunday? Seho Oh did. He’s a fierce competitor with no hard edges. Considered by many as one of the nicest members you can get acquainted with, on and off the golf course. By the way Seho got game too. Why was that? With posting a score net of 67, Seho who boasts the slowest backswing I’ve ever seen, ended the day winning the day prize as well as the Nassau front net of 33 and the total net of course. Nice, very nice.

Fred Bataclan one of our newbies this year proved to be one of the most consistent players. He seemed to be at the top of the leaderboard every time he teed off and not going home empty handed. He won the Nassau back with net 30. Fred together with Jun Paculaba with both net 68, Seho with net 67, they were the only ones who netted in the high 60s.

Closest to the pin contest: Yes, we could say it again, Seho Oh got that shot closest on par 3 seventh hole. Another quiet player who was hard to notice when he played but you could only hear the sound hits on the ball with his golf club, Jun Paculaba won the fourteenth hole.

From L to R: Seho Oh, Jun Paculaba

ANNOUNCEMENT: Please come earlier than 12 noon tee time at BraeBen. We have 7 foursomes but booked earlier with 5 foursomes. BraeBen management was nice enough to accommodate two extra foursomes with possible tee off at first and tenth holes.

What else would you reflect upon after a week of celebrating SGC’c climb to the top of the golf news by winning last week’s GTA Interleague event? Continue playing or savor the nostalgic moment for the rest of the week? In case you did not know, since its GTA creation ten years ago, no GTA organization has won this event three times so far. From what I learned only four other organizations including SGC were twice winners. So, what do you think folks? Let’s not get carried away but it’s sure is something to think about – going first to get the big 3? Too early to tell but nice to peddle with the thought.

Twenty-three players enjoyed the twenty-five-degree Celsius weather playing at Kingsforest last Sunday. The members who showed up was treated by SGC to hamburger and chicken wings dinner complete with drinks after the game for the sake of somewhat appreciation for what we achieved a week ago. Not bad, not bad at all.

So, what happened after the aftermath? Playing to the beat of his own drums Jimmy Manguerra proved that playing on this difficult golf course, if nobody would take the honors, did not shy away taking most of the prizes. By signing a net score of 70, he got himself the day prize. Jimmy just joined a couple of players with multiple wins this year. With his performance last Sunday, he bagged Nassau front and total net convincingly as well,

 

 

Other Nassau winners: A scoring streak for the past three weeks was being held by excellent golf course tactician Exe Navarette who grabbed and shared the Nassau back with Sennix Bontigao. Sennix as we all knew kind of lost his grip for the past two months on playing intensely but showing as of late that look in his eyes of coming back.

From L to R: Exe Navarette, Sennix Bontigao

Closest to the pin contest: Mr. Consistency himself, Joey Cruz did it again by beating two others on the seventh par 3 hole. An ever humble Sophera Tuy claimed the closest shot on the fourteenth hole. Sophera, one of the new kids on the block was saying that it was just a lucky shot. Lucky or not, don’t sell yourself short. We all had that shining moment at one point or another, didn’t we? This combination of Joey & Sophera was the same combo that won two of the closest to the pin contests on June 16 at Copetown golf course.

From L to R: Joey Cruz, Sophera Tuy

Congratulations to the winners.