When things settled with gorgeous playing conditions last Sunday at Glen Cedars golf course at twenty-eight degrees Celsius, there were lots of no shows with only twenty-three players showed up. No surprises here if scores were at the lowest since this golf course offered less difficulty compared to others. As a matter of fact, to attest to this summation, competition was fierce as four players closely carded net scores in the high 60s namely: Steve Kim (66), Mar DeVeyra (68), Rey Plaza (68), & Jess Velarde (69). Worth mentioning was the 79 gross scores of SGC’s best, Manny Chea and Jimmy Manguerra.

From L to R: Steve Kim, Mar DeVeyra, Rey Plaza, Jess Velarde, Manny Chea, Jimmy Manguerra

But in the skim of things where it mattered, Steve Kim started to get on a roll and grabbed momentum. You gave this guy a chance, he took the chance, ran away with the day prize with a net score of 66. Steve won the previous week with a net of 68 making him multiple day prize winner together with three others. He won the Nassau back nine and the total net scores which were mirror wins of a week ago. Game is finally rounding into form, isn’t it?

Rey Plaza who was on a tear since we started back in May, won the Nassau front nine credibly. He also leads Joey Cruz by four strokes in the SPOY contest.

In the closest to the pin contest, the quite solid and stoic Manny Chea got the par 3 fifth hole. On the sixteenth hole, this was a bit of perplexing result as two players – Dave Nelson & Jimmy Manguerra shared the prize. I was told that no matter how many times they measured those two shots, it came up identical. Anyway, it was nice of them to get the tie decision.

From L to R: Manny Chea, Dave Nelson, Jimmy Manguerra

MIP (Most Improved Player) department. There is a little irony in this contest as well. Maybe it’s still too early to tell with nine more games unaccounted for. With fifteen games gone, there were only two players qualified with all the required criteria to win this contest. Bingoy Peña leads Joey Cruz by 0.0322 points. Joey with the completion of fifteen games, leads the POY contest. Just to remind you folks, he is contending to whatever contests SGC offers. Isn’t this called consistency? Darn right.

From L to R: Bingoy Peña, Joey Cruz