At twenty-two degrees Celsius with slimmest of shower falling in the middle of the round, twenty-five players were aspiring for a good round of golf for it was the end of the month at Kingsforest golf course last Sunday. Temperature at this time of year reminds us that September is here expect cooler temps plus the daylight gets shorter and shorter. Well, as the saying goes – “Time flies when you’re having fun”. Five more weeks of playing golf and our summer pastime will be over. We worry about that later and in the meantime enjoy whatever we can.

When you are lackadaisical, the golf game is cruel. Dave Nelson was not thinking about that. He made sure that he was spot on with his game because plenty of prizes at stake riding on a single game. For most players, it was a deciding factor to make or break. Dave Nelson did make it, convincingly signing a scorecard with a net score of 69. Let’s see what a net score of 69 could do. He topped four others for the best four finishers to win Super Series 4 contest. That was two in a row for him as he also won Super Series 3 a month ago. A week before last, Dave with a net score of 70 for third place was one of five players expecting to win the Grand Finals. While others fizzled and with that virtuoso net-69 performance last Sunday at Kingsforest, he accumulated an aggregate score of 139 to capture the Grand Finals championship. With no one else matching his sparkling performance for the day, Dave won the day prize as well. Surprisingly enough this was the first time he won the day prize. Let me see, he won the day prize, Super Series 4, & the Grand Finals. Not bad take for a day, was it?

In the Nassau corners department, Seho Oh captured the front nine with a net score of 33 while the back nine going to Rey Macapagal with a net score of 32. Nassau total net score of 70 was shared by Ross Bautista and Julio Rodriguez.

From L to R: Seho Oh, Rey Macapagal, Ross Bautista, Julio Rodriguez

Major contest updates: Dave Nelson still leads the POY race for the second week with smashing ten strokes over the second placer Joey Cruz. Seho Oh became a solo leader in the POY contest after last Sunday over Joey Cruz by meager three strokes. A new leader emerged after Steve Kim just registered his fifteenth game of the season. Steve leads Jun Paculaba by a whopping 0.0461 points.

Fro L to R: Dave Nelson, Seho Oh, Steve Kim

Closest to the pin contest: Steve Kim was one of only two players that made it to the par 3 seventh hole green but his shot was closer than Exe Navarette’s. Jojo Dizon’s shot on the par 3 fourteenth hole awarded himself the prize for his effort.

From L to R: Steve Kim, Jojo Dizon

Month 4 Contest: Even without playing for the last two rounds of the month, nobody but nobody could still get passed the best three net scores of 201 recorded earlier in the month by Manny Chea. He won by three strokes over his closest pursuer, Steve Kim. By the way, the record was set by Bingoy Peña a year ago with aggregate score of 198.

ANNOUNCEMENT: For those playing next Sunday at Glen Cedars, tee off time is at 1:40 o’clock PM.