HEAR YE!  HEAR YE!

SGC needs a mediator and a secretary volunteers for this meeting. Responsibilities:

Mediator: Able to chair & preside over the meeting.

Secretary: Note down the minutes discussed over the meeting and submit it to the President.

The meeting:

Agenda:

1. Election of Officers and Committees
2. Treasurer’s Report
3. Membership and Fee
4. Prizes
5. Courses and Schedule
6. Local Rules
7. Other items (Issues, GTA, etc.)

Date: Saturday, September 19, 2015

Time: 12:30 PM

Where: Please click the link below for details and for directions (map available).

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Was it a sign of old man winter reminding us that it was just around the corner? It was getting a little dark before thirty players including three guests finished their respective rounds last Sunday at Royal Ontario golf course. Otherwise, could be just the forecast for the day, hopefully so. Almost the end of August and with six more SGC games to go CNE opened last week, an indication of another school year opening real soon and then the Fall season. Perfect golf weather, with light breeze and the sun hiding behind the clouds for most of the day. For most souls that showed up got to think of this day as ‘must do’ to outplay everyone. With Super Series looming for next week as well as race to Month 4 waiting to be had, there was this tingling token running on everyone’s’ mind that this could be the time to win something for your own self before the season is over. Jockeying for post season awards I must say?

The Round: You’d think that a simple formula of getting good ball striking and a newly acquired putter for more improved putting would help his own cause of turning in a net score of 63. This was the case for Bong Munson who finished the round four shots clear of his nearest competitor. For the past few weeks Bong complained about his poor putting and he thought that with a new putter it helped outplayed his rivals for the tournament. A scenario of anything that you thought could aid you to improve was more than justified. Reminded me of one golf legend saying that the real golf course management happened six inches between the ears. Day prize deserving to Bong M. Worth mentioning as well was about the round yesterday was a sparkling gross score of 73 by Manny C.

Nassau contest: Bong M. with a stunning gross score of 39 in the front nine grabbed the front and overall. Sennix B. & Ricky R. were tied to win the back nine.

 

 

 

 

 

PAR 3 contest: Ross B. – hole 2; Nap P. – hole 8; Rey P. – hole 11; Jojo D. – hole 17.

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to the winners.

Race to Month 4: Bingoy P. & JC M. are tied with the lead with best three completed rounds so far. Ends next week.

SGC is entering the 20^th game of the season. Even with two earlier rounds cancelled, some players have completed 15 games – meaning stats are available for the most coveted spots in the three categories. Here they are:

Race to MIP: Two of SGC’s best players – Manny C. & Jimmy M. in the one two punch spot while Ed P. hoovering around in third place. The M brothers – Mike & JC are spotted fourth and fifth respectively with Manny M. bringing up the rear in sixth place.

Race to Senior POY: Ed P. who looked like a cinch to win this contest for the past few weeks is closely being challenged now by upcoming Joey C. Seho O. standing in third firmly. Fourth & fifth spots are anybody else’s spot.

Race to POY: The M brothers, Mike & JC are looking good sitting in first and second position measly separated by ten strokes. 18 strokes behind is Jimmy M. in third place followed by Manny C. and Ed P. in fourth and fifth respectively

Good luck to all in the running for the awards.

SPECIAL MENTION: SGC thanks the active contribution of these three members who play significant roles running the show week in & week out: Jojo Dizon, Jimmy Manguerra, & Bingoy P.

Yes folks, a good number of players showed up surprisingly to play golf last Sunday at Kingsforest golf course to compete in a fun “Blind Partner” contest held for the second time around because of popular demand. Thirty-one players to be exact including four guests enjoyed the beautiful thirty-two degree weather Celsius with the sun smiling brightly all day. SGC provided a light dinner and drinks for those players who decided to stay after the round. By the looks of it, it seemed that everyone appeared to enjoy this competitive assembly as far as this innocent looking & exciting contest was concerned.

The Game: What could you say about a player who showed up and played good steady golf every time during the past weeks? Mr. Consistent Ed Peñas was the sole owner of a net score in the 60s at Kingsforest golf course. This trending member at the rate he was going for climbing the winner’s podium regularly could be the envy of many weekend players at the moment. Well done.

Bind Partner contest: 1^st: Mar D. & Ed P. – 145 points; 2^nd: Seho O. & Nap P. – 146 points; 3^rd: Paolo B. & ReyMac – 147 points.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nassau contest: Ed P. prevailed over the whole field by winning the front nine and overall. Seho O. stole the back nine uncontestably.

Closest to the pin contest: Bingoy P. – hole 5; Julio R. – hole 7; Manny C. – hole 17. No one got on hole number 14 which was weird because that hole was the shortest of all par 3s contested measuring only 128 more or less yards.

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to all winners.

Race to MIP is also posted.

Royal Ontario with 1:30 PM start this Sunday. Do not forget to bring your RO ‘rain check’ with you.

Ahhhhhh…….dog days of summer. What would be the ideal thing to do in this kind of weather on a Sunday afternoon? Most people would be lounging in a chair holding a cold drink with one hand and spatula on the other while doing a barbeque in the sanctity of their own backyards. A few of us after a gruelling workweek, Sunday could not come soon enough. We would be somewhere out there trying to relax and get ourselves playing a round of golf. Yes indeed. Royal Woodbine golf course welcomed twenty-six players who sweated it out in a thirty-two degree Celsius temperature with a humidex reading of thirty-five. Oh boy was it scorching hot and muggy. How hot really was it? It was so hot that eight players comparably like the weather itself turned in sizzling net scores in the sixties. In golf mind you, there was no telling what it felt like carrying out a blazing feat like this. Well done members.

Let us start who did what yesterday. Amazingly enough these were the above eight mentioned players who closed out their respective rounds in the net sixties: (67) JC M., (68s) Lina M., Seho O., Ricky R., (69s) Paulo B., Manny C., & Rene Q. One more player who got the best of them to follow.

It’s worth remembering that golfers peak at different times. A low net score of 68 last week at Westview, Bingoy Peña did a compelling performance of duplicating his exploit last week but this time a lot better. He seared the course for a low net score of 64, three shots cleared of second place and consequently winning himself the day’s best prize. This one obviously served him as prime candidate by far for seizing Month 4 honours that would conclude in a three week time

Nassau corners: We got the two M’s in a sweep of this contest. JC M. proudly winning the front nine and overall; while Mike M. on odd occasion of joining this particular contest or any other side contest for that matter snatched the back nine.

 

Sharp shooters brigade: Bong M. – hole 4; Jimmy M. – hole 7; Jun P. – hole 10; Sennix B. – hole 14.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Announcement: This is regarding a slight change in the SGC’s local rules where it reads “Any error or omission on the scorecard will result in the disqualification of the player concerned.” What it means to explain to one of the errors that may happen: A player submitting a signed scorecard with a total gross score that does not match the actual gross score of that player faces a round disqualification. Example: A player’s actual gross score is 90 but signed for an 89 or 91 is disqualified. No need to change the wording on this rule. This is in effect starting next week, August 23, 2015 until the end of the season.

Please be prepared for a mandatory “Blind corner” contest this Sunday at Kingsforest as requested by popular demand.

Happy retirement to Renato Macapagal. Enjoy. Thanks for the food and a round of drinks.

SGC acknowledges the return of Julio Rodriguez. Welcome back.

Closest to the pin contest:

Hole 5:   Rene Q.

Hole 7:   Seho O.

Hole 11:  Manny C.

Hole 17:   Bong M.

Nassau:

Front & overall: Bert C.

Back: (Tie) Bingoy P., Jimmy M., & Lina M.

Super Series:

1. Bert C. 2. Paolo B. 3. Jimmy M. 4. Seho O.

Monthly:

1. Mike M.

2. Manny C.

3. Jojo D.

Congratulations to all winners.

 

A dry pattern with seasonable high temperatures hovering around 32 degrees Celsius allowed the course to play true. Winds were forecasted to be light. True as well. Twenty-five players plus two guests absorbed the searing heat with toasted dry fairways and faster green making almost every player a power hitter because of the unbelievably ball roll last Sunday at Royal Woodbine. Adjustment and control of shots that most sharp players displayed week in and week out in whatever the golf course condition offered, always got them up there somewhere in the leaderboard. Wouldn’t you call this process course management? We thought so. Most players that showed up for this sauna like circumstance got something to show for. That was the good news. The bad news……someone had to lose no matter what.

Sunday’s who’s who: Four players got it going Sunday……they all turned in net scores in the 60s – Ed P. (67), Rene Q (68), Joey C. (69) and not to be outdone of course is SGC’s defending POY, Jojo Dizon. A quiet early season for Jojo D. until now which earned him the day’s prize by shooting a whopping low net of 65. That was quite a noise he made with this kind of performance. It was so loud that it reverberated through the closing ceremonies of the Pan Am games! Even Kanye West wondered where it came from that out staged him for a moment.

Nassau contest: Front nine went to Ed P. This is a banner year for Ed who is constantly getting up there. He is already considered a lock with winning the Senior POY. Coming from the abyss as far as joining this contest was concerned, Manny C. got the back nine. Guess who won the overall? Jojo D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharp shooting contest:

Hole 4:   Manny Chea   Hole 7:   Ron Wilson  Hole 10: Ed Ilao   Hole 15: Mar DeVeyra

 

 

 

 

 

 

An extra prize deservingly went to Jimmy M. for firing an eagle on par five hole number nine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Better day is coming. It is called Sunday. Next Sunday folks. Why? End of the month with so much at stake – day prize, monthly, & Super Series. For those who have not joined Super Series, it is not too late. You can still make Super Series entry for this Sunday at Royal Ontario. Please be reminded that prizes are handed out to Super Series winners after the round right away. Rumour mill tells us that we might have seen the last of this golf course because of the way this golf course management treats SGC and on top of that the pricey green fee they charge us this year.

SGC is glad to see familiar faces playing with us again last Sunday – Paul Honoridez & Julio Rodriguez.

Congratulations to all winners.

It was in an article written by one of the golf gurus that there’s no better sport for bringing people together with its winning combination of exercise, personal challenges, competition and social interaction, than golf. It was stated also in that article that golf is the perfect tonic for good health and happiness. In Canada according to the latest survey of comparison of all sport, golf is the most participated sport by far. It’s a game for all ages and abilities. Plus its unique handicapping system allows people of different abilities to play and compete together.

Yesterday’s conditions: Sauna like temperature at thirty degrees Celsius at last Sunday’s round at Kingsforest golf course proved to be a bit bothersome for twenty-four players. Muggy atmosphere with pooled humidex of 40. (The humidex -short for “humidity index” – is an index number used by Canadian meteorologists to describe how hot the weather feels to the average person, by combining the effect of heat and humidity.) With only one SGC group finishing the round, there was a weather interruption of play because of threat of lightning and thunder storm. An hour after when everything cleared players were allowed to resume play and finished their respective rounds.

The Round: At times players would blitz a golf course and post good scores. Not this time. Indicative high scores turned in by most players, Kingsforest never stopped to surprise us every time SGC came here to play. Ed Peñas who fired the lowest gross score – aside from Manny C. – did not take long enough time to get back to the winning track by winning the day’s prize with a net score of 71. Ed P. who racked up multiple victories already in this young season is in good position for holding on to the Senior POY lead ‘til the end of the season. Who knows, POY is not too farfetched either.

Blind partner contest: Most members considered this particular contest as the most rousing competition. You got no control of who you’d partner but to score low for yourself and hope for the best. Called it stroke of luck, called it sheer blessing, or called it anything you wanted but the lowest total net score of this duo proved to be the ‘catch of the day’. This tandem of Mar DV. & Lina M. got the windfall of coincidentally selecting each other from the draw and went on to snatch the first prize unpredictably with a combined net score of 149. A distant score of 157 by Nap P. & Bert C. got them the second prize. Losing by a hair with net score of 158 to second place was the partnership of Bingoy P. & Seho O. who grabbed third place.

 

Lina M.

 

 

 

 

 

Nassau contest: Here he was again; Ed P. overwhelmed the field winning the back nine as well as the overall. He was graceful enough to let Bingoy P. win the front nine.

 Sharp shooting contest: Hole 5th – Dave N.;  Hole 7th – Rey P.;  Hole 14th – Mar DV.;  Hole 17^th – Ed I.

 

Ed I.

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to SGC for the round of drinks and dinner.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Jimmy M. is away so confirm your attendance for this Sunday at Royal Woodbine to Joey C. or use our web site. Deadline is this Wednesday. RW is a little fuzzy about no-show players.

Picture perfect scenario last Sunday at Maples of Ballantrae golf course – weather wise. With twenty-nine degrees Celsius temperature, twenty-two players couldn’t agree more. Atmosphere conditions were picturesquely ideal, all we had to do was get the low scores everyone was looking for. But when you thought that everything was going your way, at the end of a round there was always this someone who startlingly outshone you. That was golf, folks. What mattered most was how you strongly finished and felt good about it. A lot of regulars were missing in action due to previous commitment to other golf tournament happening at the very same time.

Sunday’s banter: Could this be a strong statement for Mike Montilla who was coming off a mediocre game last season? Well, it was now a distant memory. The question was what kind of season was shaping up for Mike M.? By turning in a net of 66, Mike got the day’s prize again. Yes, again – two weeks in a row for him. I bet you he was liking the direction he was headed. He now leads the POY race by significantly huge margin of seven strokes. Good news for other contending players as we still have thirteen games not accounted for. Bad news – cancelations will be a big factor working in favor of those who are in the top five.

Nassau contest: Manny M. with his enormously wide arc swing helped him won his front nine. A photo finish for four people who tied up for winning the back nine – Ross B., Sennix B., Jojo D, and Ed P. Everyone was outduelled by Sennix B. by seizing the overall score.

Ross B.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Closest to the pin: A new ruling on this contest was decided by SGC. If at whatever reason that one of the two par 3s is not won, prize goes to the player who shoots it closest to the other designated par 3. Anyway we had winners for both holes – Dave N. on hole number six; Sennix B. on hole number ten.

An exemption or a free entry for this Sunday’s Super Series for two people: Sam K. & Sennix B.

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

ANNOUNCEMENT: Mandatory “Blind partner” contest for all members playing for this Sunday at Kingsforest. SGC provides a light dinner after the round. Drinks not included.

Beautiful weather at long last at Westview golf course last Sunday that greeted twenty-six players with the sun shining brightly at twenty-five degrees Celsius. Not even a hint of rain for that entire week. Hopefully this kind of treatment from Mother Nature would last for the rest of the season. I could smell from around the corner of having luck bestowed upon the few of us in the upcoming ‘blind partner’ contest in about two weeks from now. SGC would like to remind everyone that this would be a mandatory contest to all players.

Sunday’s round babble: Someone was really coming to form lately. Mike Montilla with his newly built confidence turned in a net score of 66 winning the day’s lowest net score.  He was also mounting a startling charge in the POY race, two mere strokes behind the leader, Jimmy M. This ’15 season just got a lot more interesting as a number of players were making noise and displaying splendid performances. And October couldn’t arrive soon enough. It came with the territory of trying to gain a foothold of this prestigious award.

Nassau contest: It was about time to hear from someone else getting on the winning podium other than the previous constant frontrunners from aforementioned weeks. Bong M. with his day/night competitive aura, seized the front nine as well as the overall. Incidentally luck, wit and mystic got JC M. on the winning side again – this was his second time of winning something through disqualification. He snatched the back nine. Rub of the green, I might add?

Closest to the pin contest: This was somewhat weird. One of two par 3s, hole number five on Lakeland course was won by Bong M. The other hole, number four on Middle course was never contested – surprisingly none of the contesting players whatsoever got on the green. This was the second time in as many weeks that only one par 3 was ever won. Heard mumblings from certain players hitting from the blue tees of losing accuracy in their shots as most of the par 3s were 200 yards or more.

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

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.