Another ideal weather conditions last Sunday at Royal Ontario golf course. Well what do you know, thirty more days and we are hopefully lucky to be blessed with the same idyllic weather temperature conditions. Going twenty-one games into the season, pretty soon they will all become distant memory. Thirty-one players dared to show up and more than most contested the biggest catch of the month – the Super Series. This golf course provided members the best playable situation as far as location was concerned because of its proximity to the west and to even to those who lived extreme east of the GTA.

If you happened to be playing golf for the past two decades, it was not easy not to hear about this wily veteran who belonged in the Filipino golfing elite. Jun P. got everything going his way last Sunday after he carded a net of 65. He must had been thinking, “I’m still here guys”.

Nassau: Alright, who made the most of winning this pressure packed Sunday? Joey C. & Sennix B. did not mind sharing the front nine while Ricky R. took the solo back. You know what they say, when you’re hot you’re hot. Sennix B. and Ricky R. proudly shared the winning lowest net total of 66.

Ricky R.

Sennix B.

 

 

 

 

 

Nassau format of 16 and under winners:

Front – Joey C.

Back  – Brian K. & Dave N.

Total  – Joey C. & Brian K.

 

Closest to the pin, par 3s: Brian K. got it close on the eight hole from the elevated tee box. Bert C. with sheer luck got the 105 yard eleventh hole without using a driver.

 

 

Month 4: As predicted Ricky R. captured the monthly honours while Sennix B. coming from nowhere to grab second place from Bong M. who came third.

Catch of the day……..the Super Series. Not sure what made Jun P. decide to join this contest at the last minute but he probably knew something we did not. He got his hand on this prize by blowing the field with net 65. With a tacky net of 66, Sennix B. and Ricky R. tied for second. And from the abyss, nice to see two enthusiastic seniors – Pat D. & Exe N.  shared fourth place.

Race to MIP: Guess who’s back in the saddle and fronts this race again. Jimmy M. capitalizing on a subtle performance by Jojo D. now leads Jojo by a mere 0.30 points. So far no changes with regards to the rest of runners-up. Dave N., Joey C. and Saed J. place third, fourth and fifth respectively. A reminder to these contenders – you cannot rest on your laurels for the rest of the remaining five games. By simply playing good and beating your handicap ensure your top position.

Race to Senior POY: This race also is getting interesting. Why? Nothing is conclusive until the very last game of the season. This is how it kinda shapes up.  Top five players are separated by ten strokes and less. We have a tie between Joey C. & Bong M. for the top honours. Seho O. lags in third place behind by five strokes while Ricky R. who is getting noticed with his performance of late sits seven strokes behind in fourth place. Bert C. drops down to fifth.

Race to POY: Who is going to blink first? Wish upon a star. Nothing is impossible. All these clichés come to place with still five games to go. Win the humongous fifty points in the offing and you are a lot closer to this prestigious award than you can imagine. In the meantime, this is how it played out after last Sunday’s round:

POS	PLAYER	BEST12
1	Manguerra, J.	306.767
2	Dizon, J.	301.667
3	Oh, S.	285.333
4	Cruz, J.	277.330
5	Munson, B.	275.700

 

Notice how the names of same people are mentioned in the winning podium most of the times? Simple folks – consistency. Good performance always is rewarded –that is the name of the game but nothing, nothing replaces playing for fun

Congratulations to the winners.

We all miss these two members – Paolo B. & Seb DM. Hope to see both playing soon.

ANNOUNCEMENT: A possible start of 1:30 PM at Royal Woodbine. Please come early.

Last Sunday’s SGC golf round at Ballantrae golf course was played in ideal weather conditions. Thirty-two players plus a guest relished a well scripted dreary day; few made it looked easy, others just simply enjoying company of other golfers but the rest of us while in the thick of things they called prize frenzy frame of mind, took pleasure in a business like sentiment. Scarce number of players could handle pressure and self-esteem while totally negating any frustrations after working for five days in a week prior to Sunday’s game. Sometimes when you get caught up in glitches of life itself, a release of energy like playing golf is one liberation to oneself that is admiringly revered. Ahhhh golf. Open spaces, fresh air, nice sceneries. Most golfer wives understandably hate it but a little massaging of the brain cures a bevy of things. Sorry, before I get carried away too much although I must admit for non-golfers of course they have their own way of enjoying their own summer or they’ll have to look for something else. At least we have something to look forward to every Sunday – an agreeable difference if you know what I mean.

Pretty soon racing daylight at the end of every Sunday’s round is expected to happen before long. What a blooming pity.

Here are the winners of last Sunday’s round:

Nassau: When I saw this guy’s front nine with seven pars, I thought this might be the big winner but surprisingly, Oscar J. took only the front. Mar DV had a convincing solo take of winning the back nine. Well how about this guy who kept on plodding along with consistent low scoring – Bong M. grabbed the overall tally by turning in the lowest net score of the day of 68.

 

 

 

 

 

Closest to the pin: Jimmy M. with a resounding shot on the sixth hole that beat all other; one fella after another got it close but to no avail until Saed J. shot the closest on the fifteenth.

 

 

 

 

 

Race to Month 4: Ricky R. leads it by two over Bong M. with one game to account for. Oscar J. sits six strokes behind the leader in third.

 

 

 

 

 

Race to MIP: Jojo D. still leads Jimmy M. by the same margin of 0.90 points as last week followed by the idle Dave N. & Joey C. third and fourth respectively. Saed J. who just completed his twelfth game, took fifth spot from Seho O. who drops down to sixth.

 

 

 

 

 

Race to Senior POY: We have a new surging leader. Bong M. with his lowest net of 68 took sole possession of the lead over Seho O. who displaced Joey C. from second place to third. Bert C. still in same spot in fourth followed by the creeping up fast Ricky R. in fifth.

POY: No changes here at all for the top five contenders. Jimmy M. still sitting precariously at the top by less than six points over Jojo D. followed by Seho O. and Bert C. third & fourth respectively. Joey C. tailing in fifth.

Under 16 contest:

Oscar J.  – Front nine

Bong M. – Back nine

Julio R.   –  Total

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to all winners.

ANNOUNCEMENT: In behalf of the members, SGC would like to thank the Dizons (Don & Susan) for their hospitality shown last Sunday at their place after our round of golf. It was a memorable evening indeed.

Super Series next week. Good luck to all.

After a rainy day prior to SGC’s last Sunday round, it was the opposite for round eighteen at Kingsforest golf course with the weather cooperating dreamily as the sun shone brightly but with a little cool slight breeze to treat the twenty-eight players plus two guests a taste of cosy atmosphere while playing the game we loved. Perfect. Just perfect temp conditions to play golf. It had been good so far on the Hamilton Peninsula, which had been graced with surprisingly good weather every time we came here and played. We strongly hope for the same kind of weather treatment for SGC’s Grand Finals happening here on the very same venue sometime in Octoberrrrrrrr. Brrrrrrr….get it?

Well, it was “Blind Partner” week that happens once every summer. This compulsory contest induced by SGC was one of the favourite match-ups for participating members occurring at Kingsforest. Winning top three pairs were selected randomly with the total of lowest net scores. Sheer luck was the most intriguing part to win this contest, mind you. Losers…er…I mean everybody got treated by SGC with light dinner composed of salad, fries and the ever famous Kingsforest’s  chicken wings.

“Blind Partner” winners:

1. Don C. & Ricky R.  – 136
2. Bert C. & Exe N.     – 141
3. Sennix B. & Rey P. –  142

 

Nassau: Ricky R. is most certain what he needs to do to repeat his 1988 triumph at this year’s tournament. However the likelihood of multitude of things needed to fall perfectly into place for him to do it is not too far fetch, is it? One step at a time, baby. By shooting net of 63, nobody even bothered to pester him by winning all corners – a sweep. All in a day at the office. Good work.

Closest to the pin: Jojo D. marvellously got so close to the long fifth hole while Bong M. starting from an earlier start in second group fired the closest shot on the fourteenth.

Race to Month 4: Bong M. energetically leads by three strokes over Ricky R. With two games to go, Ricky with total lowest two net scores of 131 seems the one to beat.

 

Race to MIP: Jojo J. broke a tie with Jimmy M. and now leads the contest after last outing. These two are battling it out for the top prize as both face critical phase for whatever games are left. Remember the saying, “If you snooze, you lose”. Pressure. Pressure.

Race to Senior POY: Now this is very interesting. Four players are only separated by six points. The come-from-nowhere Bong M. caught up with Joey C. and now are tied atop the leaderboard. Mere two strokes behind is Seho O. Bert C. sits in fourth place six behind the leaders. What a race this is going to be.

Race to POY: Call it “Guess what – I’m contending” or “I’m in it – I could be the one” mentality. Anything is possible with this wide open race – I mean I’ve never seen this POY race so close that top 20 players are mathematically still could be vying for the most coveted award of the year. Surprisingly at this late stage of the season, nothing is insurmountable to accomplish the deed. Seven games left – rewarding yourself with imposing performances together with that 50 huge points, earning it twice or more could bag you the top trophy. Impossible? No way – so let’s go people! By the way, Jimmy M. still leads Jojo J. by the slimmest of margin of less than four points.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Next week’s Ballantrae round – please confirm your attendance early if you have not done it yet. If not, you will be forced to pay your green fee for almost double the price at the clubhouse.

The ever accommodating Dizons (Don & Susan) are opening their hearts and home again this year after our round for a heartily little dinner at their place.

Congratulations to all winners.

Was this the only grumble we heard about Tangle Creek golf course? That it was too far? It only happened once a year and considering thirty-three players were in attendance that day it was not so bad after all. Could not talk about anything else as this writer was out of town and no one fed anything at all to me except the scores. All I know was the sensational performance of one member as indicated by his score.

Posted previously about this member who was showing early signs of dramatic competitive substance by contending every time he played. The fact is, if he played regularly he could be the one to gain all of the SGC accolades. Oscar J. closed out with a net of 62 to earn himself the solo 50 points.

Nassau: Oscar J. was nice enough to share the front nine with Ross B. and Jojo D. but Oscar overwhelmingly took sole position of winning the back & overall.

 

Race to Month 4: The rise of quiet play of Bong M. got himself the lead by a mere stroke over Saed J. & Dave N.

 

Race to MIP: A tie that seldom happened between Jojo D. & Jimmy M. proved to be a close race. This folks is the race that is so uniquely different. Even a slight poor routine to a round would reflect nastily to the player’s status. Manny C. who just registered his twelve games was following close in third place.

Race to Senior POY: Another close race concerning only three members. Joey C. surviving the last round by leading Seho O. by two strokes while Bong M. in steady third place seven strokes behind the leader. Mathematically, there is still hope to catch the front runners for other senior members with eight games to go.

 

Race to POY: If you ask me, this race is anybody’s race to surmount. Why? With eight games to go and winning two huge 50 points or more could put you in seventh heaven while the front runners are in the idling mode. Jimmy M. with a touch lead over Jojo D. of less than five points sits warily at the top followed by Seho O. and Joey C. Dave N. with his resurgence of late grabbed fifth place.

ANNOUNCEMENT: If I’m not mistaken it is “Blind partner” contest at Kingsforest next week.

Congratulations to all winners.

A race against time. It is happening folks when time sometimes can make you feel losing that distant memory in a wink. Where have all the sixteen games gone? Yes they are resolutely in the past, our summer golf season is just nine games away. Chiller days are reminding us lately what is eventually expected to happen. Again another threat of rain last Sunday at Royal Woodbine’s round of golf that did not happen. Thirty players plus two guests showed up but most were prepared for the rain forecast bringing with them rain gears. Better to stay dry than wet, was what they were saying.

A start of new beginning for Month 4 contest. Manny M.

Manny M.

who was very close third in his last two starts prior to last Sunday had disheartening runner-up finishes looming over him from Nassau corner victory, but this time he fared quite well. He finished with a net of 62, capturing his first triumph for a solo top 50 points earner. He was later quoted saying “I finally won after trying in sixteen games”. Could not happen to a more deserving man.

Nassau: Ricky R. proved that perseverance could return good dividends by winning the front nine. Manny M. racked up his winning for the day grabbing the back and overall.

 

 

 

 

Closest to the pin: The emergence of Bong M. of late fired a shot close enough to steal the fourth hole par three while a tie was declared for both Pat D. & Saed J. as winners of the tenth hole.

Good but not a great day to play golf last Sunday at Maples of Ballantrae. Why did you ask? There was a threat of heavy rain downpour in the afternoon according to the weather network that never materialized. With the weather forecast lingering around our minds prior to the round, we finished play without a hitch except for a few bolts of unhappy angry lightning that kept on threatening the golf course when there were only two foursomes left to play. Mind you, the sky opened up and did rain continuously on our way home after a brief stay at the clubhouse for a round of drinks. With one guest and thirty-one members that showed up and played, this Sunday was the most important Sunday of the month for the members because of the prizes at stake to be had.

Ah….this was the big one that got away, to most wishful players. We heard grunts and sighs of frustrations to most competitors who had a lot of high expectations coming to this round but never got things going. Few had better rounds but only to find out to be bested by other few carrying a healthier game plan and executing well. This was golf at the cruelest form. But sign of good times are still waiting as there are ten more games to be accounted for.

Now let’s talk about the people who performed glowingly at this pressure packed Sunday. Nice to notice from seldom mentioned members who lurked in the background just playing, having fun and not thinking so much of winning until this day. Two members who just made good just found out that their swing securely stored from the archives was good enough to garner them the top prize – Saed J. & Ed P. Both players shot the lowest net of 65 with the former being the passive one and never enters any extra SGC contest; and the latter who seldom joins any contest picked the right time to do it. Both players earned 45 points each.

NASSAU: Ed P. capitalized on a good showing by seizing the front & overall. Bong M. & Seho O. were tied to snatched the back nine.

Closest to the pin: Joey C. without sign of slowing down took hole ten while Dave N. took care of the more difficult hole 14th.

Month 3: Seho O. with a net of 68 stole the top spot from the leader  a week ago Dave N. who turned in a net of 69. Don C. coming out from nowhere placed third.

Super Series 3: The coveted top spot convincingly won by Ed P. by shooting net of 65. Losing by a lousy stroke were Bong M. & Rey P., both shooting net of 66 tied in second place. Tied for fourth with a net of 68 were Don C., Fred H., JC M., & Seho O.

Race to MIP: Jimmy M. still sits comfortably in first place followed by Jojo D. Joey C. & Julio R. stand in third place while Seho O. brings up the rear in fifth place.

Race to Senior POY: With ten more games to go, this is still anyone’s contest to conquer. Joey C’s narrow lead with Seho O. is dissipating to just four strokes from twelve strokes. Bert C. is far behind in third followed by fast charging Bong M. in fourth place. Bingoy P. still holding on to last place fifth prize.

Race to POY: Not much change with this contest after fifteen games so far. Jimmy M. sits atop followed by the idle Jojo D. Joey C., Seho O., & Bert C. parked in third, fourth, & fifth respectively.

Congratulations to all winners.

Another wet Sunday at Westview golf course with thirty-two players able to tee it up including a guest. The weather treated us fairly after all as the sun came out in the latter part of our round. This golf course according to most members was one of the hardest courses we played for the last few years. It was just too bad that Westview surprised us with an increased green fee this year as compared to previous years. One more game is in the offing for us sometime in September for this golf course.

SGC wants to jog your memory for those of you who made the Yolanda typhoon pledge for the Philippines’ calamity fund. We are getting past the halfway mark of our golf season and you have until October to fulfill your pledge.

Getting back to Sunday’s round, Dave N. topped the tournament by turning in a net of 67. He also leads the Race to Month 3 by four huge strokes with best 3 net scores of 203. With one more game left, Dave is being chased by Joey C. & Seho O., both with a total of 207. Big solo 50 points awaiting Dave for his lowest net of the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nassau: Ricky R. who just won last week’s front nine got the back this time as well as the overall. Joey C. likened this golf course as one of his favourites, made sure to win the front nine.

Joey C.

Julio R.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Closest to the pin: Joey C. again firing the shot that won hole 7 at Middle course. Two in a row now for Julio R. who had a habit of shooting it close to long yardage par 3s. He achieved this on Lakeland’s hole 4.

POY: No changes here at all. Jimmy M. still holding on to that precautious lead with Jojo D. sitting closely on second place. Joey C. switching positions with Seho O. with third and fourth places respectively. Jimmy currently also leads the Race to MIP.

 

 

 

 

Senior POY: This is getting worrisome for the rest of us now as how many times Joey C’s name is being mentioned on this page. Last week Joey led Seho O. by as much as four points. Joey increased his lead with a net of 69 against Seho’s net 75 last Sunday by deserving twelve humongous points. A surprising surge by Bong M. got him the fourth place followed by Rene Q. in fifth.

Super Series is next week folks. Not too late to enter this contest. Best of luck.

Congrats to the winners.

SGC is now officially at the halfway mark of the summer golf season. A good number of players showed up and played Kingsforest golf course last Sunday. As a matter of fact twenty-five members were able to tee it up. Some members were committed to other two golf events that were simultaneously happening and surely with the intention of supporting worthy charitable causes. The sky opened up and then came the rain downpour for brief minutes at the early round. After that the sun came out and turned to sticky hot afternoon altogether. The golf course was still not really in tip top shape most especially the fairways which are missing a lot of patches of no grass since we played here a month ago. You were just out of luck if your ball happened to stay in one of those.

Anyway, regardless of the not so ideal venue situation, the best story line here was a performance of one new member who fired a gross score of three over par 75. This piece by far was an exultation of Brian Kim’s credential as a superb golf player.

 

 

 

 

 

Nassau: First time winners catapulted in winning the corners unexpectedly. Ricky R. skillfully took the front nine while Bert C. grabbed the back and overall.

Closest to the pin: If you think a senior member could not hit it close to a 192 yards par 3 hole, you were wrong. Fred DLR fired with gusto to win the 5^th hole. As far as the back nine 17^th hole was concerned, nobody could get on the green until the 4^th flight of players took their turns. Julio R. was in this group and had no problems hitting it close that no one from the groups that followed could beat.

Race to Month 3: With only two rounds to go, Dave N. took the liberty of pushing himself ahead by shooting a net of 70 giving him a lead of a mere stroke from Seho O. and Bert C. Two others players four strokes behind are Joey C. and JC M.

Race to POY: Same faces sit atop the power lead halfway down – Jimmy M. Jojo D., Seho O. & Joey C. Anybody’s game to win it all.

Race to Senior POY: It looks like this is a race for two people right out for Joey C. & Seho O. Both possess a huge margin from those running from third place and down. Unless someone shoots the light out of the remaining games, this could be the game for either of the players mentioned above.

Congratulations to the winners.

 

SGC tourney travelled east last Sunday to play the very same venue where Super Series 3 is to be held in three weeks at Maples of Ballantrae golf course. Thirty players showed up including two guests. Players with intentions of grabbing SS3 prize got a good look at this course hoping for an effective plan to masterfully contend and win a prize for the coming event. For those who just wanted to get solace from a hard everyday grind at work or at home, this was the ideal occasion to relax and unwind. No complaints about the perfect golf weather, no excuses not to enjoy the weekend outing. It is one of the reasons that golf has come to mean so much to myself and many others.

So we had the round of golf and winners we should have. Three members got their mojo going by outduelling the field with a net of 66 – the ever relentless new member Don C., our promising & young buck Sam K., and the sweet & smooth swinging Dave N. All looked good to earn themselves huge 41.667 points each.

 

 

 

 

 

Nassau: Never giving up Joey C. stole the front nine with ease. Don C. with his impressive low net of 66 grabbed overall and tied the wily veteran Mar DV. for the back as well.

 

 

 

 

 

Closest to the pin: Bert C. won the tenth and the newly dubbed “Mr. Closest to the Pin” guy Bingoy P. hit a clutch shot on the harder of the two holes fourteenth hole.

Race to Month 3 is posted and if you’re interested, MIP results is also available. This maybe the info you need if you think your game is sliding down a bit or not. No, I did not mean the big “S” word.

Senior POY: These two seniors are playing the musical chairs game. Just a week ago it was Seho O. who had the lead by one stroke over Joey C. But Joey’s net of 67 against 68 of Seho got Joey the lead back. Interesting and a good race although we have a long, long way to go.

POY: It looks like Jimmy M. got a foothold of this contest. He leads for a number of weeks now with Jojo D. running close. Also in contention are the seniors mentioned above – Seho & Joey. With a solo win next week by anyone of the contenders it could change the scenario. Good luck to everyone.

We thank Pat D. for the nourishing fries after the game and also a round of drinks provided by Nassau winner Don C.

Congrats to all winners!

 

After a short rain drizzle midway in a round and at 27 degrees C, it really got muggy last Sunday at Century Pines golf course. Most of the twenty-eight players who showed up and played scorched the golf course, scoring wise. This golf course with a very reasonable green fee unpredictably had given members a good ribbing from past events SGC played here. Noticeably players took advantage this time around got their wishes by scoring low from what seemed an easy setup from this golf course. Well let’s see who got themselves positioned for a start of a new race for month three. Time flies when you’re having fun as we are nearing halfway mark into the season.

Exe N. still gregariously hot from previous outing a week ago, closed-out with a net of 64. Seho O. who claimed after the round that this was the first time he beat someone named Jojo D., echoed the same net score of 64. This proved to be the lowest mark for that day. Impressive showing by both seniors.

 

 

 

 

 

Nassau: Seho with that incredible net of 64, snatched the back and overall. Another senior, Mar DV, inspired by a new club – a driver – took the front nine convincingly.

 

Closest to the pin: Seho again showing hard work of practice rifled an accurate shot on the fifth hole to take the honour, while another senior, Don C. beat Seho’s on the fifteenth by a hair of a margin.

This must be senior’s day. Way to go fellas!!

Race to Senior POY is shaping up as ten games are all in. Seho leads the way by two points over Joey C. Far third is a tie for Bingoy P. & Rene Q.

SGC welcomes back Levi M. for his first official game of the season.

Congratulations to all winners.