SGC got the best of the playing conditions at Royal Woodbine last Sunday with our two o’clock tee time. The weather was a little cooler than usual but darkened skies calm conditions and alas, showers threatened at the latter part of the afternoon but did not happen. Most of the thirty members who showed up with three guests took advantage of using rain check vouchers granted by the golf course nine weeks ago due to unfortunate storm winding up with a round cancellation. Some played for free, others paid minimal amounts.

ROUND: You know what, it is nice to see a wily veteran getting back to his “those were the days” form after suffering from different physical setbacks from previous years. Jun P. who is having a monster month, shot the best net of 64. In the best gross score category, Jimmy M. ranks with one of those players who practices and works hard, finished the day with best gross score of 74. Worth mentioning as well were good net score efforts from Don D. (65), Ed I. (66), Manny M. (68), Dave N. (68), & Mar DV (69).

NASSAU: Don D. with impressive performance so far, seized overall as well as tying the front nine with Manny M. Ed I. appeared to notch another prize by snatching the back.

CLOSEST TO THE PIN: Manny M. got it going early by really shooting it so close on the par 3 fourth hole. Bingoy P. who up to now could not still believe his luck, got the closest on the tenth hole. Both gents birdied the hole.

MONTH 4: Jun P. who entered the Sunday event trailing Dave N. by huge five points capped the honours with a blitzing net of 64 winning it by three strokes over Dave. I was in awe and happened to witness Jun’s run for the monthly title as I was in a couple of times in a foursome with him. Don D. with another good showing jumped from fourth to grab final prize of third place.

POY: Not so much happening here as top four leaders stayed all the same as they were a week ago. Only change was the final spot of fifth place that went to Paolo B. (878) dropping Seho O. (882) to sixth place tying PJ P. who still looks promising to contend for the final spot. Top four: Manny M. (854), Ed I. (858), Jimmy M. (861), & Levi M. (872).

SENIOR POY: After completed ten rounds, Seho O. (743) now leads followed closely by the unstoppable Jun P. (745). Mar DV. (746) tied with another player in third place and Exe N. (761) trailing in fifth place. Projection still stands that the surging Jun P. will end up atop the leaderboard challenge by Bingoy P. who still leads everyone in all eight rounds he played.

MIP: It is only a matter of time before this player gets to the trophy presentation and Manny C. holding the trophy up high. Statistics show in reality that there is only one person who can mount a likely challenge to Manny’s feat with six games to go. Jimmy M. who is still a tad to improve his ending handicap index will have to post low scores in the remaining games.

Inspiring to see most of SGC’s contests are tightly and well contested. Hats off to support of people who made our event off to a very good start. You very well know who you are. As far as the competitions go, everyone is still looking forward of competing for whatever is offered. I still see enormous fire in those player’s eyes trying to catch up with the leaders and no one seems giving up that easily.

We welcome back Rey P. to our Sunday past time after a very long hiatus.

Congrats to the winners!

Westview golf course last Sunday proved to be not so ideal for most of the twenty-five players plus one guest that showed up and played. It was the pre-announced aeration of the greens that drew the most player’s ire. Greens did not cure that much on our tee time as putts and chips were hopping all over the place. On the positive note, on the day of sunshine with no breeze at all weather was very nice. Golf course management figured that giving SGC $10 markdown on green fee as well as free buckets of range balls would ease the anguish a bit. It seemed that few players were not affected by the green conditions as low scores were posted. “Everyone was playing the same course and players who were the least affected by the conditions would post better scores” one of the players said. No arguments here about that. Adjustments, adjustments and more adjustments to consider and succeed.

ROUND: After starting slow in the early part of the season, Julio R. finally showing his true grit by grinding a splendid 80 gross score. Saed J. and PJ P. both delivered a brisk net score of 68.

NASSAU: Julio R’s final point concluded by winning the front nine and overall. Joey C’s net of 70 netted him the back nine.

RACE TO MONTH 4: Dave N. who is steadfastly leaving anyone else behind is projected to win Month 4. With only a game left, Dave is a runaway leader by huge five points. Grudgingly, two players saying ‘not so fast there Davey boy’ are still there and will not concede easily are Jun P. and PJ P. Both have total net of 211.

POY: This race is going to be an interesting one. Five people are tightly bunched together at the top of the leaderboard. Manny C. who remained idle last Sunday still leads by two points. Ed I. grabbed the sole position of second place from Jimmy M. who was idle as well dropped down to third place trailing Ed by two points. Tied for distant fourth twelve points behind third place are Levi M. and Seho O. Racing up furiously to catch up with the leaders is PJ P. who had a good run the last few weeks. If you believe, nothing is unreachable. Right PJ?

SENIOR POY: Not much to report here. If you ask me this is anybody’s contest to win so far. Contending players are having ‘night and day’ performances that no one could hang on the lead for a long period of time. One interesting note is one player who could be leading it by a mile is Bingoy P. If he completes his tenth game on a good note, he’ll win this one for sure. Bingoy leads everyone with his total net scores from game five up to his fully played eight game.

MIP: Kiss this one goodbye but for one Manny C. He has increased his improved league leading edge by a good margin even remaining futile last week. You only need twelve games to qualify and you are all set to win this contest even if you rest in your couch for the rest of the season. Ed I. stole second place from Paolo B. who dropped down way down to fifth place. Levi M. and Julio R. both tied for third place.

Congratulations to the winners!

So many storylines happened last Sunday at Kingsforest golf course. To make the day more interesting was the mandatory “blind partner” contest. It went on without any glitch as every player competing tried to post low score to match his/her low score with another player. Thirty players showed up plus two guests and enjoyed the beautiful weather offered by the Hamilton Peninsula. All members and guests relished dinner after the round courtesy of SGC. We have revered this golf course for a long time now and we appreciated the friendly starter services of Dave as we said our ‘til next year adieux.

ROUND: Would the result be more of the same this time around as far as who would score the lowest was concerned? NO sir. We have a new face unnoticeably making noise getting up there posting good scores. The way Dave N. hit the ball for the past week two weeks, finally got it together Sunday to carry him to a net 66. Manny C. who’s been a regular near or at the top of the leaderboard got the last laugh with best gross of 76. Amazingly enough six players – including Manny C., Pat D., Don D., Bert C., Jimmy M., & Jun P. primed with clutch shots and good determination all posted net of 69. Added: I did not realize that Jimmy M. grinded a gross score of 75 better than anybody else. Sorry Jimmy. How about this pic hah?

BLIND PARTNER: This once a year competition proved to be surprisingly anyone’s contest as nobody knew what the result was going to be. Three prizes were up for grabs. Deservedly, two partnerships tied and garnered the first place award. Partners of the two Mannys won the first prize together with Don D. and PJ P. Third place went to Mike M. & Bert C.

NASSAU: With a solid showing Dave N. took overall score winning also the back nine tied with Don D. Nice to see a fresh face taking the front nine, Ed P. with a net of 32.

POY: No ties for top twelve net scores so far after round seventeen. Manny C. leads Jimmy M. by a mere four points. Holding on to third place is Ed I. with Seho O. following closely in fourth. An upcoming Paolo B. grabbed final fifth place from Levi M. who dropped down to sixth place.

SENIOR POY: Seho O. still hanging on to the lead by as much as ten points to second placer Bert C. Mar DV. and Exe N. skidded down to third and fourth respectively. Looks like Jun P. has something to prove to move up with the leaders with strong performances for the past three weeks. At the rate that he is going, Jun P. is projected to take the lead next week.

MIP: What can we say about this fellow who looks like the only one improving by as much compared to other contenders? Manny C. who has made a habit of shooting consistently is good money bet to win this award for sure. Paolo B. who just completed his twelfth round of the year finally qualified for second place dislodging Julio R. to fourth place tied with Levi M. Ed I. who seemed to be in contention in any contest is in third place.

Fruitful day for a few but not for most. Well, there’s always next time.

Congratulations to the winners!

According to Jimmy M., we play Middle/Lakeland course combo at 1:30 PM. Due to the green being aerated currently in which they mentioned to be partially cured by the time we teed off, in the offing is a discount of $10 all around: $55 walking/$65 with cart. Not clear is free bucket of range balls. We shall see.

 

Good to know when SGC members felt that an incentive was to follow after last Sunday’s exhausting round at Royal Ontario with refreshing and delicious meal. Thanks to the Deocas’ hospitality, players enjoyed the happy hours dining, drinking, bonding and playfully playing cards with few ducats at stake at Pat’s place. Although the invitation was extended to every member few players did not make it due to prior personal commitments. Also in display were the two “green jackets” donated by Pat D. awaiting the winners of regular POY and the Senior POY.

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SGC is also proud to introduce its new members this year – Sam Kim, Brian Bontigao, Rene Querubin, and Dave Nelson who at one time was a member years ago. We welcome all new friends wholeheartedly to our summer past time.

ROUND: This blog did warn you boys earlier about SGC’s only rose among thorns racking up wins by posting low scores almost every time she showed up and played. Yes indeed, Lina M. definitely opened a lot of our eyes by carding another low net score of 65 after shooting 66 last week. Another veteran, Jun P. showed he’s still an authority to reckon with by posting net of sizzling 67. Admired that spectacular third shot by Jun P. on the ninth par 5 hole from the left rough to the left of the cart path with 130 yards to go swinging indiscriminately with his stance closed to the bushes. Stuck it less than three yards to the pin and made the bird. Oscar J. who seldom leaves his love nest in Niagara to play with us, had a good round with net of 67 as well.

NASSAU: Oscar J. rewarded by a good showing, clearly won overall with Dave N. taking the front nine and Bert C. took the back.

POY: One of these top five scenarios are in place after the sixteenth round it seemed. The focus again returned to the top two players. Manny C. and Jimmy M. are now tied for the lead with total twelve net scores of 879. Another switcheroo happened for third place as Ed I. grabbed third from Seho O. One member, Levi M. who came from nowhere stole the spotlight by climbing to fifth spot. Jojo D. who was holding the fifth position for quite a long period of time stumbled to desolation. Time to get up and show who the boss is, right Jo?

SENIOR POY: Good news for Seho O. who led this maiden contest by a hair of one point last week, increased his lead this time by six huge consoling points. Lagging behind in second place is Mar DV. tied with Exe N.

MIP: Race to Most Improved Player posted on our web a week ago requested by a member. Not much to say on this one except Manny M. seemed like the only one getting the improvement and going away with it. We’d like to see some of the young ones give him a run for his money.

Hopefully wishing that these players – Seb DM, Bong M. and Rey P. would join us play a round of golf sooner or later.

Congratulations to all winners!

Announcement for this Sunday’s dinner at Pat’s place after Royal Ontario’s round: Members are encouraged to show up and oblige to Pat’s invitation to a get together and dine as he promises an abundance of food and drinks. We are certain that even if you are not playing this Sunday, Pat is more than willing to accommodate all of us.

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Another perfect weather for the twenty-eight players playing golf at Kingsforest last Super Series Sunday. A funny thing happened in the parking lot on our way to the clubhouse. We thought that someone was selling golf stuff at the back of his car as members got the attention and milled around with curiosity. Well, it was Seho O. with a sack of fresh harvested corn in his car trunk offering members to take home whatever they could take. Nice one Seho and thank you.

We heard that a few members drove down to Ohio to watch Tiger Woods win the WGC tournament at Firestone.

ROUND: Someone in lemon yellow outfit attired from head to foot, shock the whole golf course, staff, players and even the cart yielding drink vendors were gazing with amazement at him. Everybody thought Ricky Fowler was in town but without the flat bill hat. The outfit must have worked because it drove the demons out of the golf course as Bingoy P. bagged the most prized big boy monthly contest, the Super Series.

The lowest gross round went to a coming from a vacation down south in Virginia, Manny C. We were all in awe at the clubhouse upon learning that Manny shot a remarkable one under par 71. Holidaying together with Jojo D., secrets came out that they were playing golf every day. I could be playing every day and still shoot twenty or more over par.

Special mention to Lina M. shooting net round of 66 trailed closely by ‘which Mike M. is gonna show up’ with 68, and the everybody loves Raymond errrrr…. I mean Manny M. with a 69.

SUPER SERIES: As mentioned above, Bingoy P. shot net score of 68 to take the coveted spot. Mar DV took second place with 71 followed by Dave N. with 72 in third place. Our newest member, Sam K. capped with net score of 73 stole fourth place.

NASSAU: Same yellow outfit won the back and overall. Exe N. who occasionally enters a contest, picked the right time this time by grabbing the front.

POY: Manny C. thanks to his net 64 catapulted him from fourth position to number one with total twelve net scores of 877 relegating Jimmy M. from atop the leaderboard to second place with 887. Meanwhile Seho O. with 890 and Ed I. who was idle this week with the same total points as last week of 896, switched places as third and fourth respectively. Jojo D. stayed in fifth place. No other faces are threatening to catch up as the tourney is winding down.

SENIOR POY: Ahhhh….reaching out for the stars. One member right now is possible of achieving the feat of winning POY and the Senior POY. Seho O. still leads this contest and still aspiring to win the regular POY as well. But the battle for this Cinderella contest is shaping up tightly with only three players separated by merely three points. Seho controls the lead with total eight net scores of 601 followed by Mar DV with 602 and the ever smooth swinging Exe N. with 604.

Again we appreciate Don D. for the distressing task of collecting “funds” week in and week out. Thanks to the winners for round of drinks and fries.

Congratulations to the winners!

It was decided that the conclusion of the Senior POY contest slated on September 29, 2013 to be extended one more round to October 6, 2013 at Ballantrae golf course. Suggested by our prez, Joey Cruz to have it extended a game in lieu of the cancelled round at Royal Woodbine on July 7, 2013. It was presented, approved by the seven senior members who showed up at last Sunday’s round at Kingsforest.

An invitation also was offered to all SGC members coming from a good hearted member, Pat Deoca to have his annual dinner at his place right after Royal Ontario’s round of golf on August 11, 2013. Pat D. as announced earlier, committed as well to donating two “green jackets” for the winners of this year’s regular & Senior POY. Fact or fiction? Did we hear from reliable source that Pat made a personal donation worth over $1000 of golf clubs to the golf fundraising event by FCT (Filipino Centre Toronto) two weeks ago? This is all facts folks. FCT was glad to confirm it and claimed that Pat had been a sponsor ever since the charitable FCT’s golf tournament started.  SGC proudly appreciates Pat’s charitable endeavor beyond our club’s reign of influence.

ROUND: Another perfect day around Hamilton peninsula for last Sunday’s round at Kingsforest golf course. Twenty-nine players including three guests enjoyed the weather as well as round of drinks after the round. Hopefully with good weather in the offing for the coming weeks we have got to see these players soon – Brian B., Seb DM., Bong M., Dave N., and Rey P.  We hope and wish that they may not be MIA too long.

NASSAU: A familiar face in the winning circle – Paolo B. won again taking the front nine. Bingoy P. tied Bert C. who won the overall, for the back nine.

MONTH 3 WINNERS: Ed I. who took second place in the very first month’s contest took the honours this time with total net scores of 214. Lina M. & Bingoy P. with 216 tied for second place.

POY: Jimmy M. still leads with total twelve best net scores of 889. Ed I. with a good showing last Sunday jumped from fourth place to second place with 896. Seho O. remained steady in third place with 897. Manny C. who was idle escalated down to fourth place with 898 followed by Jojo D. with 929.

SENIOR POY: No change so far after seven rounds with Seho O. leading the pack with total net scores of 524. The fierce battle is in second place. Mar DV. with 531 leads Exe N. by slimmest of margin of one stroke. Everybody else is in distant place with ten rounds still to account for.

Congratulations to the winners!

Weather wise last Sunday, no complaints. It was a perfect afternoon – not so hot, not so cold. Wind was not a factor either. No excuses this time for the twenty-three players plus one guest to enjoy Maples of Ballantrae golf course and expect a low scoring affair as everybody teed off from the white tees. We heard rumbling from other members that it should had been blue and white tees. People keep forgetting that it is stated in one of our local rules that yardage over 6500 for blue tees we all play from the whites. MoB scorecard exhibited 6625 total yards. Please understand that the ruling took effect this year contrary to other members uttering that we played blue and white tees the previous year. Unfortunately few members do not seem to heed SGC’s ever changing local  rules resulting to confusion and tactless finger pointing.

ROUND: Good weather, good scoring for most people. Two players – Don D. continued with his solid play and Manny M. took advantage of the nice weather while both men carding the lowest net scores of 67. Jimmy M. demonstrating that he may not beat players because of his low handicap, found other way to reward himself by shooting an eagle on the fifteenth hole.

NASSAU: Three players came out winning the front – Levi M., Manny M., & Seho O. Don D. who took solo back nine tied Manny M. for the lowest overall score.

RACE to MONTH 3: With one round to go, Lina M. in excellent form, played two good rounds sits atop the leaderboard with total net of 136 followed by JC M. with 140. Bingoy P. came alive in third with 144.

POY: Same standings for the top five as nobody lost position since last week. Jimmy M. still leads by two with total twelve net scores of 896 over Manny C. Seho O., Ed I., and Jojo D. placed third, fourth, and fifth respectively. If your total net scores for four or five rounds still hugging around with the leaders, you are assured of being in the position to contend with lots of games left.

SENIOR POY: No ties this time at the very top as Seho O. took the sole lead position with total six low net scores of 450. Mar DV. dropped down to second place with 454 followed by Exe N. with 459 in third place. With still ten games to go, this is still anybody’s title to claim.

As usual winners pampered those who stayed with rounds of drinks. Thanks to Seho for bringing those sweet lychees and large sugar tasting cherries. Bingoy P. provided some peanuts. Also thanks to Sam K. for the delicious cookies.

Congratulations to the winners!

Last Sunday’s forecast was for more sunshine, so much sunshine that the heat was a little overwhelming at Royal Ontario. Could had been ideal for pretty pictures on television if we were under the lights. Kidding aside almost all of the twenty-eight players and two guests enjoyed playing with the heat. Not to mention the irritating blood sucking mosquitoes.

Round: She came, she conquered, and then vanished into thin air after the round. Listen folks. If Lina M. would just play regularly, she would put all of us boys looking for a greener pasture somewhere else. She signed a round of net 65 then left the course immediately before the boys could sing their praises to her.

Closest to the pin contest: Mike M. took care of the front 8^th hole convincingly. PJ P. who was having a very lousy day scoring, rewarded himself by getting closest to the 11^th hole that put a smile on his face afterwards.

Nassau: JC M. had the lowest round of the day for those who participated in the corners contest. He took the back and overall with a net of 69. Three people – Jimmy M., Julio R., & Exe N. tied for the front.

POY: Jimmy M. wrestled back the lead by two from Manny C with 821 total eleven net scores. Sixteen points behind in third place is Seho O. three points followed closely by Ed I. In solo fifth is Jojo D.

Senior POY: It looks like these two people – Seho O. & Mar DV are the only ones interested in grabbing this maiden contest. Nobody else is making a significant move to catch up with these two. After five contested rounds, Seho & Mar are tied again at the top with total points of 380. A not so distant third is Exe N. with 389 followed by Bong M. with 390.

Drinks to everyone and some fries after the round courtesy of the winners.

Congratulations!

Due to torrential rain the entire golf course was deemed unplayable last Sunday. H2O was everywhere where most of the affected areas were the greens making it impossible to make putts. Usually cancelled rounds due to inclement weather, most golf courses grant their clients rain checks to be used for the next round they play. This depends on what hole your position of play at the point of interruption. The lesser hole you played, you get more corresponding free holes credited to you for your next round which is good for one year.

A funny thing happened while SGC played its round yesterday. It was a big member turnout even with the looming rain forecast. One member of the first flight got stuck with his cart in mud and water that he unluckily could not get out of. Finally when the weather got so bad that even those die hard golfers could no longer take, all of us gave up and headed for the club house. After confirming with the club house that the course was unusable we were all granted rain checks…..except for one member. He was obviously still stuck alone out there on the 9th hole still dripping wet. As a final point, he finally got rescued after an hour by the course staff as we were all getting worried for his safety.

We all gathered around him when he reached the club house to see how he was doing. He was told by a few members to get his rain check. He was asked by the staff what hole he was on prior to the round stoppage.

He smartly said and I quote, “I was playing the 6^th hole”.

ROUND: Two opposing players with dissimilar style – Mar DV. and Levi M., the former a veteran with finesse while the latter a power hitting machine, both showed grit by scoring the lowest net of 65. Paulo B. an upcoming soft-spoken young lad who shot net 65 as well, propelled him to a three-way tie with the aforementioned two gents. Manny C. with red-hot play of late scorned hole par 4 sixth with an eagle then carded net 68.

Two par three holes – closest to the pin were contested. Bong M. insisted on running this contest again in which almost everyone who showed up obliged to participate. Experts say golf is about getting yourself chances, and that was what Lina M. did by sharp-shooting the designated hole four that none of the boys could beat. A new member, Rene Q. who is making noise with his superb quality display of decent rounds recently, won the back hole tenth.

Nassau winners: Same three players won with overall net score of 65 – Paulo B., Mar DV., & Levi M. The front nine was grabbed by Paulo while the back nine went to Levi & Mar.

POY: No ties in the top six positions with ten total net scores accounted for this time folks. Manny C. at the very top with 741 leading Jimmy M. by a fat seven strokes. Seho O. came third with 762 followed by Ed I. with 768. Jojo D. with 779 and Fred H. with 818 checked in fifth and sixth place respectively. The way to look at it with fifteen more games to go, you still have fifteen chances to catch up with the leaders by scoring low. Not an easy feat? Climbing to the top of the CN Tower using the stairs is not easy.

Senior POY: A deserving lead for Mar DV who performed superbly last Sunday with total net four round scores of 301 displacing last week’s co-leader Seho who took second place with 303. Bong M. climbed up the charts in third place with 310. Surprisingly, one of the co-leaders from last week Exe N. unwillingly dropped down to fourth with 313. They are still bunched closely together with thirteen more games to go. Even Joey C. who just entered the contest still not out of the running for the roses, so he said. True.

Players who stayed a little longer after the round concluded were treated to round of drinks, fries and chicken wings by the Sunday winners including Manny C. Saed J. contributed a pitcher of refreshing cold beer too. As usual, Seho’s hospitality was on display again by offering fresh cherries, chips, cookies and peanuts after the game.

Thanks to the winners and congratulations!