Well, well, well. Some Sunday this was. Congratulations to Sennix B. for carding a brilliant net of 63 last Sunday at Glen Cedars. He displayed an all-around game of golf most especially his short game according to JC M. who was in the same foursome with Sennix. He also took the low net back nine with Levi M. grabbing the front nine.

Closest to the pin contest winners: Manny C. ‘The Marksman’ took the third hole winning his second week in a row. Jimmy M. used his wedge to get very close to hole sixteenth.

POY news: Down the stretch and headed for home, it’s getting tight at the top folks with barely four games to go. Sennix M. with his low net 63 last Sunday, catapulted him to second place from fourth place. Mere three strokes separates him from Seho O. who is still holding on to the lead. For a short stretch of time, Seho’s idle machine is not firing at top speed thus opening doors for players with huge opportunity to catch up. Do not count out Joey C. and Jojo D. who sit third and fourth places respectively. Rey P. propelled himself to solo fifth place after a net of hard earned 70. Not so far away tied for seventh place are Nap P. and Jimmy M. eight strokes behind fifth place.  Anything can happen for the next four weeks with more stakes in the offing. This is where practice, practice and more practice would come about together with the mental toughness to garner the POY award. What a race this has become this year.

Idyllic weather greeted the twenty-four players who showed up. It did get a little nippy late afternoon. There were boisterous players all around the golf course. We suspect that this was a company event of some sort. They were so unruly that it was almost impossible to tee off peacefully not to mention the turtle pace of play. It took us three hours and a half to complete eleven holes.  Complaining to the Marshalls at hand did not do any good at all. The good side of this story was the winners let us forget the whole thing by treating us to drinks, fries and chicken wings after the round. Thanks also to Seho who brought grapes, cantaloupe, & sweet corn. Bingoy P. as usual was seen giving away candies and nuts. Nice to see Lina M. playing with us again.

We’ll see ya all this Sunday at Century Pines.

Let us call this week ‘WEEK of the FREDs’. This past week or so must be the week for the ‘young onced’ or should we say ‘oldies but goodies’. We are proudly talking about the two Freds – De los Reyes & Halili winning big time at Kingsforest. Streaking Fred H. won the SuperSeries 4 tied with Bingoy P. both carding net score of 69. Third & fourth places spread out amongst three players – Nap P., Jimmy M., & another player. Fred DLR who very seldom takes out the mullah from his own pocket to bet, must have sensed something good before the start of the round. He decided to chip in and won the lowest overall net score of 67. Jun P. attested that Fred’s short game was in a very good form. Fortunately for Fred H. & Bingoy P., Fred DLR did not join the SuperSeries contest for it could have been a sweep. He walked the course as he always did on any course. Manny M. commandingly took care of the back nine with a sizzling net score of 32. Paul H. who was in the same group was quoted saying, “Manny could have had much lower score if not for very few mistakes“.

POY news: Looks like Seho O. is poised to project as the leader to the end. Jojo D. is still in touch of the lead as well as Joey C. & Sennix B. Few players rally to find their spots in the top five with five games to go. Bouncing back is Jimmy M. onto seventh place a mere stroke behind fifth place.

Closest to the pin winners: Jun P. shot admirably on 7th hole. Nap P. never got challenged on the 14th. Glad to see both start their winning tracks again.

Perfect weather for a round of golf leaning a little bit to the chilly side for the twenty-four players who showed up divided to seven flights. The starter person at KF acknowledged that this was SGC’s last day of playing this course as he started shaking our hands saying “See you next year”. He is a chatty and a warm person indeed.

We had a hearty get together at the club house cafeteria after the round as most of the winners treated us with soft drinks, beer, fries and the famous KF chicken wings. Joey C. who had to leave early to take care of personal business, left an amiable job of handling the golf scores after the round to others. Much appreciation to Jimmy M`s handling of the score sheet for the day. Thanks to Bong M. who took care of supervising the ordering of food. He happened to shell out his own money (you ought to know he was not one of the winners folks). Nice of Manny M. to keep beer flowing when all jugs were all emptied and consumed. He already contributed prior to the cause.

We miss playing with one of our members, Ray M. SGC wishes he could get over his difficulties with the help of the Almighty.

Officially we have only three weeks of summer left. Sad to say that we only have five games remaining. Likely the good times will be going soon and time to be moving on separate ways again.

See ya all next week at Glen Cedars.

Hats off to Royal Woodbine winners last Sunday. Julio R. led the way with a dazzling net of 61. Much kudos to Fred H. for hanging on to win the Month 4 contest with an inspiring total best net 3 of 4 scores of 208 followed by Jimmy M. with a 210. Saed J. who came out of nowhere placed third with 214. Not much change regarding the race to POY as the leaders almost stayed the same where they are. Rey P. flashing a promising climb to fifth place. Saed and Levi M. could be well joining the fray with the leaders if they continue their good play to the end.

Closest to the pin winners: Joey C. on the 10^th and Manny C. got the 14^th.

Royal Woodbine’s management surprised us with a bombshell yesterday by moving some of the blue tee boxes way back. Most of them were much closed to gold tee boxes. Was it because there was an Italian league ahead of us? Wasn’t this on the contrary to speed up the game just because it was a tournament? Anyway despite of all these, Don D. left us in astonishment as he drove the ninth par 5 hole in the middle of the fairway closed to 150 yard marker. He and Mar DV.  amazingly secured a safe way drive on the 12 hole par 5 as well.  Seb DM. showed us flashes of worthy long club hits but a little hard pressed on his short game in our opinion. He’s such a low key person that nothing seems to bother him as he plods along. Don’t we wish we could all duplicate his demeanor at the least on the golf course?

With six games to go, hopefully more players are going to show up. SuperSeries next week at KF.

Long stuck in not playing until late May of this year, Jimmy M. won his first round of golf last Sunday finishing with a remarkable1-under 71 to beat Manny C. by six strokes. He also contends as best bet for monthly honors with total two-week net score of 136 replacing Fred H. for top position as we are headed to the final week of the month at Royal Woodbine. Jojo D. tails Fred H. by a stroke for third place seven strokes behind first place.

There is some movement in the POY race. Sennix B. zooming in to third place trading places with Joey C. They way to look at it, aspirant players with good nine net scores still have a chance to jockey for top position with seven games to go. Seho O. still leads the entire pack.

It was an ideal weather for a round of golf yesterday with cloudy periods hovering above. We welcome Stafford Moore for showing up and stayed a little while for a chit chat with the boys after the round.

With summer season winding down, hope to see more players next week at RW.

Congratulations to the winners of last Sunday’s round at Westview. Levi M.  carded an impressive low net of 65. Sennix B. took care of seizing the front nine. SGC welcomes a pleasant surprise about who leads the race to month four after just two games. It’s none other than the incomparable Mr. Fred H. who incurred a combined total net score of 142 with two games left.  Whatever happened to the young guns? Searing Bingoy P.  followed with two net game totals of 145. Four other people closely tied for third with 146 – Jojo D., Jimmy M., Seho O., & Nap P. There is still a chance for players to catch up as well as those who got a game in from the past two weeks.  Anything can happen, folks!

Winners of closest to the pin contest: Julio R. & Bingoy P.

Race to POY is becoming an interesting race after all. Not much change here as Seho O. still leads with Jojo D. & Joey C. switching chairs again for second and third positions respectively. You have to admire the consistent play of Seho O. Even Exe N. was overheard saying, “It’s hard to beat Seho with his steady and all-around play”.  With eight games to go, players to reckon with are those who came up with low net scores in nine games – Sennix B., Levi M., Rey P., Ed I., and Nap P. to mention a few.

It was an ideal weather with a threat of rain that never really turned up.  Competition was high as ever. Excitement was all over before and after the round as usual together with frustrations, defeats, and successes but there is always the next time.

SGC would like to appreciate the tireless effort of Don D. and Bingoy P. of chasing everybody around for the collection of ‘funds’ week in & week out. Believe it folks; they are like bartenders who hear everything from players every time they do their volunteering chores. Not to mention Jimmy M’s handling the headaches of supervising the weekly attendance.  Hey Bong M., SGC values your effort in running the closest to the pin contest for making the round more competitive.

See ya all next week!

Congratulations to the winners of last Sunday’s round at KF. Who said there is no fun in a ‘blind partner’ game? Someone shot net 69 but watched someone else took home the first prize. It was a close contest and three tied for first place with partnership of combined net score of 142 – Lina M./Fred H., Nap P./Seho O., and Jimmy M. /Jojo D. Jojo won the low net back nine as well. Mike M. made a sterling eagle on the short par 4 third hole.

It was an ideal weather neither so hot nor cold when the first foursome teed off until a burst of showers and sporadic flashes of lightning stopped play approaching the ninth hole. The nature of the course changed drastically as well as player’s perspective playing a round.  Players could be heard standing over a shot murmuring a sigh of frustrations. Weather forecast got it right this time as they predicted showers in the afternoon. Luckily for us, rain died away slowly and play resumed. It was somewhere in the back nine that the sun shone as players started to get rid of their rain gears. Few white tee boxes were moved forward as management claimed that there was a tournament ahead of us and did not bother moving them back. This was pure delight to players who are not considered as power hitters.

Players stayed after the round for a get together dinner compliments of SGC.

Here we are week 15 and players are getting close to finding their respective form. Congratulations to the winners last Sunday at Royal Woodbine. Eddie I. proved to be too much as he carded low net score of 64 as well as winning the huge SuperSeries 3 contest with Levi M., Joey C. & Sennix B. placing second, third, & fourth respectively. Seho O. amazingly won both holes of the par 3 closest to the pin contest. Surprisingly, Seho was over 40 feet away from the pin on one of the holes and still won. Kudos to Jimmy M. for pocketing $50 for a well-deserved eagle on par 5 12th hole. POY update: Seho still leads the way but Joey is fast closing in with just eight strokes behind. Joey took over second place replacing Jojo D. who was MIA.  It was a hot summer day but not so bad humidity wise as we heard no complaints from the players.

Hope to see more players next week at Kingsforest at 11:00 AM.

New Local Rules regarding Royal Woodbine Golf Course

A concern was raised to SGC regarding the length of Royal Woodbine golf course when teeing off from the blue tee box.  SGC’s rule indicates we play from the blue tee box if a specified golf course measures less than 6500 total yardage. Members with slightly lower level of play are becoming apprehensive and no longer feel that this course in question does not present a challenging Sunday event nor it provides a relaxing backdrop as fun was taken out of it as well.

SGC listened to the pleas and after debating the issue, decided to make a fair adjustment.

List of rules below are some of the changes. Please adhere to the new local rules next time we play Royal Woodbine and make our summer pastime enjoyable to all. This will also help maintain if not improve the pace of play.

Rules apply to holes 3 and 9 ONLY. Both are par 5s. Here are the options from the tee box area:

1. Hitting from the blue tee: if you land your ball in the fescue area just in front of the teeing ground area, you have the option of hitting the ball as it lies (no penalty) or do not even bother look for your ball but drop a ball in the red tee box area. Add one stroke penalty for your third shot.
2. OB rule still applies regardless where you are hitting from. You are NOT allowed to drop a ball in the red tee box area just in case you hit your ball OB. Re-tee from the blue tee with stroke and distance penalty. Rule 1 mentioned above applies if you land your third shot in the fescue area.
3. Stake hazard rule still applies.

Congratulations to the winners of last Sunday’s round at Lionhead Masters. Three people – Jojo D., Eddie I. & Seho O., tied for lowest net scores of 70. For players of the month, three players shared the honours of tying for first – Seho O., Joey C., & Saed J.

We welcome Eddie I. & Saed J. for getting to the winner’s circle the first time around. Noticeable names of consistent winners keep appearing week by week,  Seho O. & Joey C. The Master course was a challenging course as signposted by most of the player’s high gross scores. Once again we give credit to those who carded respectable scores.

Thunderstorm threatened our tee off but never materialized throughout the whole round.  The only thing that was a little disappointing was our start time being moved back by almost 45 minutes.

Finally, SGC would like to thank the DeOcas (Nelly & Pat) for inviting us to a barbecue dinner after the round of golf. There was an abundance of food and drinks.  According to Pat D., it was Nelly’s idea to have an annual gathering for the whole SGC at their place. Nice to see Tom B. who happened  to be helping served us at the dinner gathering. Hope he is doing OK and be back playing again.

Hope to see more players for next week’s SuperSeries Sunday most specially, Rey M.

Congratulations to another week of low net score of 69 for Rey P. It’s two games in a row for Rey P. He leads the race to Month 3 but there is two more weeks to go. Seho O. heads the lowest net of 12 games for POY 2012. Thirteen more games to go as it is a little early and enough games to catch up with for the rest of us. It was scorching heat yesterday. Players are advised to be cautious playing in the heat next week.

SGC would like to send a belated congratulation to a double-winner in last month’s week 10 & SuperSeries 2 winner Levi M. Other players who hauled in SuperSries 2  money – Sennix B. & Manny M. who tied for second place and Rey P. came in fourth. It was a tight race for there was only 3-stroke difference between the winner and fourth place.