Just in case you were not out of town, there was no way of missing this eventful event that took place somewhere in Atlanta, Georgia for golf fanatics. Tiger Woods won his first match in 5 years, an unbelievable comeback going down in golf lore. His last win was at WGC golf tournament in 2013.

How did he do it? Tiger’s comeback

Here’s a quote from NBC:

NBC Sports Group’s final round coverage of the TOUR Championship on Sunday (3:00-6:15 p.m. ET) earned a 5.21 Overnight rating, as Tiger Woods claimed his 80th career victory, and his first in five years. The telecast is up 206% vs. 2017 (1.70).  It also becomes the highest-rated telecast in the history of the FedExCup Playoffs (2007-’18) and the highest-rated PGA TOUR telecast in 2018 (excluding majors). Coverage peaked from 5:30-6p (7.19) as Woods finished his round and as Justin Rose was being crowned the FedExCup champion, only trailing the peaks for The Masters (11.03) and PGA Championship (8.28) in 2018. The extended coverage window (1:30-6:15 p.m. ET) posted at 4.35 Overnight rating, which is the highest-rated TOUR Championship telecast on record (2000-’18).

How much did Tiger earn last Sunday, did you ask?

Tour Championship win: $1.620 million; FedEx Cup Bonus: $3 million for second place.

Going back to SGC’s twenty-third game last Sunday at Century Pines golf course, it was a cool eighteen degrees Celsius with a bit of gushing easterly wind in the Hamilton peninsula. Twenty-three players showed up and played with contenders battling it out for major accolades before closing out the season with only two more games to go. For those who were trying to catch up, time was running out but never forget the remaining two games. It is the Grand Finals where top five players with two lowest aggregate net scores win a prize.

Let us get to Sunday’s scramble.

He’s baaaaaaaaack. Joey Cruz let loose last Sunday with a net score of 62. Joey’s performance rewarded himself of a complete sweep – all Nassau corners & day prize. He also broke the lowest net record of the season by a stroke held previously by Mar DeVeyra & Bong Munson with 63. The catch was, this was his only win so far and what a win this was. More to come you’d think? Surely think so.

Two other members signed low net scores in the 60s – the up & coming Fred Halili with net 66 and one of our promising newcomers, Louie Romero with 68. Very nice indeed.

It is getting tight to all three major races as well as the last monthly race.

Let’s start with Month 5 contest: Ray Macapagal still leads by one over the surprising Fred Halili followed by ‘Hey, I am pain free’ Jun Paculaba, seven behind RayMac.

POY: JC Montilla still leads Jimmy Manguerra by a meager three strokes. It was only a stroke a week ago. This race used to be a race between JC & Jimmy but someone is making this interesting. Mike Montilla made it known that this race was not over yet and made these two looking over their shoulders. With only nine behind the leader and six from second place, Mike cut down the lead to nine from fifteen. This one turns out to be a nerve breaking contest. Who will prevail with two more games unaccounted for?

SPOY: With a net of 62, Joey Cruz jumped four people from fifth place twelve strokes behind to take over the lead from the idle Bert Cerrudo who now trails Joey by four strokes. Seho Oh drops down to third nine strokes off. Bingoy Peña grabs fourth place followed by Mar DeVeyra in fifth thirteen and fourteenth behind the leader respectively.

MIP: Sorry folks, but I think this race is over because of the huge gap created by the leader. This one may I say, is in the bag for JC Montilla. Fred Halili switches places with Manny Marquez, second and third respectively. Mike Montilla holds on to fourth while Jimmy Manguerra regains fifth place.

It was soaring hot together with lingering, sticky humidity at twenty-six degrees Celsius at Lakeridge Links golf course at last Sunday’s round of golf. Never bothered the twenty-four players enjoying the fourth last game of the season. Boy, how time flies when you are having fun. Anyway, this golf course seemed to spook a lot of players because of its tough layout, nevertheless a beautiful design. As a matter of fact, there was a split rational from the members about playing this golf course for next season. Understandably those players living in the west side of TO were acting negatively including this course in our schedule for next year because of its not so near location aside from being a little pricey with the green fee.

Another high scoring affair happened just like the round of golf a week ago. Only one player submitted a net score in the 60s while a bunch of five people shared second place with a distant net score of 74. Fred Halili just joined the list of multiple winners by signing a net scorecard of 69 grabbing the day prize for his second win of the season. The last time SGC played this golf course sometime in May, Fred placed second fiddle to Ed Ilao with a net score of 72. He decided at this time he was not playing second to none. Is Fred giving us a hint to play this golf course maybe five times next year?

Nassau corner winners: An inspired POY contender Jimmy Manguerra owned the back nine with an even gross score of 36 while sharing the total net score of 74 with two others – Bert Cerrudo & Jun Paculaba.

Jess Velarde grabbed the sole possession of the Nassau front nine with a net score of 35. We’ve been hearing a lot of this player a lot lately. Good showing Jess.

Closer to the pin contest: An almost impossible pin location that was placed closer to the edge and the water proved no worry for Fred Halili with a nice shot on the seventh par 3 hole. Another in play water hazard hole that was poorly judged by most players, claimed a lot of golf balls but not Jess Velarde’s at seventeenth hole. Twice in a row now for Jess.

ANNOUNCEMENT: You are invited to Bingoy Peña’s place after our last round of golf at Lionhead golf course on October 7, 2018. A little dining is in the offing but BYOB. This gathering will also serve as SGC’s annual meeting to discuss golf related issues such as golf venues and new golf rules for next year, officers, new game format, membership, etc. Your presence and opinion matter.

SGC’s banquet awards night is on a Saturday, October 13, 2018. Please confirm your attendance to Rey Plaza or Joey Cruz if you have not done so yet. We would like a chance to see you out of your regular golf attire and in a semi formal attire for a change.

 

 

Bingoy Pena’s place

With dark clouds looming around the horizon, twenty-six players were so mindful of the weather because of SGC’s late tee time at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon at Royal Ontario golf course. Darkness was the main issue here as the day was getting shorter surprisingly early currently. There was a notion of not finishing a round, but fortunately the seventh and the last group was concluding the round at the eighteenth hole while the sun was settling down at quarter to eight in the evening.

High winds and a cool seventeen degrees Celsius created a little havoc to a certain player who netted a remarkable net of 64. Ray Macapagal who enjoyed his brief stay in the Philippines earlier in the year and spent his winter hibernation down south of the border in Florida, captured the day prize in his only sixth game of the summer. With his splendid performance, Ray also seized Nassau corners back nine and the total net. Mind you, he was the only one who signed a net score card in the 60s. What was this thing with people coming back from all that holidays, going to form and restfully reeling in few prizes here & there?

Another player with a habit of winning every time he came back from a time off, Julio Rodriguez signing a gross score of 40, deservingly grabbed the Nassau front nine.

In the accuracy shot of the day department, Jess Velarde with a pitching wedge punch shot at the 116 yards par 3 eight hole got it so close that nobody could beat since starting earlier from the first foursome. Jojo Dizon impressive with a nice precise shot at the eleventh hole, won two of these in his last three starts. Not bad, eh?

 

Major Updates:

POY: There is a new sheriff in town. JC Montilla with a net of 70 took over the lead over rival Jimmy Manguerra’s net 75. JC now leads Jimmy by meager three strokes. These two are playing musical chairs since the fifteenth game. No one else is seriously close enough to challenge these two men with only four games to go.

MIP: JC Montilla could be possibly having this year as his year. Being a multiple winner so far this year, he is almost going away with this award. But wait. At his last start before last Sunday, Manny Marquez jumps from third to second replacing Mike Montilla who drops down to fourth place behind the ever-nonchalant Fred Halili. If I were JC, I’d be cognisant of Manny who is nipping at JC’s heels and is fast closing in with four games remaining. Who knows?

SPOY: Compared to other majors, this one is the tightest contest of them all. Why? Five players are within eight strokes of stealing the crown for himself. Bert Cerrudo still leads Seho Oh by a whisker of a stroke followed by Bingoy Peña six stroke behind the leader in third place, Mar DeVeyra in fourth place seven behind and Joey Cruz bringing up the rear in fifth tailing eight strokes. This is what competition is all about. Nice going seniors.

Not so bad weather wise at twenty-six degrees Celsius at KIngsforest golf course last Sunday. This was the twentieth game of the season and the best opportune time to get it going as it was the end of the month. Twenty-five players sweated it out trying to win few prizes available.

Since the writer of this blog is SGC member and plays regularly as well, what happens when he wins a round of golf? How does the writer give accolades to himself? Simple, say less and narrate the point of view story in the third person. This blog is obligated to announce and post the round of golf results whatever and whomever they might be. Clear as mud, don’t you think? Bert Cerrudo with his perfect round attendance for the summer in his twentieth game just like seven others, won and shared the day prize. He seized the Nassau corners – back nine & total net of 70. He is the first player to win the day prize three times this season, and his second win of the Super Series event.

Surprisingly enough, last Sunday was the eight time the lowest score of the day was shared by two people. KIngsforest golf course, what a beauty to very few. A very high net score of 70 unexpectedly won it all. One of the two winners who tied the very same net score won it too the last time SGC played this golf course. While that winner is not known for his length off the tee, he was saying about this course, “At most times playing short and, my ball is in the fairway, seems better than long and under the trees.”

How about turning back the clock? Jun Paculaba in his heydays could no doubt be in the running of whatever contest there was, but health issues unfortunately hit everybody as we go to climb arguably senior stages of our lives. This time around, Jun timely entered Super Series 4 contest for the first time and shared first prize with someone else. He must had known something or felt something. Men do have men intuition like women, don’t they? Not only that, he too shared the day prize equalling the lowest net of the day firing another 70.

How about this sophomore member, Jess Velarde? This guy is  one of those who can hit a mile off the tee. He claimed the Nassau corner front nine with a net of 35. Jess could have won it all but apparently the handicapping system would not allow it. Darn the breaks.

Closest to the pin contest: Accuracy off the tee to one of those eighteen holes pays good dividends even if you are having a bad day. Rey Plaza connecting on the par 3 seventh hard location hole, stuck it close enough to win it. Rey’s second in three starts. The late stage ‘bring me back my stolen good swing’ cameo by Jun Paculaba earned him the winning shot at seventeenth hole.

Major leaders update:

POY leader: Jimmy Manguerra, leader for three weeks now.

MIP leader: JC Montilla, leader since the fifteenth game of the season.

SPOY leader: Bert Cerrudo, new leader.

 

Twenty-nine degrees Celsius last Sunday at Glen Cedars golf course greeted twenty-six players. It was a muggy day with dark clouds hoovering above our heads with a threat of rain that never materialized as the sun came out mid-afternoon . This day was a prelude for next week’s Super Series 4 contest and the culmination of the Month 4 race. Not to late to join the SS4 contest as according to Jojo Dizon three more players entered this contest to bring the total to twenty-one aspirants.

Sunday’s round conclusion: Erland Ibañez finished atop the golf world by signing in a net score of 65 to secure his second win of the season joining six others as multiple winners so far this year. His surprising performance propelled him of a sweep as far as the contests he entered that were in the offing that day. Erland earned himself the day prize, Nassau corners – front & back nines as well as the total net; the first player to accomplish this feat this season.

Closest to the pin contest: Sennix Bontigao got his mojo shot working at hole par 3 fifth hole to win it while Jojo Dizon birdied that ever so close shot at par 3 fifteenth hole from afar blue tees. Both players claimed the win in their last two starts.

 

 

 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENT: Just a reminder to all SGC members – SGC’s awards and semi-formal attire banquet night is to be held a week after the last game of the season on a Saturday at 6 PM sharp on October 13, 2018 at DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton, formerly Delta Hotel at the corner of Dixie Road and Matheson Boulevard, Mississauga. Parking around the vicinity is free. SGC recommends that members attend and enjoy this festivity most specially the four new members. Taste the warmest connection with the rest of the team. You can bring your spouse or a friend free of charge. You can also invite other individual(s) for a minimum fee to cover the cost. Dancing will commence right after dinner and the awarding of awards. SGC will be asking members to confirm their attendance three weeks prior to this affair.

How did you like that at twenty-six degrees Celsius playing at Royal Woodbine last Sunday? Almost perfect weather but the only hitched was SGC’s tee off time of two o’clock in the afternoon. Half an hour more after the last of seven groups finished the round, could had been dark. Hmm. Hate to say that “old man winter is coming”. Not for a while though with our eighteenth game of the season with seven more to go.

Results, results and more results. Bong Munson lit up the course with an onslaught of pars and few birdies to capture the day prize with a net score made in heaven of 63. This low net score matches the lowest net score provided by Mar DeVeyra at Carlise North/South golf course last July 15, 2018. Bong who is known with a history of being streaky undoubtedly won the Nassau back nine and total net. He said he is comfortably feeling good about his game right now.

Another Nassau winner who seized the front nine with a remarkable even gross par 36 was Joey Cruz. Never wake this guy up. We all know what he could do. Joey (64) & Bong (63) were the only two of four players who netted something in the 60s. The other two were Jojo Dizon (67) and Bert Cerrudo (69).

Month 4 contest: Bong Munson with an amazing net of 63 catapulted to first place with best three net scores followed by Joey Cruz, Bert Cerrudo, and Seho Oh twelve enormous points behind with two more games unaccounted for. You will hear more about Seho as we go on.

Major updates:

POY: Musical chairs is being played by these two players with regards to taking the lead week in and week out. Jimmy Manguerra with a pedestrian net of 71 over JC Montilla’s 81 regained the lead on week eighteen with margin of big nine points. Seho Oh from fifth place joined Jojo Dizon in third place fourteen points behind the leader replacing Mar DeVeyra a mere point behind fourth place. The idle Mike Montilla dropped down from third place to seventh place with Ross Bautista taking sixth. It’s getting tight folks.

MIP Contest:   JC Montilla still leads but his significant huge lead was trimmed down to 0.0338 from 0.0514 a week ago because of the surging Seho Oh who is now giving JC a run for his money. A surprising move was exhibited by Fred Halili who now grabbed third place followed by Jimmy Manguerra with Mike Montilla bringing up the rear for the top five prizes. A new player, Ross Bautista just came aboard after last Sunday’s round in eight place after Bingoy Peña and Jojo Dizon in sixth and seventh place respectively.

More aspiring MIP players: These players listed below with seven games left would qualify and would be in the running for this contest provided they completed the required fifteen games and shoot scores below their respective handicaps. Think they could do it? You bet.

Name                                 Result      Games played

Manny  Marquez              1.1051                 13 

Bong      Munson              1.0113                   12

Julio       Rodriguez           1.0258                   14

Ron        Wilson                1.0535                   14

Leader: JC Montilla         1.1538                    18

Of all the above, Manny Marquez looks promising. He would place third in this race had he completed fifteen games.

SPOY: As SPOY heats up, Mar DeVeyra who led a week ago by five points over Seho Oh relinquished the lead to Seho. Seho now leads Mar by four points. This might be a repeat of last year like Joey Cruz winning all three majors for the ever dangerously consistent Seho Oh as he is contending in all three majors. Joey Cruz fueled by an astounding net 64 helped himself jumped from sixth place to third twelve points behind the leader. Bert Cerrudo sat from dead last smiling in fourth place two points behind third. Last place prize in fifth is Rey Plaza.

Closest to the pin contest: Jojo Dizon coming back from a vacay in Mehico, boasting he played a round of golf there got it so close on par 3 fourth hole. Rey Plaza fired an unbeatable shot at the long fourteenth hole.

Were you able to have a glimpse at the closing PGA championship last Sunday? This was the last major event in the golfing world. Just in case you were out of town or somewhere where there was no access to social media, the muscle-bound Brooks Koepka won his second major in a year, his third in his career keeping the first prize $1.98 million money and the Wanamaker trophy. Tiger Woods in his golf comeback, shot the best round of his career in a major tournament with a 64, fell short but still received $1,188,000 for his second-place finish. The very last place golfer received $18,600 just for showing up and finishing the four-day round. Not bad, eh?

At SGC’s round at last Sunday at Lionhead Masters, we were feeling full of reluctance playing this venue. Surprisingly, we started our round of golf without last minute changes coming from the golf course management whatsoever as compared to two previous starts. So far so good. At twenty-eight degrees Celsius, twenty-seven players came to play. This was SGC’s seventeenth game of the season and winding down with only eight games to go. At this time of the year, it reminded me of the coming opening of CNE midway rides along Lakeshore Boulevard at CNE grounds and its closing sometime in September; meaning back to school already and the end of summer. Phew, forget about that thought and let me take you to the game results that happened last Sunday anyway.

With another scenario where again two people winning & sharing the day prize, this was the sixth time so far it had occurred this season. To SGC’s long hitting newcomers – Bong Blanco, Mike Dang & Steve Kim, Steve Kim came out sooner than expected to win out of this bunch. Him and JC Montilla both signed a scorecard of net 67. More on JC later. Steve not surprisingly with the length off the tee, in his only fourth game of the season, got the job done. JC Montilla with his second win, just joined the other six members in the prestigious multiple winners club. JC also seized the Nassau front nine as well as the total net. We are seeing a lot of good play from this member lately. He is also in the running for MIP and POY awards.

Only three players posted net score in the 60s. Two of them were mentioned above already and the other member who joined them was Ross Bautista. Ross was not too far from winning the day prize either with a net score of 69.

Another member Julio Rodriguez coming from a lay off a week ago warranted a good net score of 32, winning solely the Nassau back nine. Julio might be starting a good run of scoring low to move up in the standings just like he did late last year. Maybe we should try a week off or two then come back and win something. Not for everyone, you’d think?

Closest to the pin contest: Jimmy Manguerra fired the best shot than anybody else on the par 3 eight, while Ed Ilao at the eleventh hole beat a previous shot by the continual “brides’ maid” Joey Cruz at this particular contest. No offense intended, mind you.

Announcement: There was a sudden change as far as the net adjustment was concerned for those members who hit from the white tees & red tees from last Sunday’s round of golf. Lionhead Masters posted new course ratings for all tee boxes involved. According to Joey Cruz since we used the blue tee as reference point, the difference between blue tee & white tee became net adjustment for white tee as one from three as noted before. For red tee, the net adjustment decreased from five to four.

Twenty-one players showed up at last Sunday’s Kingsforest round of golf. A thirty-three-degree Celsius temperature greeted the players with rising humidity around the Hamilton peninsula all afternoon long. It was a “Blind Partner” contest day with free hamburger dinner with drink of your choice courtesy of SGC after the round. It was surprising to learn that results after the round were not favourable to low scoring binge as no one signed a scorecard with net score in the 60s. SGC had not played Kingsforest for a while this season up to now and still this golf course reminded everyone how difficult this tree lined holes could be.

This mandatory entry to Bind Partner contest was a combination of two players tallying their total net scores. Top three partnerships with lowest net scores would win the prize. Aside from this contest there was the option of joining the Nassau corners contest as well. Scoring low could award yourself winning both contests provided you were lucky enough to pick the right partner from the draw for the Blind Partner contest. Well, someone did it.

Here are the partnership winners:

                1. Bert Cerrudo (70) & Bong Munson (74) with 144 total net   points

                2. Exe Navarette (75) & Dave Nelson (75) with 150 total net points

                3^.  Exe Navarette (75) & (76) Jun Paculaba with 151 total net points

You might be wondering how Exe Navarette’s name appeared twice above. Since there was an odd number of players (21 participants), Exe had the honor of picking a partner twice when he picked the designated lucky number from the draw. It so happened that he luckily picked those two players good enough to bag second & third place.  

Nassau corners: Bert Cerrudo who was also the day prize winner won the total net score and shared the front nine with often weekly winner Mar DeVeyra. A single rose member among thorns was the back nine winner, Lina Mayo.

 

 

 

 

 

Closest to the pin contest: Bong Munson with a sharp iron shot at the par 3 4^th hole fired the winner while Jess Velarde got the best of previous shot by Joey Cruz at the par 3 14^th hole.

 

 

 

 

 

Major Awards Update:

MIP (Most Improved Player): Not much change here. JC Montilla still leads by same huge margin as last week over Bingoy Peña. Seho Oh who just registered his fifteenth game to qualify, comes from nowhere and makes a huge leap by dislodging Mike Montilla from third place. Jimmy Manguerra down a knot in fifth place.

SPOY (Senior Player of the Year): Top two places did not change at all with Mar DeVeyra still in first place holds eleven strokes better than Seho Oh from three strokes last week. Exe Navarette grabs third place a stroke behind Seho. Rey Plaza shares fourth place with Joey Cruz.

POY (Player of the Year): This seems to be a very tight race for two players vying for the top honor. Jimmy Manguerra lost a stroke from four strokes to three strokes over JC Montilla. But guess who is making a noise jumping from fifth place to third place? Mar DeVeyra; although he is behind JC by whopping twenty-six strokes, with nine more games to go, who knows. A stroke behind Mar is the idle Jojo Dizon in fourth place. Relegated to fifth from fourth place a week ago is Mike Montilla three behind Jojo.

 

There are bad news and good news to announce about SGC’s round yesterday. The bad news: It was discovered that there was an error in the handicapping used at last Sunday’s Kingsforest round. This writer had posted the wrong player’s handicaps and in turn the incorrect handicap listing was handed to Joey Cruz for calculations. Joey Cruz and Bingoy Peña stumbled on the mistake resulting to a re-calculation of the results. The handicap listing that was used was the handicap for Royal Ontario a week ago instead of Kingsforest. The difference was higher handicaps for most players involved. The good news: After Joey did the re-assessment, the Nassau corners results and the standings in the order of finish including the “Blind Partner” contest were not affected. As a result, the total net outcome was higher than as announced after the round. Example – the lowest total net score for the day prize winner was 70 instead of 68.

This writer regrets the error and the consequences that it caused the members who played last Sunday at KIngsforest. Ditto also to those who put on extra effort to correct the problem. I apologize to the false pretense that this human error had given you prior to the round. If you have any concerns or questions regarding the matter, please contact me or Joey Cruz.

Corrected net results will be posted soon.

A humid twenty-four degrees Celsius welcomed a twenty-seven-member field at last Sunday’s Super Series week. Surprisingly enough, of all the Kaneff golf courses, Royal Ontario presented SGC with no uproar, nor a fuzz whatsoever so on we played away. Could it be the reason of this venue being farther away from the main office location? Whatever it was, SGC likened the fact that this golf course aside from being one of the nicest courses we played, no hassle from those who were running the show at this site. So far so good. Only one glitch though, a few of the greens were showing damaged done by abusive suspected golfers not repairing ball marks and showing disregard by leaving dragged shoe cleat marks on the green surface. A good reminder to all SGC members to exercise care every time we played any golf course which undoubtedly members continued to do so. It was a nice day with the sun shining brightly but we were taken by surprise because it rained hard but only for three holes during the round then the sun came out again for the rest of the afternoon.

Here’s how things ended up at last Sunday’s Royal Ontario event. It was just a matter of time for our mild-mannered sophomore member to show what he has got. After a winless year last year, Erland Ibañez got it together for his sixth game of the year. He warranted a huge win by signing a net score of 67 to seal a day prize victory. Erland distinctively winning the ever huge sought after Super Series contest as well as the Nassau back nine & total net corners. Hold on, he also connected winning the closest to the pin contest at par 3 eleventh hole nearly missing an ace by inches. Boy, talked about a wholesale sale, this was it. It was refreshing to see broke the monotony of habitual winners for the past three months. Ironically enough, Erland claimed that he did not break 100 playing Copetown golf course a day before as a member of SOGA organization.

Other Nassau corner winners: Jojo Dizon who is away for the next two weeks for a R&R shared the spotlight with Bong Munson by grabbing the front nine.

A cunning Sennix Bontigao feeling guilty to beat a previous nearest shot to the pin by Rey Plaza, got the closest at the par 3 eight hole.

Super Series 3: As mentioned above  Erland Ibañez captured the first prize with net score of 67 while four players shared second place with net 73 – Mar DeVeyra, Jojo Dizon, Exe Navarette, & Seho Oh.

Month 3 contest: A found new love with his recycled swing, Mar DeVeyra beat a heavily favored, disappointed Jimmy Manguerra by slimmest of margins – one stroke to win the monthly contest.  Mar, SGC’s original proud member since its creation way, way back, was making noise a lot lately. We noticed. JC Montilla settled farther back in third place money.

MIP: Results for race to Most Improved Player is posted. No new member has qualified for this contest. After fifteen games, only six members made it to regulations with ten games unaccounted for. JC Montilla leads the top six with 1.1265 differential points while Bingoy Peña comes second with a mere 0.1669 points behind. Mike Montilla, Jimmy Manguerra, & Rey Plaza are in third, fourth, & fifth place respectively with Jojo Dizon bringing up the rear in sixth place. Are we getting challenged yet as the season goes? Lots of time folks to get better.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual ‘Blind Partner’ contest this Sunday at Kingsforest. Entry for this contest is mandatory. If you show up and want to play, you are obligated to pay the entry fee of $20. For those new members, please ask a member about this contest or go to our ‘Local Rules’ web site for contest rules.

Food for thought: It is OK to compete. It is also OK to lose as you can’t win them all. Moral of this quip: “The feeling of losing makes it hard to swallow onto yourself but it is harder for others to keep going if you impose your ill feelings toward them.”