President's
Cup at Luisita
The group met at the Manila Golf parking lot last
Saturday at around 7:00
a.m. Unlike our regular Wednesday meetings,
people came not in their
usual coats and ties but in their most colorful
and comfortable golf
outfits. Unlike our regular morning meetings
also, everybody was on time
(even Spencer was early!).
It was a day of excitement and anxiety for the
golfers. For some, it was
the excitement of playing a new course, Luisita
and/or Mimosa. For
others, it was the anxiety of a tough round in
Luisita, infamous for having
the most number of water hazards. For a few, it
was the excitement (or
was it fear?) of the impending match against the
rotary club of
Pampangga---a club known to have quite a number
of low-handicappers armed
with nothing less than bladed irons and brand-new
balata balls. For most,
it was just the anxiety of whether the warm and
sunny Saturday weather
would hold up (after playing water golf the past
weeks, a dry round of golf
was every golfer's only wish for Christmas).
After having fooled both the caddies and the
parking lot guards that there
was a tournament that day at Manila Golf, the
players snuck out one by one
to the waiting bus outside the gates of the club
(on the pretense that they
were just going to urinate outside). As the last
player road the bus,
the group excitedly left burying the thought that
their car tires would be
flattened by the club members come Sunday
afternoon.
After a short tour guide of Manila on the way to
Tarlac, the "butcher"
reminded the players of the itinerary, the
formats of both the Saturday and
Sunday tournaments, and the all-important fees
for the trip. The "Star
Fleet Commander", on the other hand,
initiated the groupings for the
ever-present "friendly" bets for the
next 2 days. Although I was honored
to have been pitted against the likes of the
dindo, arsenic, and JP to lead
the groupings for the bets, I was just as
dishonored with the likes of
Alvin who solemnly prayed not to be chosen for my
group (this turned out to
be the cause of the bad karma that plagued him
the whole day!).
The sun was seething as we got to Luisita. What
was foremost then in the
minds of some of the players, including me, was
how we were going to last
without golf cars under the scorching heat.
Unfortunately, our prayers
were answered. About 45 minutes after the first
flight teed off,
Hurricane Harry teed off with us --- leaving a
trail of plugged balls,
150-yrad drives, muddy 10-pound shoes, and
extremely body-fit and
see-through clothing (Eugene was so at home!).
The 6-inch rainfall
packing up to 150 kilometer center winds left 2
casualties --- JP, out of
frustration, left after 2 and a half holes; and
Luther, having used up all
his supply of underwear until Sunday, left for
Manila after his round. It
was indeed a frustrating round again (lately, it
does not surprise me
anymore). But as I always say, to golf addicts
like us "water golf is
better than no golf" (except perhaps for the
occasional "pusoy dos" or
"acquire"!).
After clogging the showers with the mud off of
the players legs and faces,
we left for Mimosa with one thing in mind---the
outdoor barbecue dinner to
be sponsored by Tony Yap. The sumptuous meal, the
extremely cool weather,
and Tony's warmest welcome were all we needed to
forget the haunting round
of golf at Luisita.
Finally, the day was capped with a relaxing drink
with the sponsoring
rotary club of Pampangga at the
"Tycoon", bar and restaurant by day,
karaoke by night. In no time at all, members of
the RCMA and the
Pamapangga based rotary club developed an instant
bond of friendship (which
was just as quickly broken after hearing some of
our RCMAers sing). It
was indeed a long and hard day, but nevertheless
a needed break for
everyone. To the organizers, Tony Yap, and the
rotary club of Pampangga,
thank you for making our lousy round of golf a
bearable one!PRESIDENT'S
CUP:
DATE : SEPTEMBER 19/99 (SUNDAY)
VENUE : MIMOSA (3RD) (ACACIA/LAKE VIEW) : BLUE
TEE'S.
FINAL SCORE SHEET
NAME NET SCORE
1) PUYAT, MIGUEL 66
2) VILLANUEVA, CESAR 72
3) ROMUALDEZ, EDDIE BOY 73
4) POHANG, TOM 73
5) LITONJUA, DINDO 74
6) ALMENDRAL, TITOS 74
7) LAUREL, ARSENIC 75
8) ROSAL, DONG 76
9) YMSON, JUN 76
10) GO, EUGENE 76
11) LAUREL, TONY 76*
12) TAN, RICO 77
13) VALDES, DENNIS 79
14) ROXAS, BOBBY 79
15) PAPA, LOUIE 79
16) ESPIRITU, BET 79
17) CHUATICO, PAUL 81
18) CO, ALVIN 82
* WINNER OF THE 3RD PRESIDENT'S CUP IN MIMOSA BY
VIRTUE OF HIS HOLE IN
ONE. ON HOLE NO.2 LAKEVIEW COURSE.
PRESIDENTS CUP:
DATE : SEPTEMBER 18/99 (SAT)
VENUE : LUISITA (2ND) WHITE AND BLUE TEE'S)
FINAL SCORE SHEET
NAME NET SCORE
1) ALMENDRAL, TITOS 69
2) PAPA, LOUIE 72
3) LITONJUA, DINDO 74
4) PUYAT, MIGUEL 74
5) VILLANUEVA, CESAR 74
6) LAUREL, ARSENIC 77
7) POHANG, TOM 77
8) ROSAL, DONG 78
9) DE VENECIA, CAREY 79
10) CHUATICO, PAUL 81
11) TAN, RICO 81
12) ROXAS, BOBBY 83
13) ESPIRITU, BET 83
14) ROMUALDEZ, EDDIE BOY 84
15) JAO, LUTHER 84
16) MAYUGA, MON 84
17) GO, EUGENE 87
18) COCHINGYAN, COCH 88
19) YMSON, JUN 90
20) LAUREL, TONY 90
21) CO, ALVIN 93
22) VALDES, DENNIS 100
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