Beverly Place – 26th June.
Mabuhay Philippines, Hello World. For the 2nd week in a row we had to play our weekly tournament at Beverly Place due to Marina Hills being unplayable due to some holes being very wet and many fairways uncut. Anyway, 21 of us got in a game of “Stableford” using our Beverly Place handicaps. The course itself was not without a few problems with the greens being slow (especially on the front 9) and the fairways just average.
Following today’s match, the Beverly Place Handicaps have been updated and can be found on this website under the “Beverly Place Golf Competitions” tab.
As we are now officially in the “Rainy Season” please note that a call will be made on Sundays if the tournament at Marina Hills is to be cancelled and an advisory will be posted as soon as possible on our website’s Home Page. In such circumstances an attempt will be made to hold an alternative tournament at Beverley Place. Check the website Home Page on Mondays!
New and returning golfers: Leo Hermosa (welcome to our group Leo)
As per last week there were no distinctions made today regarding “A” and “B” grades, all players competing as one.
WINNERS
1st Ernie Standen 46 points
2nd Dave Paliwoda 42 points OCB
3rd Daniel Brias 42 points
Nearest the pins
8th Warwick Sharpe
15th Steve Arnold
Note: As announced at this week’s presentation there will be no more “Nearest The Pins” played for at Beverly Place due to the complication of having flights playing off different 9’s and not knowing if they are the last flight or not. It is easy at Marina Hills to pop back and pick up a NTP marker, not so on an 18 hole golf course!
NAGA: Steve Tye 20 points
Other good scores: Col Clark 39, Warwick Sharpe 38, Terry Kerim 38, Mike Evarts 37 & Joe Giovenco 36
The Cliffs. For those going to La Union please note the Wednesday game is scheduled for 11:00am (format yet undecided) please ensure your travel plans get you to Coconut Grove in good time.
Pool Competition: Leo Hermosa defeated Roger Simpson
Departing Golfers: None that we know of
Next Week’s Comp: July Monthly Medal (providing Marina Hills playable)
Presentation Bar: Eruptions
Beverly Place – 19th June.
Hi to all around the world. As Marina Hills was unplayable, due to a waterlogged course after a week of rain, an alternative “Stableford” game was arranged at Beverly Place which was attended by 15 players.
It must be noted that Beverly Place was not in its usual pristine condition. Understandingly the fairways had not been cut for a while and the grass was quite long in places. As for the greens, well they had all been heavily sanded which caused some problems to putters however obviously not all as is reflected by some good scores. A major help to the good scores was the fact that a large number of the “silver” tee boxes that we intended to play off were under maintenance, and their tee-off spots moved forward to the white tee boxes which somewhat defeated the purpose of playing off them.
A repeat of last week’s note: As we are now officially in the “Rainy Season” please note that a call will be made on Sundays if the tournament at Marina Hills is to be cancelled and an advisory will be posted as soon as possible on our website’s Home Page. In such circumstances an attempt will be made to hold an alternative tournament at Beverley Place. Check the website on Mondays!
There were no distinctions made today regarding “A” and “B” grades, all players competed as one using their Marina Hills handicaps. As we progress through the rainy season a separate list of Beverly Place handicaps will be issued with the cutting/increasing based on the system that we use at the Thailand Tournaments. Look for these handicaps in the “Beverly Place Golf Competitions” page on the web site. The first of these has just been posted. Obviously there will be no update to Marina Hills handicaps made this week.
New and returning golfers: Brenden Anderson, Terry Kerim & Joe Giovenco
WINNERS
1st Steve Tye 45 points
2nd Steve Arnold 42 points OCB
3rd Mike Powell 42 points
Nearest the pins
8th Col Clark
15th Mike Powell
NAGA: Brenden Andersen 19 points
Other good scores: Dave Paliwoda 37, Phil Nelson 37, Col Clark 37, Ernie Sanders 36 & Fred Cannova 36.
The Cliffs. Finally, those that want to go to The Cliffs, La Union (July 4th & 5th) and have not yet booked please contact the committee as soon as possible on balibagosocialgolfclub@gmail.com please note that the cut-off date for joining this trip is next Tuesday June 26th as we have to confirm room reservations.
Pool Competition: Dave Paliwoda defeated John Cummins
Departing Golfers: None that we know of
Next Week’s Comp: Stableford
Presentation Bar: Honey Ko’s
Marina Hills – 12th June.
Hi to all around the world on Philippines Independence Day. Well it started raining the previous Wednesday and hasn’t stopped since, especially over the weekend when a heck of a lot of rained was dumped. The “Rainy Season” has well and truly started albeit somewhat prematurely.
Despite the weather four hardy stalwarts headed north from Balibago to Mabalacat to play a round of golf lured by the promise of glorious sunshine and free beer/finger food from Marina Hills management! Such hopes were soon dashed, the reality being a front nine of very light drizzle, what the Irish would call “a soft day” and a very pleasant, cool, rain free back nine and no free beer! Incidentally the course was very wet in parts which gave some traction problems for our carts.
As we are now officially in the “Rainy Season” please note that a call will be made on Sundays if the tournament at Marina Hills is to be cancelled and an advisory will be posted as soon as possible on our website’s Home Page. In such circumstances an attempt will be made to hold an alternative tournament at Beverley Place. Check the website on Mondays!
“Eruptions”, the presentation bar, was graced with 14 of us enjoying a few beers and for a change a fully completed double-elimination pool competition (result below). Thanks must be given to Steve Turner who now has taken on the responsibility from Royal Johnny of organizing the pool.
There being less than 10 players the game that was played today is not classified as a tournament, a shame as considering the conditions there were some very respectable scores. No winners or nearest the pins thus noted for the record books. Obviously no handicaps will be updated.
Finally, those that want to go to The Cliffs, La Union (July 4th & 5th) and have not yet booked please contact the committee as soon as possible on balibagosocialgolfclub@gmail.com
Pool Competition: Ben Ros defeated Glenn Wong
Departing Golfers: Ben & Kriss Ros and Glenn Wong
Next Week’s Comp: 3-Man Lone Ranger Stableford
Presentation Bar: Gentlemens
Marina Hills – 5th June
Mabuhay to all around the world. Here we are on the first Tuesday of the month playing the June Monthly Medal with 27 players. The greens were average, the fairways very green for this time of the year but generally lacking roll….and as for the rough, well “no comment!!”
New and returning golfers: Col Clark, Bob Taylor, Les Greentree, Rob Hazlett, John Boucher & Jonas Flanagan. Nice to see you back Les (BSGC former secretary), if only for a few weeks.
Due to the overnight rain and the continuing heat, the weather was exceptionally humid until about 11:00am when it dried out. This caused some discomfort for many players.
At the last minute we had to switch the presentation bar to “Old Mates” due to the abrupt closure of Robbie Burns, fortunately everyone seemed to get the message.
Please see the note at the bottom of this page regarding our upcoming La Union trip.
WINNERS
Best Gross – Steve Arnold 84
A-Grade (0-22) – Mike Powell 66
Runner Up – Tom Grow 67
B Grade (23-36) – Steve Tye 69
Runner Up – Mike Evarts 70
Nearest the Pin
3/12 Steve Tye
6/15 Bob Taylor
7/16 No winner
8/17 Steve Arnold
9/18 Fred Cannova
Least Putts: Tom Grow 29 OCB
Well done gentlemen!
Other good scores: Ben Ros 72 and Ernie Standen 72
NAGA: Ken Bosward 90
Pool Competition: Phil Nelson defeated Warren Stevens
Departing Golfers: None reported
Next Week’s Comp: Stableford
Presentation Bar: Eruptions
THE CLIFFS TRIP – LA UNION, JULY 4TH & 5TH 2018
For those overseas visitors that wish to come on this trip please let us know as soon as possible by eMail on balibagosocialgolfclub@gmail.com as we have accommodation to book and flights to organize. Also note that on this trip, golfers are permitted to bring their partners as we combine 2 games of golf with social activities.