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Sunday, January 16, 2005
Chiongbian: The Coral Tee ends so does the Sinulog
By Edgar R. Chiongbian
Teetime
TODAY is the grand finale of the Sinulog. Make sure you don’t miss out on the Mardi Gras-type of a parade, which is our tribute to Sto. Niño for all the help we get from Him. This is certainly worth celebrating for, so go out and have some fun.
The parade ends up at the Cebu City Sports Center where the dancing contingents will show their best performance for the judges and for you. This is a good place to see it all, including politicians and celebrities. I’ll be there and you should too! The best fireworks money can buy will be lit for your sights and sounds to signal the end the festivities.
With the ending of the Sinulog, so ends the Coral Tee golf tournament at Cebu County Club. Both events really make you proud to be a Cebuano. Although they measure quite differently, it gives the same satisfaction and same good feeling of annual events that runs very successfully.
Marc Gonzales and Blake Go are hanging on to their lead at 157 with their second-day output of 83 points. I doubt this will hold up with one day to go and a strong contingent yet to play. But this total is definitely secure in the top three for the Calcutta. The pairs of Toby Florendo and Frederic Chiongbian and Marlou Velasquez and Rod Senido are behind with 152 points apiece.
Foxwells’ Dan Villanueva, by the way, is so determined to make it in the Calcutta (he’s missed it since 1995) that next year he plans to broker enough funds from friends in Manila to get his team in.
He asked, “Do you think they will refuse me if I will bid P75,000 for my team even without getting to the top 25”?
I don’t think so, Dan, but try it anyway. You can never be sure.
Citibank executive Junie Veloso wanted a birdie so much on the seventh hole that he asked his umbrella girl, “Is it okay if I put it in the hole? She meekly answered, “Sure sir,” and then he proceeded to hit the shot that went in for a birdie. This is now the new way, guys. Ask and you shall receive? If we didn’t know better, it sure sounded like…oh, never mind.
Our golfing group, just like other players in the Coral Tee, has team bets going on. On the first day of the tournament, David Chan was compiling scores as they came in. Our score was the only one left to read and David had serious problems counting the points because his team had the top score for the moment.
Then finally, the score. “Yeah! A 64, we won!” my partner Omar Cruz screamed at the top of his lungs. And we all got so quiet as the golfers from the other tables looked because our score was nothing to be proud of. Anyway, a win is a win no matter how small. Right, partner?
There was one little thing that distracted some of the visiting golfers from their game. The club allowed temporary umbrella girls to work due to the high volume of players in the tournament and the young things were so nice and friendly that it sidetracked their concentration. See you all again next year!
Golf Magazine conducted a new study and found that swing path is more important than clubhead speed to increasing your distance. In their study at Pinehurst Golf Advantage School, they learned that drills for improving swing path led to a huge power boost more than from trying to add speed.
This is good news for golfers who cannot swing any faster without losing control. The top two drills recommended by Golf Magazine is featured in our golf tip for today.
GOLF TIP: If you are looking to add yards, try these two drills that improves swing path. The result will be a 13-yard average increase in carry distance with your 6-iron.
First drill. After taking your normal address, set your feet together and make a swing without losing your balance.
This drill boosts distance by improving the quality of impact. It also helps players avoid an out-to-in swing path that tends to make you fall over. The improved path will give you more center-face hits and a better launch angle.
Second drill. Place a tee on the target line six inches in front of the ball. The only way to hit the tee is to extend your arms and swing along the target line through impact. This drill corrects two major flaws in a golfers’ swing; the incomplete extension and crooked swing path. The result will be an increased clubhead speed of 4.2mph on the average due to a better swing path, not more muscles.
(erc@skyinet.net)
(January 16, 2005 issue)
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