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Sunday, April 03, 2005
Chiongbian: ‘Scrambling’ to retrieve the missing lechons
By Edgar R. Chiongbian
Teetime
WHEN Alex Montelibano recently announced the launching of the Vis-Min Youth Golf Circuit for the young golfers in the south, he didn’t waste much time. Last March 22, he came to Cebu and met with jungolf chairman Jovi Neri to finalize the details of the upcoming youth golf circuit tournament for the summer.
The exact details of the tournament are not yet out but we were told that the summer circuit would be played in three legs – Cagayan, Bacolod and Cebu.
While this competition is going on for the summer, so is the CCC jungolf summer program. Registration is now going on and scheduled to start on April 18.
The jungolf program is a six-week program that will end on May 29 with the traditional Junior-Senior Classic. Parents who are interested can register their children and/or get more information online at www.cccjungolf.com.
The CCC jungolf program has produced real champions from our Cebu youngsters. A few of them have already competed internationally, in Asia and the United States and have won many times. Only last March 24, 15-year-old jungolfer Kathleen Uy, the new CCC Ladies Club Champion, competed in the USA in the Joe Brophy – Bill Loudon Classic. She finished an impressive second in the Girls 15-17 division.
The tournament was played in Blue Rock Springs GC, Vallejo, California, under the Junior Golf Association of Northern California (JGANC). The alumni’s of JGANC are well known in the PGA and LPGA tours. They are Julie Inskter, Scot McCaron, Bobby Clampett, Johnny Miller, Natalie Gulbis, and Fil-Am Dorothy Delasin.
The alumni of the CCC jungolf may not be known in the PGA but I can tell you this is one solid group. They have good rapport with each other and have annual competitions to keep the spirit going, especially for the ones who are no longer playing regularly. They never fail to check out what’s happening with the youngsters still in the program.
PAL PLAYERS. The CCC Men’s regular team for this year’s PAL Interclub is composed mostly of former jungolfers. Last month, they celebrated their first place win at the PAL Interclub in Bacolod but CCC delivered only one lechon to the party instead of the promised three.
This got the guys crying foul so they devised a scramble tournament so they can oblige the club to deliver the balance of the hogs and at the same time share the victory with the jungolfers – the future PAL players for CCC.
The format was a scramble of a team of two jungolfers and one PAL player. The winner of that tournament was the team of Marko Sarmiento and jungolfers Charles Uy and Raphael Wong. They scored an incredible gross of 8-under 64 with eight birdies and no bogey.
As we depart from the topic of our youngsters we now go to the older getting older. Three Rotarians from RC Cebu are celebrating their birthday this month. One is my favorite swinging bachelor Joe Suaco; the second is my favorite dancing bachelor Baba Panopio; and the third is not a bachelor, is not a dancer but is my favorite singing doctor, Dodong Chan.
Also celebrating in our Thursday’s meeting was RC Cebu president Ricky Dakay for the Rigodon dance steps he learned, that Tony Lozada thought he knew and that Amay Ong Vano thought he couldn’t do.
GOLF TIP: If the ball is above the feet in a bunker shot, the idea is to stand tall, with the legs almost straight because the ball is closer to your body than usual. Grip down a little to shorten the club so you can extend your arms and swing away without striking the sand too far behind the ball.
Aim to the right of your target because when the ball is above the feet, the slope will close the clubface and your shot will go left. The more severe the angle, the more you should target to the right.
If the ball is below your feet, bend your knees more but maintain the normal posture in your hips and back. This will allow you to make a comfortable, almost normal swing. Keep your knees flexed throughout the swing to keep the clubhead at the same level as in the address and help you hit the intended target in the sand.
(erc@kyinet.net)
(April 3, 2005 issue)
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