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Sunday, December 18, 2005
Chiongbian: Golf’s bad boys do good for charity
By Edgar R. Chiongbian
Teetime
One of my favorite golf tournaments just slipped by me last Friday. That was the Christmas Charity Fun golf the CCC Bad Boys hosts every year at the Cebu Country Club to benefit Eruf, Tsu Chi Foundation and Mother Teresa’s Missionary of Charity in Pasil. Last year, the tournament raised over P1 million for the beneficiaries. No word yet from the organizers how well they did this year but I assure you, it is substantial.
If you are playing at the president’s cup today at CCC and did not do well the first day, you might as well forget it and just enjoy your game because the alternating format will not be an easy task. If you are in contention, just hope your partner has the lower handicap because if you’re playing bad, he is supposed to bail you out since he is the better golfer, hahaha.
CLASSIC. On Thursday, Dec. 22, the jungolf program of CCC will be hosting its third edition of the Nike Golf Southern Junior Classic. This golf tournament used to be a simple year-end program for the jungolfers of CCC, to give them a nice Christmas event and a little break from schoolwork. But when Jovi Neri took over in 2003 as the new CCC chairman for the jungolf program, he didn’t waste time and contacted Nike to sponsor the event. With the help of GM Nick Tuason of Pacsports Philippines, the exclusive distributor of Nike Golf, the Nike Golf Southern Junior Classic was born with over 100 participants on its first try.
This event has become so successful that it has created a jungolf boom in Cebu and helped fuel the launching of two major jungolf tournaments south of Manila. Earlier this year, the VisMin Youth Golf Circuit, a brainchild of Alex Montelibano of Bacolod, was launched and was played at CCC. Last month, the Alta Vista jungolf program flexed its muscles, went big and launched the Jungolf Invitational Golf Tournament that had over 150 players. Alta’s jungolf chairman, Nonoy Alba, said he has planned this golf tournament to go international next year.
At this time let me be the first to wish you all a very merry Christmas. Our Rotary Club of Cebu had a big Christmas party at Casino Español chaired by Tony Lozada. The theme of the party was “RC Cebu goes to the Oscar.” Indeed, all the trimmings were there: life-sized Oscars, spotlights, red carpet before you enter the room. A special dancesport number by the club president and his first lady wowed the crowd. And the emcee was Johnny Sunday, direct from Las Vegas via San Jose, California.
GOLF TIP. Whether the sand in the bunker is hard or soft, the shot must not be forced. They must be played with an easy, lazy swing where the sand is used as a buffer to push the ball out. If the sand is reasonably soft, aim at about two inches behind the ball. The wedge will do the rest.
If the sand is hard or wet, you should not hit too far behind the ball, because the packed sand will offer too much resistance and your wedge won’t be able to travel through the sand to get the ball out. Instead, aim about an inch or so behind the ball and swing the club more upright and use a shorter swing and follow-through. You may need a little more power than you would in a soft sand, but not much more. Keep your swing essentially lazy.
But if you are in buried lie or in a footprint, you have to forget the lazy swing and hit it hard. Aim at a spot just behind the ball, use an upright swing with no pivot and hit forcefully as if you were trying to bury the clubhead in the sand beneath the ball.
(erc@skyinet.net)
(December 18, 2005 issue)
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