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Thursday, August 24, 2006
Chiongbian: Ladies take over CCC...for a few days
By Edgar R. Chiongbian
Teetime
WOW, wow WGAP! The Cebu Country Club is “smelling like roses”! If Al Pacino was around, he would have loved to be in on this major scent of a woman, err a major scene of women’s golf.
The 14th edition of the Women’s Golf Association of the Phil. (WGAP)—Luzvimin Interclub tournament started yesterday and will end tomorrow. This three-day 54-hole event is participated by the best and the loveliest lady golfers in the Philippines.
One more team was added this year, bringing this year’s total to 23 and making this the largest tournament in many years with 138 players. The tournament is principally a team- play competition between different golf clubs in the country and is the ladies equivalent to the men’s PAL Interclub golf tournament. But for the ladies, there is more at stake as there is also an individual competition with spots in the National Amateur ranking of WGAP to be reckoned with.
WGAP president Gina Tuason of Alabang GCC signaled the start of the tournament with a flag-raising ceremony last Tuesday with the bubbly lady golfers looking like schoolgirls anxiously getting ready for their first day of school. These ladies are proud as a peacock in their colorful outfits and team uniforms. And they change everyday to give us a mini-fashion show with the fairways as their ramp and the greens as the stage.
Although WGAP has been in existence for only 14 years, the rivalry between these ladies group has actually been 19 years. It started back when they were part of the PAL Interclub Tournament but was spun off after five years because of budget cuts. A good friend Leni Cabili, who is still very young, very beautiful, and a very good golfer is the team captain of the Philippine Navy, played in all 19 tournaments. So we can add to her repertoire that she is also a veteran and a historian.
In my eight years of watching WGAP tournaments, I can say that I have noticed a wide gap forming. The mainstay players are getting older and the players coming in are very young. So what to do when WGAP is getting a wide gap? I believe it would be good idea to make the Pearl Division into a strictly-for-seniors division. This might be worth looking into, so the senior ladies can continue to participate, enjoy and compete in a level playing field.
The PAL Seniors Interclub, for instance, is aging very well and has become a very recognizable and appreciated, just like wine. The stalwarts of the men’s PAL Interclub have gotten old and are moving up in rank and so the PAL Seniors has become a star-studded event. The PAL Seniors is where camaraderie is at it very best, even between the players from different teams.
Del Monte is in the lead with 193 points in the Diamond division on the first day of the WGAP tournament. Cebu Country Club is second with 191 points, Sta. Elena is third with 189, followed by Wack-Wack with 186. In the Ruby Division, Villamor leads with 151 points. Pamplona is second with 147 points, Alta Vista is third with 144 points and at fourth is Alabang with 143. In the Pearl Division Riviera leads with 147 points, second is Negros with 146, Ilo-ilo is third with 139 and the Philippine Navy is fourth with 137 points.
GOLF TIP. The best way to be consistent with putting is to make a solid contact with the ball. This means hitting it in the center of your putter face. If you’re struggling with distance on your putts, you’re probably rocking your shoulders instead of getting your arms more involved in the stroke.
The problem with overactive shoulders is it controls your putting stroke and your head also moves. This motion raises the putter up and down during the stroke, and leads to inconsistent contact. Your goal is to keep the putter level to the ground, as much as possible, from start to finish, or on a horizontal path. Your head and shoulders must be relatively steady to allow your arms to control the motion.
Place the ball left of center at address to put the putter midway between your feet and shoulders, which is where you want the lowest point of your arc. Except on short putts, make sure your left arm passes the left hip as you lead the putter through the ball.
(erc@kyinet.net)
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