And starting this year, Air Philippines will become part of the sponsor’s package of the Inter-Sports and so the title will change a wee bit. That’s why the senior VP for marketing, Rueben Pecson of Air Phil also was around to attend all the meetings.
This year the PAL Inter-Sports will have 17 teams as opposed to the normal 10 teams.
This will bring the number of participants from 600 to over a thousand players and, so to speak, will take this annual event to the next level. Six international teams are coming from Australia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Guam and Shanghai, China.
Two new teams are joining from Luzon— Laoag city of Ilocos Norte and Ateneo University Alumni Association. Ateneo will definitely field an all-star team from their list of 145 alumni basketball players and will compete in two categories.
Our Los Jefes basketball team guru/captain Chester Cokaliong is not fazed with this challenge and is ready to pursue a three-peat this year.
And since Ateneo is already in, will La Salle be far behind?
PAL president Jimmy Bautista hung around the whole day during the meetings and also in the evening to meet up with some members of Casino Español for a Friday night buffet dinner.
VP for marketing Felix Cruz, AVP Jess Garcia, AVP Bob Salazar, Loloi Atega and tournament director Buddy Resureccion were present for the organizational meeting.
Then last Saturday and Sunday, an even more hectic schedule came in. Our golf associates/opponents from Orchard GCC came down for our annual Walker Cup golf tournament.
At the head of this group are Banko Central Governor Amando “Say” Tetangko and HSBC VP Junie Veloso. My partner Omar Cruz could not make it and I then learned why, from the news on TV that he is resigning his position as treasurer of the Philippines.
The Walker Cup tournament paired 10 players from Manila and Cebu to play at CCC and Alta. To make the story short, our team lost by two points in a Ryder Cup format. Our local hackers were David Chan, Boy Limkakeng, Prudgie Gesta, ERC, Emy Tesalona, Rico Gandionco, Atty. Pepito, Benji Akol, Bebs Libre, Max Tan and Alvin Tan.
Hey, Jungolf is here.
It’s summer time and school’s out. So out come the yellow markers in the fairways approximately 50 or so yards from the greens. And a big bang starts out for the CCC Jungolf program.
The advanced Jungolf levels were treated to a special session with Andrew Ong, a new big name in Philippine golf instructions. Andrew just arrived from the San Diego Golf Academy under the training program of three topnotch golf instructors per Golf Digest and golf magazine; Jim Hardy, Mike Labueave and Stan Utly.
One comment from Andrew that sums up the whole visit; “The best Jungolf program of any club that I’ve seen”! Good job Jovi Neri!
The main issue about the golf swings; one-plane or two-plane swings! Know anything about it? Ask a Jungolfer! Around to assist in the golf clinic were top Philippine Amateurs Kevin Tayao of Sta. Elena and Louie Dacudao of Del Monte. Kevin and Louie were totally impressed with the golf swings of the CCC juniors and raved them as a strongest talent in Jungolf in the Philippines.
Golf Tip: Weight transfer is crucial to getting solid contact with the ball. When you move too aggressively toward your left foot on the downswing, your body will slide instead of rotating through impact.
The sliding hips will disrupt your swing and cause a slice or a hook.
Firming up your left side through impact will eliminate the hip slide and help your body rotate. Picture a wall just outside your left foot and try to swing so that your torso, from the belt buckle to your chest, touches the wall at the finish.
To make your upper body rotate that far, your left leg must stay firm as your hips turn through the strike.
