Friday, August 31, 2007 Palos monthly tournament: An international event By Imee Garcia
LAST Sunday, I joined the monthly tournament at Ranchos Palos Verdes. As usual, the dashing Ting Castillo was the emcee. He mentioned that the monthly tournament in Palos Verdes is now an international event. Yes it was. There were several players from Australia who participated. We also have a Swiss national who is a member. There were a few from the United States. We also had players from Korea who joined, and one Korean even scored -9 gross that day!
Congratulations to the winners of the Ranchos Palos Verdes Monthly Tournament for September! Over all gross champ - Tibor Marcelino; Over all net champ - D'arcy Walsh; Class A Over all gross champ - Jing Tan; Class A Over all net champ - Boy Tan; Class B Over all gross champ - Marlon Hager; Class B Over all net champ - Edwin Ledesma; Class C over all gross champ - Alex Rivera; Class C Over all net champ - ince Brodeth; Class D Over all gross champ - Alfred Tan; Class D Over all net champ - Gadi Sorilla; Guest Division Over all gross champ - Seo Un Young; Guest Division 1 net champ - Denden de Castro; Guest Division 2 net champ - King Rivas; Ladies Over all gross champ - Imee Garcia; Ladies Over all net champ - Ellen Hao-Tanopo; Juniors 11 & Below Division winner - Martin Magrablian; Juniors 12-17 Division winner - Kim Suk Kwon.
I don't know if you read the Sun.Star Davao newspaper last Tuesday. If you did, you probably didn't notice the tiny article they had on me on the last page. Ahem. Asked my dad if he read it, and he said he bought all the newspapers already, none left. Hahaha! And he said that my mom had a good laugh when she read the reason why I didn't join tournaments as much as I used to.
Am I a celebrity? I am most certainly not! I am a simple "girl-next-door' type of a person who hardly dresses up, unless necessary. If you see me walking at the mall, I am usually in shorts or jeans, wearing slippers or sandals, and wearing an ordinary t-shirt or a tank top. Don't be scared of me. I am the complete opposite of what you think. I am a shy person.
I watched a movie at SM a couple of weeks ago. While we were lining up to get in, a friendly looking guy, who was standing in front of me, kept staring back at me. I was beginning to wonder why. Maybe I had a piece of popcorn stuck to my hair or something. Then he turned around and said, 'aren't you the one who writes about golf? Oh...that really made me feel nice. I said, "yes" and asked if he reads my articles and asked if they were okay. He said he reads my articles and found them nice, or something to that effect.
I'd like to thank him and the rest of the people who read my articles. Keep buying Sun.Star Davao every Friday and read my column! Correction, buy Sun.Star everyday, not just Fridays. Sun.Star has a lot of good looking and sexy writers. Oh yes, and they write very well, too.
By the way, how are my articles? Are they really worth reading? I guess so, because Stella S. and Charles M. have not kicked me out yet. Hahaha!
Upcoming tournaments. Golf for a Cause. This will be on September 1, Saturday, at the Apo Golf and Country Club. The mission is to improve the delivery of social and spiritual services and facilities of UCCP-Davao City and be able to effectively respond to the needs of the people and community. Tee off times are 5.30am and 11am. The tournament fee is 1,500 per player, and the mulligan fee is 200, one mulligan shot per nine holes.
