Olives, J. Mercado Win Franklin Canyon Tourney; Gardner is Golfer of the Year

October 20, 2008 -- Enrique Olives and Joji Mercado won the Masters and Classics divisions, respectively, of the year's last tournament held a last Saturday Oct. 18 at the Robert Muir Graves-designed Franklin Canyon Golf Club in Hercules, CA. It was the second victory of the year for both golfers.

Enrique put in the day's lowest gross score of 2-over par 74 (net 66) on  the 6,152 yard, 125 slope-rated golf course. Ron Riego de Dios posted the next lowest gross score of 76 (net 69)  to place second in the Masters division. Third place in that division went to Dennis Aguirre with a gross 87 (net 73).

In the Classics division, Joji actually won a tie-breaker over Dino Africa, who also posted a net 72 for the round. Another tie-breaker came into play to break a 3-man logjam at net 74 to determine the division's third placer. Rico Medina won that tie-breaker over Mike Monserrat and Alan Silva.

Only 19 golfers participated in the year's last tournament. The golfers had a rare mid-morning tee time although it was delayed for 30 minutes. The first group teed-off at 10AM amid chilly and even windy conditions which eventually gave in to splendid autumn weather as the round progressed. Course condition was not as good, however, with several brown fairway spots and uneven greens. The course nevertheless featured a fair challenge to the golfers. Reading the greens, in particular, proved testy since the speed varied from hole to hole.

Just about the only excitement leading to the tournament was the ongoing Golfer-of-the-Year contest. The contest essentially was between two golfers, Bill Gardner and Frank Roxas, who were separated only by 10 points and were mathematically beyond the reach of the other golfers for the Golfer-of-the-Year honors. Since neither placed in this tournament, that margin remained the same and the club's hippest golfer, Bill Gardner, romped off with the award. Bill's victory marked the fourth different winner of the Golfer-of-the-Year Award in as many years. Manny Noguera won the inaugural Golfer-of-the-Year competition in 2005 and was followed by Tom Consunji and Art Dancel in succeeding years. Golfer-of-the-Year points are awarded to the Top 5 lowest net scorers as well to each participant of the club's tournaments. The winner of the Golfer-of-the-Year competition gets to have his name engraved in the perpetual trophy that he gets to keep until the next winner is determined.

Congratulations to Enrique, Joji and Bill!  See you all in next year's tournaments!

The complete net scores:

Masters Division

66     Enrique Olives

69     Ron Riego de Dios

73     Dennis Aguirre

78     Irvin Sevilla

80     Arnold Mercado

          Frank Roxas

83     Jojo Flores

Classics Division

72     Joji Mercado

         Dino Africa

74     Rico Medina

         Mike Monserrat

         Alan Silva

75     Art Dancel

         Mandy Rosales

76     Romi Beza

77     Fernando Alvarez

         Orly Mayor

86     Tony Garmendia

88     Bill Gardner

The complete Golf-of-the-Year scores:

									Points Matrix:
									1st Place	100
			DLS Greens Golf Club						2nd Place	90
			Golfer of the Year Award						3rd Place	80
				2008					4th Place	70
									5th Place	60
									Participation	50
* New Member		03/22/08	04/20/08	05/18/08	06/22/08	07/19/08	08/16/08	09/27/08         (Saturday)	10/18/08
Last Name	First Name	Santa        Clara GC	Calippe      Preserve	Poppy         Hills	Poppy           Ridge	Monarch          Bay	Palo            Alto	Deer Ridge  (4th FIL-AM)	Franklin            Canyon	Cum        Points
Gardner	Bill	90	50	80	90	50	50	50	50	510
Roxas	Frank	50	50	100	50	100	50	50	50	500
Dancel	Art	50	50	50	50	70	80	50	50	450
Medina	Rico	50	50	50	50	50	100	50	50	450
Africa	Dino	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	70	420
Mercado	Joji	50		50	50	90	50	50	80	420
Riego de Dios	Ron	50	50	50	50		50	80	90	420
Consunji	Tom	50	100		100		50	50		350
Mayor	Orly	50	50	50	50	50	50		50	350
Olives	Enrique		80			80	90		100	350
Silva	Alan	50	50		50	50	50	50	50	350
Aguirre	Dennis		50	50	50	50		50	60	310
Berdal	Tony		90	70	50	50	50			310
Beza	Romi	70			50	50		90	50	310
Garmendia	Tony	50		50	50	60		50	50	310
Alvarez	Fernando		50	50		50	50	50	50	300
Rosales	Mandy	100			50	50	50		50	300
Hizon	Matt	50	60		50		70	50		280
Panlasigue	Bobby		50		50		60	100		260
Mercado	Arnold	50			50		50	50	50	250
Monserrat	Mike			50	50	50		50	50	250
Sarino *	CJ		50	50	50	50		50		250
Sevilla	Irvin	50		50	50			50	50	250
Yu	Clement		50	50	50		50	50		250
Devilla	Jovy	80		50	50			50		230
Espiritu	Eugene		50	50	70	50				220
Santos	Arlo Rey	50	50	60			50			210
Flores *	Jojo			50		50	50		50	200
Reyes	Mandy			90	60			50		200
Noguera	Manny	60	70	50						180
Ramirez	Nani	50			80			50		180
Litton	Andy			50			50	60		160
Colmenares *	Tony		50	50	50					150
Manalo	Mike	50		50				50		150
Besinga *	Jorge					50	50			100
Gochoco	Jaime						50	50		100
Pantangco	Bobby	50					50			100
Punsalan *	Len			50			50			100
San Jose	Ramon			50				50		100
Sicat	Joe		50					50		100
Tamayo *	Mike			50			50			100
Cepe *	Emmanuel			50						50
Delacruz	Rennie		50							50
Jaojoco *	Lito					50				50
Leoncio *	Benjie							50		50
Lomotan *	Froilan							50		50
Madamba	Lou							50		50
Paquia *	Vince			50						50
Payawal *	Louis							50		50
Valles	Jose Mari						50			50