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Archive for March, 2008

Good-Looking Lady Caddy and/or Umbrella Girl
Pinoy Golfers are the most pampered and well-served players in the world. In the golf courses that I’ve seen and played in the United States and other ASEAN countries, most of their golf courses do not have any caddies, moreso, no umbrella girls. But in the Philippines, any golfer can enjoy both–a [...]

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This was one of the first few memorable experiences I had when I started to play golf at the golf course. Yes, I hit my caddy with my golf ball at the golf course! It was an embarrassing experience but It was also a learning experience on my part and with golf caddies.
If I can remember [...]

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Latest Golf Set
I can consider golf as a rich-man’s & old-man’s game where the player is considered to have the resources to use or spend. The golf set being used by the Pinoy Golfer is also one of the center of discussions and talk among golfers in the golf course or at the Clubhouse. If [...]

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The first thing that a person should know before driving/hitting golf balls at the driving range and getting to the golf course to play is the basic etiquette in golf. These are very basic but most of the time, older golfers would violate these “time-tested” rules of courtesy and finesse. After knowing the basic golf [...]

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After the old Fort Bonifacio Golf Course was demolished and whose area was sold by the Bases Conversion Development Authority in promulgation of a Law enacted by Congress, a new Fort Bonifacio Golf Course was established within the 100-hectare retention area for the Headquarters Philippine Army. It took at least one year to replicate the [...]

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Rolex Watch
The only distinct jewelry the Pinoy Golfer can wear in a round of golf is the wristwatch. For him to make a statement to his golfmates is to wear an expensive Swiss Watch. Rolex Watch is the most prestigious and known watch by Pinoy Golfers. It symbolizes prestige, power, success, strength, and accuracy. To a Pinoy Golfer, [...]

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Ernie B

He was my classmate in the Philippine Military Academy and we graduated in February 1975. He was the one who introduced me the “proper way” to play golf at the course. He taught me on the rules and etiquette of golf. He even went to the extent of giving me my first golf set. He [...]

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He was a former Commanding General of the Philippine Army with a 3-Star rank (Lt. General). Later, we was promoted to the position as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the highest position in the military with a 4-Star rank (General). After his retirement from the military service, he was [...]

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San Miguel Beer
Whether a golfer is at the driving range or at the golf course, the first thing that a golfer would need or ask is an ice cold San Miguel Beer after a golf practice at the driving range or after a round of golf at the course. It could be the Pale Pilsen [...]

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December 1989

On this month, the biggest uprising of some Special Units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against the administration of President Corazon Aquino happened. It was an armed “coup d’ etat” which almost resulted to a successful one but the government troops prevailed and it was crushed after one week with most of [...]

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