Year 2004 Tournament Schedule

• 03/20 Sunday,  11:00AM, Chuck Corica, 28 Players

• 04/25 Sunday,  11:00AM, Poppy Ridge, 32 Players

• 05/15 Saturday, 8:00AM, San Juan Oaks, 18 players (F-Cup with MVGC)

• 05/30 Sunday,  11:00AM, Rio Vista, 24 Players

• 06/20 Sunday,   1:00PM, Coyote Creek, 20 Players

• 07/17 Saturday, 1:00PM, Summit Pointe, 8-12 Players (Chinese Olympics)

• 08/01 Sunday,   1:30PM, The Bridges, 24 Players

• 08/22 Sunday,  11:00AM, Poppy Hills, 28 Players

• 09/19 Sunday,   1:30PM, Cinnabar Hills, 24 Players

• 10/24 Sunday,  11:00AM, Eagle Ridge, 32 Players (Annual InterVideo Cup)

• 11/28 Sunday,  11:00AM, Poplar Creek, 16 Players

Chuck Corica Tournament Results -3/28/2004 

Eric Ouyang

San Juan Oaks F-Cup Results -5/15/2004

Dear SYGC Golfers,

Just want to give you an more detailed update on
Friendship Cup results this year. As Yu announced,
we won the cup by a razor thin margin: 12.5 vs. 11.5.
We are 0.5 point over what was needed to get back
the cup (since MVGC won the cup last year, a tie will
give them the advantage to retain the cup!)

I was very lucky to have a team of very dedicated
members. We have totally 4 official practice rounds
for the past 3 weeks. Unofficial practices by
individual players are not tallied. For the past 3 
weeks, you can find our team members in both San Jose
Muni and Santa Clara almost every night. Some of 
them continued to practice hard until the last days
before competition, obviously against captain's
instruction on our "Daily Update" emails. We have 
very nice uniforms this year, and some of the 
members will show off in the upcoming tournaments
for sure (count on it!). The strategic lunch
was held yesterday, and we went over hole-by-hole,
and match-by-match, and overall strategic play and
course management. Thanks to Ivy who picked up the
tab again.

This year, we have 3 teams who brought in 3 team
points without giving up any: 1. Ivan Ho/ Long Wang;
2. Lucas Tsai/ Eric Ouyang; 3. Danny Tsen and Roger 
Su. We have Cangsang Zhao/ Conrad Chen brought in
1.5 points, and Tony Su and Wen Lee brought in 
another 2 points to make it 12.5 points.

Ivan was on business trip the whole week last week, 
and was even questionable to play the day before.
Calling MVGC captain last night at 11PM and told
him Ivan WILL play is the best decision I made for
the whole captainship. Long's performance peaked 
at the right time: his opponent shot 86, but tough
luck for him since Long shot 85!

Eric and I played very well during our practice 
rounds, and Eric's magical fairway bunker shot 
at the first hole miraculously stopped their charge,
and after that our team never trailed behind.

Danny and Roger are very good match, and Roger finally
shed his reputation as the "best SYGC player to never
won a F-Cup match". Their match with Peter and Daniel,
two best players at MVGC, was a total surprise to a
lot of people that the result is such a landslide.

Cangsang played very well over Willy. Even though 
the team match was 2 down with 2 holes to play, 
Cangsang and Conrad somehow managed to beat their
opponents to even the team match to bring in the
deciding 0.5 points. When I learned about this, I
can only thank God, and their "never give up"
attitude. 

Wen and Tony again both brought in 1 point each, and
that's good enough for us. We are over the half
way point, and we won the cup back!!!

This year, the competition is getting even more
intense and competitive than last year, and that will
only make F-Cup a well-anticipated event, and a
tradition for the two clubs with so many good friends
to play together, and compete together. I believe 
next year MVGC will gear up and try even harder to 
get the cup that we made for the next 3 competition
period. I hope all the best and serious golfers
of the club can all join for next year to defend our
cup!

Thank you all for your support for my captainship
this year. Thank you Yu Chang for being such a good
advisor. Thank you President Ivan for your strong
support. And thank you all for those who pray at home
today. The captainship is intense, and is a probably 
the best weight loss program as well.

Regards,

Lucas

Detailed results are as follows:

Alternate Team 

Lucern Ma lost to Yu Ko 4 and 2
Steve Hwang lost to Stephen Fong 5 and 4
MVGC Team won 4 and 2
=> No point, but SYGC lost the wager of the cost
for next trophy

Match 1
George Cheng lost to Sherry Rauen 5 and 4
Tony Su won over Tony Chen 5 and 3
MVGC won 4 and 3
SYGC: MVGC = 1:2

Match 2
Brian Chang lost to Alan Leu 3 and 2
Randy Tan lost to Henry Ho 5 and 4
MVGC won 5 and 4
SYGC vs. MVGC = 0:3

Match 3
Ivan Ho won over Mong Ping 4 and 3
Long Wang won over Francis Ho 3 and 2
SYGC won 3 and 1
SYGC vs. MVGC = 3:0

Match 4 
Jennifer Kao lost to Lee Yu 3 and 1
Ivy Ho lost to Leona Ong 3 and 1
MVGC won 3 and 2
SYGC vs. MVGC = 0:3

Match 5
Lucas Tsai won over Ben Wang 3 and 2
Eric Ouyang won over Ken Chang 3 and 1
SYGC won 4 and 3
SYGC vs. MVGC = 3:0

Match 6
Yu Chang lost to Cavin Song 7 and 5
Wen Lee won over Ming Liu 2 and 1
MVGC won 3 and 2
SYGC vs. MVGC = 1:2

Match 7 
Conrad Chen lost to Martin Ku 7 and 5
Cangsang Zhao won over Willy Wong 4 and 3
Team All Square
SYGC vs. MVGC = 1.5:1.5

Match 8
Danny Tsen won over Peter Chui 3 and 1
Roger Su won over Daniel Fong 5 and 3
SYGC won 3 and 2
SYGC vs. MVGC = 3:0

Overall SYGC vs. MVGC = 12.5:11.5
 

Picture:

SYGC F-Cup Team

Lucern/ Steve

George/ Tony

Brian/ Randy

Ivan/ Long

Jennifer/ Ivy

Lucas/ Eric

Yu/ Wen

Conrad/ Cangsang

Discussions

Score Cards

2004 F-Cup Points

Rio Vista Tournament Results -5/30/2004

Dear members,
Thank you all for participating in the Rio Vista
tournament. Although the course condition was not as
good as I imagine, I still hope you all had good time
there. 
Following are the winners of the tournament,

First place: Carol/Brian net 60
Second place: George/Rose net 62
Third Place: Tao/Ying net 63
Third place: Conrad/Wen net 63 (tied)
 

Gross: Danny Tsen 74
Net 1st place: Ben Wang net 64 (gross 79)
Net 2nd place: Danny Tsen net 65 (gross 74)
Net 3rd place: Brian net 68 (gross 90)

Man's long drive: Danny Tsen
Lady's long drive: Ivy Ho

Near pin: Conrad, Carol, Jerry and Benny


Carol^^

Coyote Creek Tournament Results -6/20/2004

Dear SYGC member

It was a windy day but everyone has played their best in Coyote Creek.
However, the pace was really slow and that blocked people behind us.
Let's improve the pace in the next tournament. We will leave the next tournament host
to make a decision if the slow play group will be penalized.

Hope to see you in the next tournament in July 25.
For those people who played in June Tournament, you will get $10 credit 
in SYGC. Remember to mention it next time when you send check to Lucern.

Low gross: Conrad Chen (90) <Danny Tsen (84), but already won in 2004>

Tier 1: 

Net1: Danny Tsen(84-75)
Net2: Wen Lee(91-75)
Net3: Cangsang Zhang(91-77)

Tier 2: 

Net1: George Cheng (96-72)
Net2: Kuan Khor (109-73)
Net3: Iven Ho (96-75)

Match Play winner: Danny Tsen, Wen Lee, Cangsang Zhang, Jenifer Tan,
Philip Cha, Iven Ho, George Cheng, Ivy Ho, Kuan Khor

Near pin 

Hole #5: Lucern Ma 11'3", #14: Danny Tsen 22'6"
#7: Danny Tsen 1'5", #2: Lucas Tsai 33'5"

Long Drive, Man: Danny Tsen, Woman: Jennifer Kao

Regards,

Steve Hsia
TSMC, North America.
Tel: 408-382-8021 ( 770-8021)
Mobile: 408-888-0033

The Bridges Tournament Results -8/1/2004

Dear SYGC member,

First of all, thanks to Tony for being the host.
There was a lot of coourdination work with the late 
signup players and the golf course, the payment for 
the floating tournament and such.

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2 players signup late did not pay yet.

You know who you are, please send me an email and
arrange a payment soon.

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Challenge and fun golf course.

The afternoon was great for golf and not windy at all.
The scores are still prettyy high excpet for a
few exceptions which I will mention later.
Bridges is a very tough course, good course knowledge
will be needed to play well there. I hope most if not
everyone felt gold tee was challenge and fun.

We also had a few friends from MVGC, Henry Ho come for
the first time, Hungshin played with us at Rio Vista.
I hope them had a great time as we did too.

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READY GOLF

The ladies group should be praised for observing
ready golf practices. Even the golf course marshalls
told them they played fast. My group played real fast
but we were 1 hole behind them until 17th hole.
These ladies averaged 112 shots and finished within
4.5 hours. There is something others can learn from.

Judging from when the score cards got back to me,
2 groups were still playing slower than average.
Let us continue to improve.

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Best Gross and overall performance:

Wen's friend, Yenyu, has the best score for both net
and stableford points. Gross 87, net 67, +4 points.
However, since he is not a member and has no official
NCGA index, he is not eligible for prizes.
However, we will give him a nice prize,
credit for 2004 membership fee. He is now a member
for the rest of the year.

Cangsang shot 80, net 68, -1 point.
He gets a nice launch pad for his best gross score.
I am amazed with his consistency from the scorecard.
He will be a superstar for our next f-cup team.

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STABLEFORD RESULT

There are a few mistakes on the final points scored
announced at the end of the game. My apologies.
I have checked the score card and corrected them.
Since there is some tied scores, the prizer is
changed to $30 for 1st, $25 for 2nd, $20 for 4th and
$10 for 5th place winners. Lucern will keep track of
club credits, remember to claim it when you signup
for the next tournament.

1st place: Ivy Ho +1 (3 birdies, 5 bogeys)
2nd place: Tony Su 0 (4 birdies, 5 bogeys, 1 dbl)
3th place: Cangsang -1 (2 birdies, 5 bogeys)
4th place: Shirley -3 (2 eagles,1 bird, 6 bogey,3 dbl)
4nd place: Wen Lee -3 (4 birdies, 5 bogeys, 2 dlb)
4th place: Linglee -3 (3 eagles, 3 bogeys, 5 dbl)

Worthy mentions:

7th place: Ivan Ho -6 (3 birdies, 3 bogeys, 3 dbl)
8th place: Alex Hsu -9 (1 eagle,1 bird,4 bogeys,4 dbl)

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Long drive and near pin

Men Long Drive James Chu
Ladies Long Drive Ivy Ho

Near Pin Tow Chow (9'11")
Near Pin Yenyu (57'6") (can the green be so big?)
Near Pin Ivy Ho (36'8")
Near Pin Yu Chang (6'2")

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F-cup points

F cup point is still given to low net and low gross
finishers only.

Low Gross Cangsang (net 68) 50

Diamond flight 1st Wen (net 71) 50
Diamond flight 2nd Ivan (net 72) 30
Diamond flight 3rd Tao and Yu (net 76) 20

Gold flight 1st Tony (net 68) 50
Gold flight 2nd Ivy (net 69) 30
Gold flight 3rd Alex (net 74) 20

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Match Championship winners

Ivy defeated Ying
Linglee defeated Shirley
Alex defeated Yu 1up (3-putts on 15-17, all < 15' ;(
Cangsang defeated Tony 1 up
Haoping defeated Philip
Tony defeated Long
Ivan defeated Jerry

yu

Poppy Hills Tournament Results -8/22/2004

Dear SYGC Members,

It was so excited to see 26 club members plus 2 guests playing in Poppy Hills 
tournament on last Sunday. The weather was very nice, a little bit cool but 
very comfortable. Besides regular stroke play, we have single match in each 
group this time. I guess every player must enjoy the game and had great time.
After re-calculating everybody's score, the result is slightly changed. Wen 
Lee claimed Low Gross in this tournament. He shot an impressive 84 (net -4) 
during the round. Cansang (previous Low Gross) and Yu both shot net -2 with 
gross 83 and 85, Ivan shot 92 (net -1) to win Net Low #1, #2 & #3 in Diamond 
Tier. Ying shot 108 (net -3), Ivy shot 97 (net -2) and Yenyu shot 95 (net +1) 
to win Net Low #1, #2 & #3 in Gold Tier. Steve and Carol hit longest drive in 
men's & women's group. Brian, Yenyu, Danny, Yu and Hao-Ping won nearest pin. 
Congratulation to all of the winners!

P.S. Please check with me if you have any question regarding to the scores.

Tournament Results Details:

Low Gross
Wen Lee 84 (-4)

Net Low (Diamond - Index 5.5~17.6)
(Net #1) Cangsang Zhao 83 (-2)
(Net #2) Yu Chang 85 (-2)
(Net #3) Ivan Ho 92 (-1)

Net Low (Gold - Index 18.1~32.6)
(Net #1) Ying Chow 108 (-3)
(Net #2) Ivy Ho 97 (-2)
(Net #3) Yenyu Hsieh 95 (+1)

Longest Drive
(Men) Steve Hsia
(Women) Carol Lin

Nearest Pins
(Hole #2) Brian Chang
(Hole #6) Yenyu Hsieh
(Hole #11) Danny Tsen
(Hole #15) Yu Chang
(Hole #17) Hao-Ping Wen

Match Play Winners:
1. Jerry Tso & Tao Chow
2. Danny Tsen & Ying Chow
3. Jennifer Tan & Ivan Ho
4. Brian Chang & Ivy Ho
5. Steve Hsia & Michael Wu
6. Yu Chang & Hao-Ping Wen
7. Yenyu Hsieh & Wen Lee

Thanks again for all of the participants. Our next tournament will be held 
on Sept. 19th at Poplar Creek GC. We look forward to seeing you all there. 

Best Regards,

Hao-Ping Wen
 

Cinnabar Hills Tournament Results -9/24/2004

From: Tony S <tonywww@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue Sep 21, 2004 10:35 am
Subject: [SYGC] September 19th Cinnabar Hills tournament result


Dear members

26 players (including 5 Tsing Hua players led by Steve
Hsia) braved a little shower and a bit of gutsy wind
tackling Cinnabar Hills on Sep 19th. It was a great
practice for anyone who wants to play in Scotland.

Because of the smaller field and multiple winners,
the prizes are shared into smaller portion -

The honor of Gross #1 goes to Conrad with a 83.

3 way tie for net#1 (69)
George Cheng,
Tony Su and
Long Wang

Prize for each club credit $20 and 40 Friendship
Cup points

Also three way tie for net#2 (71)
Conrad Chen,
Frank Hsu (Cinnabar tee) and
Wen Lee (Cinnabar tee)

In addition to the gross prize, Conrad will earn 20
Friendship Cup points.
Frank and Wen each has earned club credit $10 and 20
Friendship Cup points

Man's Long drive
Conrad

Lady's Long drive
Ivy

Near Pin
Jennifer Yu (a new member)
Jeff Lok
George Cheng (made birdie)
Cangsang Zhao (made birdie)

One note worthy shot in my group was Gangsang's drive
on to a par 4 green (besides his hear pin shot). A
very solid drive over a tree. Please share any note
worthy shots in your foursome with everyone.

Special thanks to Yu for arranging a new tournament
site in less than a week to accommodate a successful
outing over the weekend.

Looking forward to see everyone at the Eagle Ridge
annual tournament (please sign up with Yu).

Cheers,

Tony
 

Eagle Ridge Annual InterVideo Cup Tournament Results -10/27/2004

From: Yu Chang <yc630621@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:11 pm
Subject: 2004 SYGC Annual tournament Intevideo Cup results


SYGC 2004 InterVideo Cup Annual Tournament result


To be honest with you all, the weather had been a big
concern for me and I had been checking weather.com
everyday 1 week before the tournament.
Fortunately, there was just a little rain that made
the putting a little more challenge. Eagle ridge looked
so beautiful with the "Cloud Sea" (Yun2 Hai3), I felt
I was back to Yellow Mountain in China.

The course condition was superb, green was hard to read
especially with the rain slowing the putt down.
The scores reflected the tough condition even through
we played from the simpler tee. (Only 4 macho men played
from white tee, COnrad, Roger, Wen and Danny.)
But everyone had a great time.

Ivan Ho, our president who had dominated the last few
tournaments, took home the biggest 2 trophies.
He beat Jennifer at match to win the match champion and
his 84 also won the gross champion too. Just for comparison:
We have 15 player with lower index but the closest one
to Ivan was 4 shots apart. The lowest index player will
have to shoot 72 (even par) to match Ivan's performance!

Jennifer played consistently well and took almost every
possible prize home (see below). However, her good
performance was no match to Ivan's very hot play.
She had to settle for second place match and Net#2.
In addition to these, she also took home the Ladies
Match Champion trophy and 2 near pin prizes.

Roger and Conrad went out half an hour before the first
group and had to wait for a longggggg time for the rest
to come back. Roger could have started with 3 birdies
if he did not missed a 5 feet putt on the second hole.
Conrad shot a very respectable 88 from white tee and
drooled over the Gross Champion trophy until Ivan came
back with an unbelieveable 84. Conrad had to settle for
first flight Net Champion. There is always next year. ;-)

Frank played one of his best round. I can never forget
4 years ago when I won gross with 79 at Santa Clara
but did not win 1 single skin against him and Thomas.
He was even better this time to win second flight Net#1.
Hao-ping had broke 100 only a few times in his career.
Fortunately, his 98 on a very tough course and a very
tough day was very timely for him to tie with Frank for
him to bring home the Net#2 trophy home.

Lucas bought a new driver and a new set of irons only a
couple weeks ago. His investment paid off by winning
the long drive with a 305 yard shot. How do I know it is
305 yard? Because he beat my drive by a fraction.
I must point out the hole was dryer when he played it. ;-)



Match Champion Ivan Ho (6 landslide wins)
Match second place Jennifer Kao (and Ladies Champion too)
Match third place Wen Lee (Mr. 10 and 8)
Match third place Hao-ping Wen (good timing to break 100)

Gross Champion Ivan Ho 84 (15 players w/ lower index)

First flight Net#1 Conrad Chen 86/73 (I'll get it next year)
First flight Net#2 Jennifer Kao 87/74 (Ms. Consistent)
First flight Net#3 Eric Ouyang 91/75 (I need a new putter)

Second flight Net#1 Frank Hsu 91/70 (Old Ginger)
Second flight Net#2 Hao-ping Wen 98/70 (I need to play more)
Second flight Net#3 Howard King 93/73 (my kid ranks US top 10)

Near Pin 2nd hole Jennifer 2'5" (how did I lost the match?)
Near Pin 6th hole Eric Chou 1'6" (Mine is the shortest ;-)
Near pin 13th hole Yu Chang 4'4" (180 yard uphill)
Near pin 16th hole Jennifer 7'10" (Jennifer again?)

Long Drive Men Lucas Tsai (my ball is closer to the middle)
Long Drive Ladies Carol Lin (Jennifer did not win them all)


It was a fun and fulfilling year for me. We had many new
activities like swing achiever parties, many fun formats and
lots of matches. I would like to take this chance to thank
the staff for their dedicated contributions.


Lucern Ma Treasurer (send your check on time)
Hao-ping Wen Tournament Chair (never miss any detail)
Conrad Chen Handicap Chair (must enter your scores)
Carol Lin Tournament Host (best email communication)
Eric Ouyang Tournament Host (I am a father now!)
Tony Su Tournament Host (My buddy is a father now!)
Steve Hsia Tournament Host (been a staff from the start)
Lucas Tsai Web Master (build the web, they will join)
Brian Chang Swing Achiever Party Host (my swing is like silk)


F cup points will double starting from this point.

2005 Match Championship will start in November Tournament at
Poplar Creek (host is Tony Su). I will send out the new rules of
Match Championship soon.

yu

Poplar Creek Tournament Results -9/24/2004