THANK YOU FOR 5 GREAT YEARS!
when we organized the 1st tournament back in 2004 we had no idea that we’d still be doing it 5 years later! to celebrate this year, we handed it out bottled water and granola bars for a quick morning snack and held a special drawing for those players that celebrated 5 years of consecutive tournament participation!
it has been great seeing familar faces and new ones year after year. we would like to thank ALL OF YOU (112 unique players to date) for taking the time to come out and join us for the day!
MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS - THANK YOU TO:
* B - bruno, my dad —> who taught me that follow through is everything! from my tennis/golf swing to the things that i want to accomplish in life, i am thankful for his guidance and hope to provide my son with similar lessons taught to me growing up. 
* E - edwin, my younger brother —> always encourages me to be more techy…he helped me set up this website and every year has assisted with the design of our t-shirts. our 2008 shirts were his design - in my opinion, it has been the best design so far!
* T - tobey, my son —> my inspiration, my motivation…he is my life…
* E - edison, my youngest brother —> always the first to offer ideas for new things to try at the tournament. he and his wife, jennifer, have always come through with prize donations every year! jennifer was also our official photographer for the first two years of this tourney.
* R - ramel, my hubby —> my best friend, my soulmate, my inspiration, my motivation…he is my life… he is my wall of support, my other half, the person i lean on and the one that knows how to challenge me in life. this tournament (an item on my life to do list) would never have happened if not for his encouragement and his golf experience.
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THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP!!!
* regina (friends for 20 yrs) - has volunteered the last 5 years, yes 2004 through 2008! she drives down from vallejo, usually with starbucks in tow, always ready to help out!
* rona (friends for 25 yrs) - has volunteered the last 2 years - 2007 & 2008! she is not really a morning person but always comes out with a smile on her face ready to take pics!
* jenn (friends for 22 yrs, sister in law for 5 yrs) - has volunteered for the first 2 years! she was our official photographer back in 2004 & 2005 and a regular door prize sponsor!
* jenny (friends for 23 years) - has volunteered for 2 years! she has helped out in 2005 & 2006. thanks for helping and driving out from belmont!
* ashley (friends for 18 years, yes since she was born!) - volunteered for 1 year! thanks for helping out in 2007 and have fun in college!
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THANKS FOR THE GREAT WORK!
* ray martinez, owner - RAYMAR GRAPHICS
- for the last 5 years, ray has provided us with the t-shirts that we hand out at each tournament. he personally works on our shirts and has also done shirts for stanford, uc berkeley and various other schools.
- he provides quality service and quality merchandise, works with you on what you want and fulfills orders within a great timeline!
- if you are interested in getting in contact with ray, please let me know
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SOME OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES FROM THIS YEAR’S TOURNAMENT
* jess showing up in a bright pink ensemble complete with matching visor and mask…last year it was a bright orange ensemble!
* tobey teeing off on the 1st hole - it was the official start to our 5th yr! (great idea dad!)
* having to tell the first few groups that checked in that we needed to take back 1 granola bar back from each of the players. i mistakenly thought there were 96 bars in the box…it was actually 48 in the box with 2 bars each…hahaha
* rona realizing that she was wearing 2 different socks!
* tobey scaring ramel at one of the holes - he yelled “good ball daddy” just after he swung
* a couple of groups saying that on one of the holes they all made it on the green - too bad it was not one that had the closest to the pin contest..hahaha
* tobey dancing around in front of the pro shop - he was bored 
* regina and rona telling me i should stop calling out people’s shirt sizes and lunch choice - it sounded funny to them…most were Large Turkey…HAHAHA…get it, large…turkey…well, you get it, right?
* dad, edwin, edison and ramel saying “we’d like to protest” when i said that they were exempt from the 5 year prize drawings
* being introduced to “shaq fu” nicolas
* mikiko being a last minute entry and then sweeping some of the awards - 1st place flight b, women’s longest drive #17 and closest to the pin #3
* doug also swept - he won for 1st place flight a, closest to the pin #8 and 5 yr prize drawing for $75 refund of 2008 fee or free 2009 fee.
* watching the winners called out for door prizes - the first set of winners happened to all be sitting in one area (say to the left of the patio), then each set of winners after that were all from the opposite side of the patio, then the final set were from the middle part of the patio…okay, well, i thought it was funny 
* regina and i seeing the funky buffed guy wearing a tight spandex spiderman outfit as we left baskin robbins
* coming back to see doug running around the patio and parking lot areas pushing tobey in the stroller
* tobey being completely out once he got in the car - he had a long day!
