2011 Q2 KMI/AMI Alumni Golf

The Last Tournament
7/23/11

The 2nd. Qtr. 2011 KMI/AMI Alumni Golf  was originally scheduled to play on 6/25. However, due to the delayed arrival of K. M. Shim from Korea, it was postponed by almost a month and played at the Cinnabar Hills Golf Club at the southern tip of San Jose. The weather was perfect - cool in the morning and little warm in the afternoon.

At the golfing, we learned K. M. Shim will not come to Silicon Valley as he has been but will come only once a year now on, probably some time in Summer, and stay only a few weeks with his two sons here not playing golf as he has been any more. Because of this change, we will not have enough players to play quarterly KMI/AMI Alumni Golf Tournaments any more. Therefore, we decided to discontinue this tournament and 7/23 Q2 2011 tournament this time will be the last tournament we will have. It is very sorry and we all will miss this golf very much, but no one can escape from getting older.

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At the first. hole tee ground of Cinnabar Hills Golf Course :
(Left to right) : T. H. Lee, K. M. Shim, Mrs. Shim, Jane Cho, K. R. Choi, W. K. Chang and D. I. Cho.

 
The Closest to Pin Award Winners - Mrs. Shim, T. H. Lee, D. I. Cho and Jane Cho.

The "Longest Drive" winner was D. I. Cho at 10th. hole. 

The Champion of the day was Jane Cho hitting the lowest net score. Congratulations !!

K. M. Shim was the Medalist of the day and he was also the Medalist of the year 2010, last year.
The trophy for the  Medalist of the year 2010 was presented to K. M. Shim. Congratulations !!

After the golf tournament, we had the dinner at Korea Palace (Sanjang) Restaurant and had a great time for a while chatting various subjects.

It was a great day and every one really enjoyed the day, though we had to make a decision to discontinue this wonderful tournament every quarter.

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From: Won Chang

To: Won Chang ; 'kyuman shim' ; t.h.lee@sandisk.com ; k.choi@ixys.net ; 'DI Cho' ; mikehong45@sbcglobal.net ; chkoh@comcast.net ; dalwlee@gmail.com ; th.lim@isola-group.com ; keeasung@yahoo.com

Sent: 2011년 7월 24일 일요일 오후 12:10

Subject: KMI/AMI Q2 golf tournament on 7/23: Our final and last tournament

Seven players came to play this Q2 tournament at beautiful Cinnabar Hills Golf Course in San Jose . The weather was perfect for golf with spottless blue sky, warm, and comfortable temperature. We all enjoyed the game and our friendship.

Well, this turned out to be the last KMI/AMI golf tournament! There will be no more KMI/AMI golf tournament. Occasional golf outings can be arranged but they will no longer be called KMI/AMI golf tournament. Mr. & Mrs. DI Cho "retired" from playing golf in April. And Mr & Mrs. KM Shim won't be able to participate in future KMI/AMI golf tournaments as they won't be visiting here as frequently as they have been in the past (they are planning to visit Bay Area once a year going forward). So, that counts one half or more than half of our usual tournament participants. We all agreed to make this tournament the last. All of us had some kind of emptiness and somewhat sorrow feeling as we all had some emotions attached to KMI/AMI golf tournaments. Here are some statistics:

1st tournament played: 5/18/2002

Last tournament played: 7/23/2011

Years played: 9

Total number of tournaments played: 30

1. Thanks to my boss, HoeJang Nim, Mr. DI Cho for giving me guidance for organizing the tournaments. Our tournaments wouldn't be possible without his passion in golf and leadership. I would like to thank him especially for keeping all handicap scores, taking pictures, and posting them on web site for every tournament we played.

2. Thanks to Mr. & Mrs. KM Shim who made trips to Bay Area from Korea to participate in the tournaments. In many cases, they had to adjust their itinerary to be in time for the tournaments. Too bad. We will miss his smile and jokes he used to give us.

3. Thanks to KMI/AMI golfers who made the tournaments fun and friendly. Our friendship grew deeper along with golf. Our memories will last forever.

4. Trophies awarded

Year 2009 champion: TH Lim

Year 2010 champion: DI Cho

Year 2010 medalist: KM Shim

Appreciation Trophy: WK Chang - This trophy was origianlly prepared for year 2011 champion. As there won't be any more tournaments to be played, this trophy was given to WK Chang for his efforts for organizing the tournaments.

5. Mr. & Mrs. KM Shim will be returning to Korea in late August. A golf outing will be arranged before his departure to Korea. Most likely golf on August 20, Saturday. Will send details later.

So long with best regards

W. K. Chang