Philippine Showbiz Today
March 8 - 21, 2019
Golf
23
A not too easy EZ Par historic
Interclub title
By: Athena Jillian Bravo, Ruel Bonghanoy and Rey Fortaleza
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES-
--EZ Par Golf Club Canadian
swingers made history after
winning the Friendship division
title of the 33rd Philippine Airlines
Seniors Interclub on a sunny
Saturday morning at the Alta Vista
Golf and Country Country Club.
EZ
Par’s
divotdiggers
combined for a four-day total of
395 points on their way to winning
the title.
They had a good start with
an aggregate of 104 points led by
Edgar Sagisi with 40 on the first
day at the course in Alta Vista.
Despite their struggles at the
greens of Club Filipino de Cebu,
EZ Par managed to take the lead
leaving Philam Central Florida
10-points behind to bag the
Friendship title.
Cesar Cajigas led the squad
on the fourth day with 38 points in
the PAL System scoring, followed
by Oscar Asuncion and Jimmy de
Guzman with identical 29 points.
The other Canadian clubs in
the tournament were PGA- British
Columbia Teams 1 and 2, CanPhil
Golf Association, Pinoy Vancouver
Golf Club Team A and Vancouver
Golf of ABC.
Out of 28 teams in the
Friendship Division, PGA-British
Columbia Team 1 placed third
with 384 points, CanPhil finished
seventh in the rankings with an
aggregate of 368 points, Pinoy
Vancouver finished 11th with a
total score of 352 points followed
by Vancouver Golf ranking 13th
with 335 points and PGA-British
Columbia Team 2 at 18th pieced
together with 319 points.
Some of these Canadian
teams are now also playing for the
PAL Interclub Regulars Friendship
Division.
This year’s Interclub is
sponsored by Radio Mindanao
Network, Asian Air Safari, and
AN EASY WIN. EZ Par Golf Club brings home the title as 33rd PAL Interclub Seniors
Friendship Division Champion during the awarding ceremony on March 2, 2019 at
J Centre Mall, Cebu City. (Left to right) AVP for Mindanao Sales Vic Suarez, EZ Par
team members Edgar Sigisi, Phil Abela, Jimmy de Guzman, Oscar Asuncion, Cesar
Cajigas, Bert Luminarias, Vic Zalamea and Cesar Lopez with PAL VP for Revenue
Management Dina Mae Flores.(Photo Credit: Mario Hernandez)
Vanguard Radio Network. Also
extending support are ABS-CBN
Global Ltd. (The Filipino Channel),
Rolls Royce, Primax Broadcasting
Network,
UM
Broadcasting
Network (Mindanao), Fox Sports,
Cignal TV, GECAS, Boeing,
Lufthansa Technik AG, Manila
Standard, Marco Polo Plaza Cebu,
Dusit Thani Manila, and Casino
Filipino. Official hotel is Quest
Hotel Conference Center Cebu. ●
Founders campaigner Cebu CC takes overall lead
CEBU— Jovencio Lusterio
fired a one-under-par 71 for 37
points yesterday as Del Monte
grabbed a two-point lead over
Manila Southwoods in the
Championship bracket even as the
72nd playing of the PAL Interclub
here took on a new twist with
Founders Division campaigner
Cebu Country Club taking the
overall lead.
Del Monte tallied 121 on a
demanding day at Mactan Island
Golf Club, opening the door for
Cebu CC, which is playing in the
lower division, to grab the overall
lead after also compiling 121 at
Mactan for a 245 aggregate, a
point ahead of the Bukidnon-
based squad.
Officially, this was pulled
out just once before, when
an Aguinaldo team made up
of former Asian Games gold
medalist Ramon Brobio, Bong
Lopez and Thirdy Escano won the
1988 edition, also here in Cebu,
while playing in the Founders
Division and eventually beating
Canlubang.
This development will now
have Cebu CC and Orchard, which
is running second in the Founders
with 231 points, joining the Nos. 1
and 2 teams in the Championship
in the pairings in the third round
today also at Mactan.
Southwoods got a level
36 from Aidric Chan and
missed grabbing a share of the
Championship lead after Jae
Hyun-jung was penalized two
points for holing out for double
bogey. The Carmona-based
squad, seeking to win this event
for the fifth straight year, was held
down to 118 for 241.
Tagaytay Highlands, the
surprise first round leader,
stumbled to third spot after a
measly second round 109 despite
getting a tournament best 40
points from Jolo Magcalayo.
Luisita continued to bring
up the rear of the compact
Championship field after a 114,
11 points off the pace.
“Things like this happen,”
Escano,
Southwoods’
non-
playing skipper said of the second
bad round of his charges. “We are
now due for two good rounds. I’m
not worried.”
Noel Langamin accounted
for 34, Joel Bernaldez 27 and
Crispin Aparilla 23 to complete
scoring for Del Monte, which threw
away the 20 of Julius Langamin.
Masaichi Otake matched
Jung’s 28 and the veteran Jun
Jun Plana contributed 26 for
Southwoods, which discarded the
25 of Sean Ramos.
Highland’s undoing was
failing to get anyone to solidly
back up Magcalayo, with the
next best score being the 24 of
Lisandro Opulencia.
This year’s Interclub is
sponsored by Radio Mindanao
Network, Asian Air Safari, and
Vanguard Radio Network. Also
extending support are ABS-CBN
Global Ltd. (The Filipino Channel),
Rolls Royce, Primax Broadcasting
Network,
UM
Broadcasting
Network (Mindanao), Fox Sports,
Cignal TV, GECAS, Boeing,
Lufthansa Technik AG, Manila
Standard, Marco Polo Plaza Cebu,
Pinoy Vancouver Golf Club photo opportunity during the awards night, (L-R) Edward
Yee, Rene Bahena, Rey Fortaleza, Jimmy Bautista, PAL President, Bernard, Edwin
Tunac, Jim Rama
Dusit Thani Manila, and Casino
Filipino. Official hotel is Quest
Hotel Conference Center Cebu.
The complete results after
two rounds:
CHAMPIONSHIP
–
Del
Monte 243 (122-121), Manila
241
(125-116),
Soutwoods
Tagaytay Highlands 233 (124-
109), Luisita 232 (118-114)
FOUNDERS – Cebu Country
Club 245 (124-121), The
231
(121-110),
Orchard
Riviera Golf 227 (112-115), Valley
Golf 225 (108-117), Forest Hills 223
(110-113),
Apo
Golf
and
Country
Club
218
(101-
117), Sherwood Hills 206
(101-105), Negros Occidental
197
(106-91),
Southern
California
Redhawks
193 (93-100), Fil Am Golf Tour 1
171 (87-84), Par 2000 151 (58-93)
SPORTSWRITERS – Mactan
Island 172 (92-89), Camp
Hay
170
(81-89),
John
Fil Am Fairfield 165 (79-
86), Guinhalaran 159 (77-
Camp
Evangelista
82),
155 (81-74), Bacolod 152
(70-82), Up Yee Jots 161
Bay
Area
149
(72-79),
(77-72), Sarangani 146 (75-71),
Fil Am Hawaii 144 (61-83), Filipino
Golfers in the Middle East Dubai 143
(68-75), PGA British Columbia 135
(66-69),
Cotabato
125
(47-78), Lanang 123 (56-
Seattle
123
(60-63),
67),
Fil Am Golf Tour 2 113
(56-57), Cattle Creek 108
Green
Tee
Club
(59-49),
Riyadh 93 (44-49), Geen Hills West
78 (35-43), Greater Vancouver Golf
Assoc 57 (18-39) ●