Golfing excitement heats up as more teams are expected to sign up for the Southern Ladies golf tournament on Feb. 6-8 at the Bacolod Golf and Country Club in Binitin, Negros Occidental. To date, sixteen teams are gunning for top honors in the 45th staging of the event.
Amidst the setback of the recent demise of her husband, the former Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Montelibano Jr., Jhay Montelibano spearheads the host Bacolod Golf and Country Club together with Susan Yulo. Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club also known as the Marapara team also figured in the early roster of teams competing in the 54-hole tournament, which also features the individual competition.
Also gunning for the honors are Alabang Golf Club, Alta Vista, Canlubang, Cebu Country Club, Del Monte Golf Club, Philippine Navy, Iloilo Golf Club, Pueblo de Oro, Pamplona, Iligan Golf Club, Tagaytay Highlands, Valley Golf Club, Wack Wack.
ICTSI is also fielding its own team composed of the country’s top players, headed by reigning RP Ladies Open champion Chihiro Ikeda, SEA Games silver medallist Anya Tanpinco, Sarah Ababa, Louise Manalo, Gretchen Villavicencio, Carmelette Villaroman, Lora Roberto and Mariel Candinato.
Korean Crystal Shin of Del Monte seeks a three-peat feat in the individual competition of the event, sponsored by DHL-WWWExpress, Hans Brumann Jeweler, Petron Corp., Directories Philippines Corp., Yellow Pages and Philippine Sports Commission. Masters Sports is the event’s hole-in-one sponsor while the Business Inn, Bacolod is the official hotel. Shin humble a talent-laden field in 2006 in Del Monte and retaining the crown in Iloilo last year but is expected to encounter stiff resistance from members of the ICTSI squad.
Registration is ongoing, according to the organizing National Golf Association of the Phils. Tournament fee pegged at P2,000 per player. Deadline is set on Feb. 5.
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