BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – Abe Rosal shot a tournament best three under 66 for 39 points and lead Luisita Golf and Country Club to 132 and take a 19 point lead in the premiere Fil Championship Senior of the 75th Januarius Fil-Am Invitational Golf Tournament Saturday.
Rosal had eight birdies but was hobbled with five bogeys as he set the best score so far in the diamond year of the Fil-Am golf. Team mate Ferdie Barbosa, Benjamin Sumolong and Ronald Littau added 32, 31 and 30 points ofr the Tarlac based team.Riviera had 113 points on the 33 of Kyung Young Jing, the 30 of Chan Yeong Gim and the 25 and 24 of Ermin Mendiola and Cipriano Abdon.
They lead Valley Golf by three with Ricky Libago topscoring for the team with 30. Sonny Fontilla had 30 points and Green Meadows tallied 104 points to take 21 point advantage in the Am Championship Seniors. Tommy Manotoc and Roland Punzalan made 25 points a piece while Douglas Puckett added 24 for the local Fil-Baguio squad.
Mamala Bay is running third with 83 just a point off Srixon IMG Team 2, which is one up o Summit Point Golf. Baguio Country Club Team 1 held off a charging John Hay Golf as they head to the former’s home turf where the co-hosts are expected to go all out for the top podium in Fil Seniors A. Mars Garcia showed the way for the co-hosts charge to the top with a team high 29 points at the longer CJH course, even as Pol Mayosadded 28, while Goody Ignacio and Ed Montenegro chipped 23 and 20 points, respectively, for the team’s 100 and 198 total as their lead whittled to a single marker Co-host John Hay had a sizzling day two as former Police Regional Office – Cordillera chief Vaillamor Bumanglag had a flight best 31, even as Bayani Tecson added 30, while Dai Tsuchiya and Lyndon Julian added 28 and 24, respectively for a league best 113 for a two-day sum of 197 and improve from fifth to second.
Baguio Blue Bloods made it a three-way fight for local squads as it earned 94 points and two-day aggregate of 190. Retired Police General Clyde Cabreros top scored for the team with 29, while day one top scorer John Marasigan cooled down to 28, while Rudy Lockey and Baguio Rep. Mauricio Domogan added 23 and 14 to count for the team.
In Fil C, Benlife Seniots Team 1 maintained its lead nine-point lead over Golden Razcals. Benlife had 27 from Gerardo Rivera, 26 from Clifford Lichaytco, a 23 from Jaime Fernandez and 22 from George Godico for a 98 total and 188 aggregate. Matching their performance are the Golden Razcals with local contractor Bernard Capuyan and Apayao Gov. Elias Bulut, Jr. leading the charge with 26 each. Hand Holden Mangaoang and Robert Basco added 23 a piece for the team’s 98 and 179 total.
Fifteen points down is Team City of Vallejo 1 which h assembled 88 and 164 total to maintain third spot. Reinier Liboa and Eduardo Gongona shot a pair of 20s to power Sandigan 82 Team 2 75 and a two day total of 145 to maintain a three-point advantage in Am C.
IGC Travellers improved to 76 to reduce the fight leaders lead to three from four for a 142 tally. Eight shots down is Bughaw Golfers which incurred a two-point penalty for 58 and 134 total. The more than 700 players seeing this week will have the welcome party tomorrow at the John Hay golf club.
Meanwhile, two brand-new Mazda MX-5 cars will be raffled off to participants this year. Hole in one prizes include a Toyota Raize and Mazda CX-30 HEV. Other hole in one prizes are: Get Go 2-seater golf cart, PhP200,000 worth of K&G apparel and a luxury Vietnam four days and three nights vacation with two golf rounds. The event will also give away premium sets from Honma, XXIO, Taylormade, and Tsuruya.
(Media Golf Release)
