Philippine Showbiz Today 23
March 8 - 21 , 2017
Philippine Showbiz Today 23
Golf
Reyfort with former media colleague & presently Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol at the 70th PAL Interclub Golf Tourney in Davao
Lost in Manila Southwoods ’ dominance of the just-ended 70th Philippine Airlines Interclub golf team championships were the close battles in the other divisions in Davao City .
Orchard captured the secondtier Founders division , holding off Forest Hills ’ final day rally by three points .
Rodel Mangulabnan and Niko Santiano scored 31 and 30 points to lead Orchard which was outscored by Forest Hills by 15 points at the
DAVAO – Manila Southwoods put the finishing touches to the club ’ s first-ever “ three-peat ” in the Philippine Airlines ( PAL ) Interclub Men ’ s Championship yesterday , winning the tournament ’ s 70th edition by 44 points despite posting its worst score of the week
Ṫhe veteran Jun Jun Plana fired a three-over-par 75 worth 33 points at Apo Golf and anchored a closing 120 for the Carmonabased parbusters , who tallied an eye-popping 547 to win this one pulling away from archrival
Palos Rancho Verdes .
Orchard struggled with 117 points in the final round with Aaron Dimabuyu ( 29 ) and Raymund Sangil ( 27 ) rounding out its scorers .
Forest Hills got a big lift from former national player Jude Eustaquio to close out with 132 points .
Eustaquio eagled the par-5 , No . 8 and had four birdies against three bogeys and a pickup .
The other Forest Hills scorers were Inigo Raymundo 33 , Ronnie Littaua 33 and Peter Young 29 .
In another close fight for third place , Valley nipped Riviera and Cebu Country Club with 468 points .
Valley rode on Enrico Gallardo ’ s 36 points to finish with 125 points , a point ahead of Riviera ( 112 ) and three clear of CCC ( 111 ).
In the Sportswriters ’ division , Sarangani finished two points ahead of Sta . Elena to claim the crown .
Led by Arthur Ong ’ s 29 points , Sarangani completed the comefrom-behind win by scoring 109 points at the Apo Golf and Country Club Saturday for 377 points .
Record 44-point win for Southwoods
Canlubang .
Southwoods spiced up its franchise ’ s first hat trick with two bits of history in what is regarded as the country ’ s unofficial team golf championship , as the margin of victory was the biggest ever recorded .
The champions in 2015 in Cebu and last year in Pampanga also became the first team to have all five players cracking par in a single round , pulling out the feat on Friday with a 155-point effort .
“ I have so much respect for
PAL Men ’ s Interclub
Orchard wins Founders
Sta . Elena settled for second with 375 followed by Mactan Island with 368 points .
PGA of British Columbia won the Friendship class with 331 points , five points ahead of Camp Aguinaldo .
Art Makalintal and Jesse Castillo turned in 27 and 24 points , respectively to lead PGA British Columbia .
Third place went to KGC Boys Club Melbourne with 321 points .
Sherwood Hills , on the other hand , posted a comfortable 31-point victory over Lumbia in the Aviator division .
Drawing firepower from Harry Paltongan ( 27 ), Nestor Sevilla ( 25 ) and Nicolae Eribert Sevilla ( 24 ), Sherwood tallied 93 points at Apo for 413 points .
Lumbia was second with 382 and Davao City Golf third with 375 .
The 70th PAL Interclub Platinum sponsors are Mareco Broadcasting Network , A & E Networks Asia , RMN Networks , The Manila Standard , Fox Networks Group , Rolls-Royce , TV5 , MasterCard , TFC and Business
Canlubang ,” Southwoods nonplaying skipper Thirdy Escano said , refusing to be drawn away by how much they dominated this year ’ s field . “ It was just that we had such a great third round ( at Rancho Palos Verdes ).”
Tom Kim fired 30 points , former Junior World champion Kristoffer Arevalo added 29 and Southwoods counted the 28 of Jets Sajulga before throwing away the 27 or Ira Alido in the final round .
Starting the day 38 points behind , the Sugar Barons were
SPORTS
Mirror .
Major sponsors include Asian Air Safari , Airbus , Primax Broadcasting Network and Sabre Airline Solutions while Corporate sponsors are Baron Travel Corporation , Boeing , MX3 , GE Aviation , Bombo Radyo Philippines , Asia Brewery , Tanduay Distillers , Sabre Airline Solutions and Tourism Promotions Board .
Donors are Shangri-La at The Fort , Trinity Insurance and Eton Properties . The results : Founders Orchard 480 ( 123-116-124-117 ), Forest Hills 477 ( 117-115-113- 132 ), Valley Golf 468 ( 107-118-118- 125 ), Riviera 467 ( 116-117-122- 112 ), Cebu 465 ( 113-122-119-111 ), Apo 455 ( 112-120-120-103 ), Tagaytay Highlands 455 ( 117- 105-112-121 ), Villamor 450 ( 120- 105-111-114 ), Pueblo de Oro 443 ( 106-110-114-113 ), Wack Wack 431 ( 120-97-102-112 ), Negros Occidental 422 ( 103-104-107-108 ),
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obviously out of the running . But Cangolf still failed to put a dent on Southwoods as Ruper Zaragosa and Gido Mandanas fired 32s in a 114-point day .
Carlo Villaroman and Marco Olives shot 25s , and Cangolf discarded the 24 of Bambam Santos .
Del Monte , meanwhile , amassed a day-best 123 points and went on to steal third spot from Luisita , as Jelbert Gamolo matched par and Mel Cubillo contributed 32 .
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SOUTHWOODS 3-PEAT . Skipper Thirdy Escano is raised by members of the victorious Manila Southwoods for achieving a three-peat at the close of the 70th PAL Men ’ s Interclub in Davao . PAL President Jaime J . Bautista ( in jacket ) joins the Southwoods team composed of Yuto Katsurugawa , Kristoffer Arevalo , Aidric Chan , Ira Alido , Liam Patrick Cully , Joo Hyung Kim , Carlos Corpus , Jets Sajulga , Jay Matthew Reyes and Nestor Plana .
SOUTHWOODS 3-PEAT WIN . Philippine Airlines President Jaime J . Bautista raises the Championship trophy with Manila Southwoods skipper Thirdy Escano , their third consecutive trophy at the PAL Men ’ s Interclub , after posting an unprecedented 44-point lead over archrival Canlubang in Davao City . The Southwoods team is composed of Yuto Katsurugawa , Kristoffer Arevalo , Aidric Chan , Ira Alido , Liam Patrick Cully , Joo Hyung Kim , Carlos Corpus , Jets Sajulga , Jay Matthew Reyes and Nestor Plana .