Verano, Angeles rule Mango Tee Alabang

MANILA, Philippines – Lawyer Junoy Verano and Pepito Angeles bucked the tough conditions in the final round to shoot another 79 and escape with a two-point overall win in the Mango Tee, the member-guest tournament of the Alabang Country Club presented by Petron and Smart.

Verano and Angeles, teeing off in final afternoon flight with the course softened by rains, checked in with a 158 total that gave them the overall net plum and in the process foiled the sweep bid of JB Garcia and jungolf standout Lanz Uy.

Garcia and Uy ran away with the low gross crown with their 138 on rounds of 72 and 66, losing by two to Verano and Angeles in the net category with their 156 net total.

Making it as division champions of the 32nd edition of the prestigious annual competition were Jerome Hernandez-Boom Coscolluela in Class A, brothers Ramon and Dodi Sison in Class B, Finina Gorres and RJ Tabuena in Class C and Jaime Arzadon-Joel Garcia in Class D.

PLDT, Hanes, Pacific Links, Pepsi, Life Oil, Turf Co., Glenlivet, Mizuno, Food Details, PacSports, Srixon and Stansbury served as major sponsors of this year’s Mango Tee.

Hole-in-one sponsors were Citimotors/Mitsubishi, Mercedes-Benz/CATS Motors, Toyota, Chevrolet, Texas Eagle, Autohub and Yamaha/Kart Plaza.

Hole sponsors were 357 Boracay, Air 21, Alveo, Ayala Land, Bayer, City Service, CTBC Bank, CKI Builders, EC Pay, Eight Arms, Entom, G&W Club shares, GG&A Club shares, Golfers Clubshares, GNC, Maritime Industries, Omnisource, Prudential Brokerage, Filinvest, Safe Seas, PhilPlans, Security Bank, Standard Insurance, Volkswagen, Gold Nuggets, Max’s Group, Inc., Meralco, Mighty David, TriLink, Jewelmer, Comcare, Hidden Valley Spring, Suarez&Sons, Volvo, Rieseling Boracay, Sanicare, Hungry Hippo and Zen Institute.