Southwoods Srs Invitational under way

MANILA, Philippines - The Manila Southwoods Seniors Invitational golf tournament unfolds today with close to 70 teams composed of senior chapter members and their respective guests clashing for top honors at the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club in Carmona, Cavite.

Competitions are classified into Groups I, II, III and IV with the teams arranged from lowest to highest according to their team combine handicap multiplied by 50 percent, according to the event’s organizing committee, headed by Seniors Chapter president Jose Cedo and vice president Paco Gonzalez.

A brand new Yamaha golf cart, courtesy of Kart Plaza, is up for grabs as hole-in-one prize in the two-day tournament presented by Yamaha and Fumaco, Inc. and supported by Red Eagle Lending Investors, Inc. (RELI), Camp John Hay Golf Club, Asia Pacific Golf Corp., Warbird Security, CJH Project Management, Inc., Romago Inc., Boracay Sands, Fairways and Bluewater, The Manor Camp John Hay, Anako Phils., AsiaPhil Manufacturing, and MRT as hole sponsors.

Other backers of the event, to be played under the Molave scoring system (gross) are Fairbright Enterprises, Inc., MJJ Print Phil., Philips, Rudy ProjectPhils. and Sherwood Hills. One point is awarded to double-bogey, two points for bogey, three points for par, four for birdie and five for an eagle. An ace is worth six points and a double-eagle seven points.

All par 3’s offers one brand new Yamaha golf cart for ace and prizes will be shared should there be more than one to score a hole-in-one.

Another Yamaha cart will be raffled off during the awards rites.

Korean Park Byoung Hee and partner Bob Apalit are tipped to defend their crown in Group I crown while Group 2 winners Mizuho Uchida and Fujio Fujii and the George Alfonso-Cesar Castro tandem, which ran away with the Group 3 diadem, are expected to have their hands full in their respective title retention bids.