ICTSI-JGFP national finals under way

MANILA, Philippines – Qualifiers from 42 schools all over the country compete in the national finals of the ICTSI-JGFP starting today at the Player course of the Orchard Golf and Country Club in Dasmariñas, Cavite.

Seeing action in the 36-hole event backed by the International Container Terminal Services, Inc. and organized by the Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines are 140 participants making up the survivors of various qualifiers in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

The competing schools are Assumption San Lorenzo, Ateneo de Manila, Bloomfield Academy, Brent International School, British School Manila, Casa Real Montessori, Cebu Doctors University, Cebu International School, Centre International Education, Corpus Christi School, De La Salle University, De La Salle Zobel, Del Monte School, Diosdado Macapagal High School, Don Bosco Technical College, El Rio de Pasig, Everest Academy, HEDCEN, Immaculate Conception Academy, Japan International School, La Salle Canlubang;

La Salle Greenhills, Learning Links Academy, Lyceum-Cavite, Makati Hope Christian School, MCA Montessori School, OB Montessori-Fairview, Oro Christian Grace School, Philippine Science High School, Poveda, San Beda College Alabang, School of Tomorrow, SHS-Ateneo de Cebu, Singapore School Cebu, Singapore School Manila, Southville International School, St Michael the Archangel, The Abba’s Orchard School Inc., The Bridge School, The Master Academy, Velez College and Xavier School.

There are eight schools from the Visayas and four from Mindanao in the field dominated by 30 schools in Luzon, making it one of the biggest legs in the jungolf calendar of events also supported by the Philippine Golf Foundation, Philippine Airlines and Inquirer Golf.

To be disputed are the team and individual awards in the Seniors, Juniors, Aspirants 1 and Aspirants 2 categories in the boys division and the Girls 1, 2 and 3 brackets of the tourney.