THE Chairman’s Charity Cup, Manila Southwoods’ premier year-end tournament for its members, guests and sponsors, gets going this Friday and Saturday with 400 players clashing for top honors in various divisions at the Legends and Masters courses in Carmona, Cavite.
Club champion Yuto Katsuragawa, who led Southwoods’ romp in the recent Fil Am Golf Invitational in Baguio, took last year’s low gross title with Vic Conanan bagging the net crown with the duo expected to lead the cast again in the club ‘s annual fund-raiser backed by Platinum sponsors Mitsubishi Motors Phils. Corp./Diamond Motors Corp., Royal Caribbean/Baron Travel, Mit Air Sales Center, Alpha Quality, Agrexplore Corp., The Neat, Inc. and PNOEZ-Yukio Suzuki (Southwoods Club Fitter).
Also tipped to go for repeat are Brixton Aw (Men’s I), Jayson Yu (Men’s II), Rick Bernabe (Men’s III), Francis Puzon (Men’s IV), Brian Park (Seniors I), Cesar Igual (Seniors II), Kim Hee Sun (Ladies I) and Denzelle Chan (Ladies II) while Harry Paltongan is the defending champion in the guest division of the event supported by Silver backers The Turf Company, and Tony and Jacky Salon.
Big prizes await the top finishers with fabulous items to be raffled off during awards rites of the event backed by hole-in-one sponsor Colgate Palmolive Phils. Inc. and supported by Air 21, Alveo, Aqua Terra Integrated Solutions, Inc., BDO, Camaya Coast, Camp John Hay Golf Club, Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon San Jose Law Offices, Club Leisure Management Corp., Emperador Distillers, Inc., Farmers Coffee and Federal Management and Maintenance, Inc.;
Forest Hills Golf and Country Club, G&W Club Shares, Golden Oats, Geeens N Turf Corp., IHEC, Le Chef, Manila Southwoods Manor, Minerva Sales Corp., MRT, PBL Law Offices, RCNA, Romago, Inc., Sherwood Hills, Sweetspot Sports and Golf Equipment, Inc., The Forest Lodge at Camp John Hay, The Manor Camp John Hay, Golforce, Resort World Manila and Warbird Securities as Bronze sponsors.
Shotgun starts will be at 7:30 a.m. at the Legends and 8 a.m. at the Masters with 200 slots on each day. To speed up play, players must pick up after a net bogey in the members’ category and after a double-par in the guests-members side.
The UNHS Dec. 2016 handicap index will be used and converted to the corresponding course handicaps with a maximum of 27 for men and 36 for ladies, according to the organizing committee.