BAGUIO—Manila Southwoods closed out the 72nd Fil-Am Men’s Invitational with a huge lead over its rivals to claim its ninth straight title in the Fil and Am Championship divisions on Sunday.
The Fil crew made 128 points at the Baguio Country Club as Carl Jano Corpus once again top scored with a one-under-par 60 for 37 points. He got solid support from Jeff Jung 34, Gabriel Manotoc 27 and Kristoffer Arevalo 26 for a 72-hole total of 541 in the premier division.
Aidric Chan did not play because he had to go back to the US due to a school requirement.
“I don’t look at other teams. I just want to make sure that when we come to a tournament, we are 100 percent ready to play. Although it was unfortunate that Aidric had to fly out early because of exams in the US,” said Southwoods captain Thirdy Escaño.
Forest Hills finished runner up with 473 points after a 116 as Rodel Mangulabnan scored 30, Edison Tabalin and Iñigo Raymundo a pair of 29s and Joshua Buenaventura 28. Team SPES, a rookie team in the world’s largest amateur tournament, checked in at third (104-465).
Team SPES, a rookie team in the world’s largest amateur tournament, checked in at third (104-465) followed by Januarius Golf (99-445), Time Cargo Logistics (105-429) and X1R-Tipsy Pig-Mizuno (103-422).
The Am side also saw Southwoods (138-517) winning by a huge margin over a youthful squad of Royal Northwoods (128-446). Valley Golf (127-433) and Riviera-Batangas Barakos (114-421) were third and fourth.
Marc Lu and Shinichi Suzuki starred for Southwoods Am with 35 points apiece while Lanz Uy and Leandro Bagtas backstopped with 34s for the Carmona, Cavite-based team.
