Birdie-hunters who like playing golf in the Philippines have two creatively laid out courses to choose from. And both just snagged prestigious plums from the Asian Golf Awards, dubbed the “Oscars” of the industry in the region. Anvaya Cove’s golf course in Bataan province won the Best Golf Course in the Philippines, and Best Golf resort in the Asia Pacific (See photo) . Southlinks Golf Club, an up-and-coming links-type course where duffers regularly lose balls because of its tight fairways and forbidding roughs, won the Best Public Course in the Philippines award, and Best value for Money Golf Experience in Asia (Inset). Anvaya’s 18-holes layout covers peaks and ridges, and offers majestic vistas of the sea and the Zambales and Bataan mountain ranges. Southlinks Golf Club, located at Southvale, Alabang, has a flatter, but no less challenging Par 72 layout that meanders through rolling and narrow terrains. The course is notorious for gobbling up errant tee and approach shots.