BAGUIO CITY—Some 1,300 amateur golfers comprising 245 teams will be joining the 67th San Miguel Fil-Am invitational golf tournament that will run from Nov. 24 to Dec. 10 at the Baguio Country club and Camp John Hay fairways here.
Tim Allen, manager of the CJH Golf club, said the participating golfers and teams this year will be the biggest in the history of the longest-running golf tournament in the world, making the competitions tougher.
Last year, there were 226 teams from the Asia Pacific region that joined the 2-week tournament right in the two compact courses.
“Our golf courses are ready in time for the upcoming exciting competitions among our golfers coming from different parts of the world. We are on the verge of completing the necessary improvements and maintenance of our fairways in time for the influx of golfers,” Allen stressed.
Andrew Pinero, BCC customer services department manager, said attractive prizes await the golfers, who will be able to make a hole-in-one in the designated holes of both courses, while more raffle prizes will be given to the players during the welcome cocktails in the BCC and CJH playing venues.
He said the Fil-Am Golf Foundation will continue to extend assistance to the calamity victims of Supertyphoon Lawin in the different parts of Northern Luzon as part of its commitment to extend outreach programs beneficial in improving the lives of people in the countryside.
The seniors’ division of the tournament will be held from Nov. 23 to Dec. 1, while the regular division will be done from Dec. 3 to 10. Practice rounds for the seniors’ division will start on Nov. 21 while practice rounds for the participants to the regular division will begin on Dec.1.
The Fil-Am golf invitational tournament has been included in the Guinness Book of world Records as the longest running amateur golf tournament in the world.
On the other hand, the Fil-Am Golf Foundation is the social arm of the tournament which is in charge of implementing its corporate social responsibility projects and the development of junior golfers among the interested youth coming from all walks of life not only in the city but also those who come from outside the region.
Organizers of the tournament expressed their gratitude to the golfers for their sustained participation in the annual conduct of the tournament that continues to attract more golfers from different parts of the world to play and enjoy the city’s cool and romantic weather.
