The Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club launched its 2020 season in style, hosting a record-number 500 participants in the Invitational, thus, making this year’s member-guest tournament as the most-attended to date.
A huge part of success was the excitement of the players on how Manila Southwoods was able to recover from the unexpected devastation brought about by the Taal Volcano’s ash explosion in early January.
The Courses did not disappoint as both the Masters and Legends courses, both a creation golf legend of Jack Nicklaus, are back in pristine conditions, challenging the participants especially with lightning-fast greens and gusty winds in all four days.
The tandem of Dante Maldia and son Wilfredo were awarded the overall net championship title that was not given to them on a silver platter despite scoring a 96 in best ball and 84 in aggregate for a total of180 points.
They edged Pablo Olivarez and partner David Sy, who made 179 in the Invitational, with Major sponsors Mitsubishi Motors, Alpine Motors, Sojitz-Fuso, Ogawa, Mit-Air, Agrexplore, Nutranta and Turf Company.
Other winners were Brixton Aw and Raymond Co (Div. 1), Anthony Cervantes and Manuel Santos (Div. 2), Olivarez and Sy (Div. 3), Gerry Handog and Jong Arcano (Div. 4), Perfecto Yasay and Joseph Jalbuena (Div. 5).
After the awards and prizes giving, Club Chairman Robert Sobrepena highlighted the event with the presentation of a check worth P350,000 to the Autism Hearts Foundation–the sole charity of the Invitational.
Gold sponsors were HBW Enterprises and Suzuki the renowned Southwoods club fitter. Silver sponsors were Boeing Material Handling Corp., Le Chef and Solid Global Ventures Inc. (Avonmore Milk).
BDO, Camp John Hay Manor/ Forest Lodge, Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon San Jose Law Offices, Club Leisure Management Corp., Coffee Steins, Crystalite Distribution Group (Monster Energy Drink), Eagle Ridge, Federal Management & Maintenance Inc., Forest Hills, G & W Clubshares, GG & A Club Shares, Go Sport PH, Golden Nutritious Foods Corp. (Golden Oats), Golforce, Hydrotech Irrigation, Leads Agricultural Products Corp., Manila Southwoods Manor, Minerva Sales Corp., Metro Rail Transit Dev. Corp., Nozomi Providers Inc., PBR Law Offices, Resorts World Manila and Warbird Security & Agency were the other backers.
