Baguio City—Co-host Baguio Country Club slowed down on Day 2 by submitting a less stellar card but it was enough to give it a nine point lead against first round co-leader Baguio Blue Blood Eagles after two rounds in Am A in the 71st Fil-Am Golf Invitation Golf Tournament today.
Goodie Ignacio followed up an opening round of 29 with 30, while Philex Mines top man Eulalio Austin submitted the same card and give the BCC squad a second day total of 91 for 193 points midway in the tournament.
Isohnn Angheng added 18, while Miguel So Hu chipped in 13 points for the host team and parted ways with first round co-leader Baguio Blue Bloods which amassed 82 points paced by Sammy Sab-it’s 28 and a two day aggregate of 184.
A-1 Driving Team managed a respectable 78 points to bolster its stake on third spot with a two-day total of 162.
After another 92 points, Leopard Enterprise increased its lead to 36 points in Am B competition. Jose Austria II came in with 31 points, Jose Benjamin Wenceslao had 24, while Jamil Ramirez and Von Vernon Vargas churned in 19 and 18, respectively to give the team a 180 aggregate.
Miners Golf Team retained second spot after a 76 and 144 aggregate,
Team Mcder followed up an opening round of 66 with 68 for an aggregate 134 and its six point lead balloon to 13 halfway in the tournament in the Senior Fil B competition.
The 288 players are scheduled to take another antigen test today midway into the tournament as organizers impose strict health protocols to avoid a possible spread of COVID-19.
“We are glad to have the Fil-Am back. It’s the world’s largest in the world and we want to continue the tradition,” said Camp John Hay chairman Robert Sobrepreña.
He said: “We wrote the National Golf Association of the Philippines (NGAP) and Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) and local government unit several months back. I know they were looking at the infection rates. When it went down, we got the green light.”
But for 2021, Sobrepeña said that the Fil-Am executive committee made sure that everything will be in order to ensure the health and safety environment while playing in a bubble.
“Our staff and the people involved at CJH and Baguio Country Club are fully vaccinated and have antigen tests. To safeguard everyone, participants have to undergo antigen tests as well. This is in compliance with the LGU’s guidelines,” he also said.
