INNOLAND’s Jojo Ong tamed the treacherous layout of Alta Vista Golf and Country Club (AVGCC) to grab this year’s “Golfer of the year” award in the 26th edition of the Business in Golf Tournament last Thursday, June 20 at the fairways of Alta Vista Golf and Country Club in Pardo, Cebu City.
Ong, chipped in a total of 41 points in the Modified Stableford Scoring System to bag the award.
The best net honors went To Reno Ebisa of DYRF with 48 points edging Cristino Lim in the countback while Cebu-based Korean Eric Kong of Alaska Refrigeration took home the best gross honors with two-under-par 38 points.
DYRF bagged the team honors with a combined 103 points from the tandems of Fr. Bobby Ebisa and Dr. Richard Condor (48) and Reno Ebisa and Michael Laurenana (55).
First runner-up was OPASCOR A with 101 points courtesy of Jun Mendoza and Dr. Kevin Cimafranca (55) and Mar Selma and Richard Lim (46).
Second runner-up was BFDM with 98 through Jon Louis Yu and Allan Chiongbian (50) and Edmond Yap and Dino Yap (48).
Clive Paca of Cebu Landmasters won the special award for the longest drive on hole No. 4 with a tee shot that was 273 yards long.
“The turn out was very good. A total of 24 teams showed up but 28 were registered,” said tournament chairman Nimrod Quinones.
The tournament was a four-man team event where each squad was composed of two best-ball pairs.
A Harley Davidson motorcycle was on line for an ace, but nobody won it.
The event was presented by Cebu Landmaster and PLDT and also backed by Aboitiz Construction Corporation, Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corp. and Toyota Cebu.
A total of 24 teams took part in the tournament, which is held as one of the events lined up for the Cebu Business Month celebration, the flagship project of the CCCI.
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