JOHN HAY TEAMS LEADS IN FIL-AM GOLF

December 9, 2024 Sports

BAGUIO CITY

Camp John Hay teams demonstrated strong presence and took an early lead in Flights A and B of their respective regular divisions in the ongoing 74th Januarius Fil-Am Golf Invitational here. Luigi Paolo Wong capitalized his familiarity at home in John Hay layout , scored 3-under for 39 points to power Camp John Hay 1 first round 130 points iin FIL A. Also scoring for CJH 1 are Melchor Carlos Rabanes II and Emilio Antonio Curran who both carded 31s while Ranz Louie Balay-odao had 29. Eastridge-Primehomes in second spot with 127 points marked by Ralph Ryan Batican even par 36 points .

Forest Hills 1 127, Team Brookside 1 122 and Modern Titos-Premium Feeds 122. Over at Baguio Country Club (BCC) layout, Camp John Hay 2 scored 84 en route to a 3-point lead in AM “B” over BCC 2 at second spot 81 and Team Surigao 78 Team Master submitted 96 points to top AM “A” over Time Cargo Logistics 2 and Forest Hills 2 with similar 93. Peal KAi GC signed 113 topped FIL B followed by Tipsy Pig TLC 111 and Moto Team 107 in the tournament with Januarius Holdings, Inc. as the tournament title sponsor and supported by A Brown, Eastridge, and Toyota as event presenter while Alveo, Tipsy Pig, Aquatico, Moto Lubricant, Master Siomai, Robinsons Land, and Britanny as backers.

Other leading teams : FIL C –MGC/Edmari 113, FLCA Golfers Team 1 103 and Tiyo Paeng Davao 95 ; AM C–Baguio Blue Bloods 69, X1R Smartscore 2 69 and Red Core Solutions 68; FIL E–Fil-Golfers of Hawaii Team 1 91, Uraguns 1 84 and Square and Compass Golf of Nueva Ecija78; and AM E–Royal Northwoods Team 2 71, Ultraflite 2 56 and Fil-Golfers Team 2 56. Meanwhile, defending titlists Manila Southwoods 1 and Eastridge-PrimeHomes will start their title retention bids today (Tuesday).

Manila Southwoods , aiming for its 10th straight Fil Championship division will get a boost from Fil-Briton Enrique Dimayuga, the reigning Putra Cup individual champion, and fellow national pool members Jet Hernandez and Shinichi Suzuki. Coby Rolida and Miko Granada. Eastridge 1 , runner up to Manila Southwoods last year , has a strong line up composed of Jeffren Lumbo, Jhondie Quibol, Bobe Salahog, Ronel Taga-an—ace shotmakers from the provinces—and new recruit Don Bregente.

Januarius Private Equity, finished third in 2023, has an almost intact team –Jet Mathay, Terence Macatangay, Ray Sangil, Ayon Sanchez and Kirby Lachica. Masaichi Otake is the newest addition. Other top contenders are SPES Team 1 and Time Cargo Logistics. SPES-1 is a mix of players from Valley Golf, Cebu and Bacolod with Marvin Mendoza, Bayani Garcia, Mark Dy, Justin Limjap, Jacob Cajita and Eduardo Puyat. Actor/golfer Derek Ramsay spearheads Time Cargo alongside Ruel Cabral, Jun Plana, Justin Tambunting and jungolfer Emilio Hernandez.

By Primo Agatep