Grandeza leads Davao golfers

MANUEL “Jun-Jun” Grandeza Jr. made his presence felt in his comeback at the opening of the 68th Philippine Airlines (PAL) Interclub Men’s Regular Golf tournament at the Cebu Country Club.
Grandeza shot five birdies at hole nos. 1, 9, 10, 17 and 18 to score 32 points for the Davao City Golf Club. He also made five pars and seven bogeys but had one pick-up at the par 3 13th hole.
“I’m really very happy to be back playing in the PAL Interclub,” said Grandeza, who has recovered from an injured right hand due to a motorcycle accident a few years ago.
Grandeza got support from teammates Ludwig Van Ledesma (28), Andrew Bautista (26) and skipper Larry Pasquil (24).
However, their veteran teammate Benhur Villarosa forgot to sign his scorecard with 24 points and was disqualified.
“OK lang, Benhur’s score will also not count since only the best four scores will be counted,” Pasquil said as Davao City tallied 110 points in the Founder’s Division of the 4-day event.
Ledesma birdied par 4 no. 10 and had 10 pars but got two pick-ups. Bautista, a rookie, had a birdie and six pars but also got two pick-ups.
Davao enjoys a two-point lead over Apo Golf and Country Club (108). Apo debuted with Joe Saavedra Jr. (29), Albernito de Castro (27), Leo Fusilero (27) and Toffee Tionko (25). Benjie Leparto also scored 25 points but did not count.
Also seeing action for Davao are Juan Carlos Angeles, Elmer Basilla, Pittjun Bato, Rodolfo Luna and Elizer Villarosa while Apo also has Juan Karloz Alba, Patrick Ryan Co, Jorge Martinez, Glenn Yap and Enrico “Jing” Gavino.
The score of Rancho Palos Verdes was still not available as of press time. RPV is composed of Noe Taojo, Marc Lopez, Roderick Lo, Christopher Tan, Ronald Galicia, Ernest James Casintajan, Jose Vincent Lopez, Randolf Cadiogan Jr. and Leo Francis Yap.
Meanwhile, Lanang made 75 points in the Sportswriters division courtesy of Bobby Plana (24), Dennis Salvador (20), Ned Sanchez (17) and Ruben Erickson (14). 
Ed Gumban’s 11 did not count. Lanang is also represented by Paul Dakudao, Danny Gotera, Danny Nagayo, Raymond Salvador and Dennis Te. – (LDR/CSDD-CMO)