The Rotary Club of Matina will host this year’s 9th Philippine Rotary Open Golf Tournament to be held in the South Pacific Golf Club and Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club courses on February 9 and 10, 2023.
RC Matina Past President Arwin Ardon graced the weekly DSA forum held at SM Annex Ecoland on Thursday to announce the tournament.
A total of 10 Rotary districts nationwide will converge in Davao City for this event which will coincide with the ROTACON Convention to be attended by various Rotary District Governors from all over the country.
“This will be the third time that RC Matina will host a big time tournament of this magnitude ‘ says Arwin Ardon , tournament Chairman . But this time we plan to surpass what we have achieved in the previous tournaments by giving our guests and local players the best tournament we can offer” PP Ardon added.
A sizeable field is expected to participate in the two-day event that offers trophies for the winners in the Team and Individual categories
“Stableford System will be applied basing on the latest WHS Handicap as reference “ says tournament director Soc Cadayona ( RC Matina Past President ). All golfers will be challenged during the first day at the South Pacific Golf and their skills again will be tested on the second day at the Rancho Palos Verdes . Shotgun start which commence at 8:00 am will be applied both on the two courses during the two day tournament.
Team competition among Rotarians will be classified into two Divisions, the Inter Club and the Inter District while the Individual category, Rotarian golfers will vie for honors in 6 groups. Group 1 ( Handicap 0-10) , Group 2 (11- 20) and Group 3 ( 21-36). The other three groups are Seniors (60-69 years old), Super Seniors (70 and above ) and the special Governor’s Division (A and B).
Non-Rotarians are classified in the Open Category with another group is for Ladies.
There will be four winners for the Open Individual Category, Gross Champion and Runner Up, Net Champion and Runner Up. The same awaits the winners for the Rotarians in the individual category for each group.
The total accumulated Stableford Points for the two day tournament will be the basis for the scoring. Team competition will be based on a five-to-play-four-to-count format with only the four best scores each day will be considered.
