Unheralded Cole Te Siong and Korean businessman Kim Il Gyu emerged as the big winners in the recently concluded 3rd BLD (Balik Loob sa Diyos) golf tournament at the Rancho Palos Verdes on Monday.
Kim, a resident member of RPV, tamed the course by firing a 1 under 71 for a gross score of 37 points while the youthful 27 handicapper Te Siong, a 19-year old college freshman taking up Multi Media Arts in LPU Davao, fired a 7 over par 79 equivalent to 56 points using the Modified Stableford Scoring.
“What more can we ask for, it’s been raining for the past week every afternoon, yet we are blessed today with a perfect golfing weather and the golfers had a grand time” says Dennis Madrazo, one of the tournament organizers.
Leo Yap, a mainstay of the RPV team that took part in the recent PAL interclub tournament in Cebu, emerged as the Gross Champion for Class A after scoring an even par round of 72 for 36 points with ex-pro Rekrek Mise getting the gross runner up honors with his 35 points.
Alejandro So got the Class A Net plum with his 41 points followed by Robert Lim (38) as Net Runner Up in the division.
Class B Gross title went to Mateo Sy with his 30 Stableford points while Chito Nucum took the runner up honors with his 26 points . Wilson Lu got the Net Title for Class B with his 40 points with Joe Tesado’s 39 points made him the Net Runner up winner via countback.
For the Class C division, Dan Juson tallied 22 points to take the class Gross honors while Victor Tan finished second with his 19 points. Angelo Anitivo and Greg Del Monte tallied 40 and 38, respectively, to take home the Net champion and Net runner up honors for Class C.
Youthful Annika Pasion emerged as the top player in the Ladies Division.
Part of the proceeds of the tournament will go to the beneficiaries of Archdiocesan Nourishment Center under the BLD Scholarship of Hope program.
“We are thankful for the support of all the participants, for the good weather and our sponsors for making this tournament possible. Hoping for your continued support and see you all again in our next tournament,” said Ramon Llanes, one of the BLD golf organizers in his closing remarks.
Food, drinks, raffle prizes with a live acoustic band featuring golfer /crooner Manfred Lawas regaled the crowd during the Awards night at the Rancho Palos Verdes Golf Clubhouse.
