Zosa paces Club Filipino golf

The team skipper by Manuel 'Jun' Zosa, Jr. has set the pace in the 70th Anniversary Tournament of Club Filipino Incorporada de Cebu in Puylangyuta, Danao City.

The squad scored a total of 109 points in the four-to-play, three-to-count format where the score of the club member in the team must be counted.

Zosa made 33 points and had Alex Garcia adding 40 and Bobby Barria made 36. The fourth member of the team is Manuel Go, who scored 32 and did not count.

Three teams are tied at 108 based on the partial results released as of 2 pm yesterday.

Kenneth Dyguani's team made 108 with him shooting 40 points. Also counting for the total were Tony Pineda 38 and either of the 30s scored by Willy Suarez and Wilfred Yap.

Another team tied for second is that of James Tolentino, who made 34 points. His teammates all scored 37 points apiece, but only two of that counted. Tolentino's teammates are Allan Lua, Guido Lubanga, and Nelson Yuvallos.

The squad of Alvin Alazas is also at 108 despite him shooting only 29 points as he got a big lift from Engr. Peter Dy with 42 and Engr. Willy Go with 37. Erwin Siao, the fourth member of the team, made 32.

The tournament uses the full-handicap Modified Stableford Scoring System.

Each team is led by a club member, who serves as the skipper, plus three guests. The team with the most number of points after two rounds will be declared as the overall champion.

There will also be prizes for the top three teams per handicap category.

At stake for a hole-in-one will be a Honda CRV and a Honda Civic from Honda Cars Cebu, and a roundtrip ticket to Hong Kong from Philippine Airlines. The eagle prize for selected holes is a Skygo motorcycle.

The platinum sponsor of the tournament is San Miguel Super Dry Beer with Casino Filipino Cebu as diamond sponsor.

Pansit Malabon Express and Cebu Mitsumi Incorporated are the gold sponsors.

Major backers of the event are Petron Corp./Carlos A. Gothong Lines Inc., Ricor Mills, Gothong Southern Logistics, Stocks R' Us, Profood International, Wilson Sports (Nine Coast Ent.), and Cebu Bionic Builders Supply.

Bank of Commerce, Cebu Holdings Inc., Jumbolon Phils., Puyat Steel, TIC International, Philam Insurance, Alegre Beach Resort, Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines, RCTV Channel 36, Y101, Insuphil, and Gulf Bunker Oil for Less.

Action will continue today and tomorrow in Danao while the awards ceremony is set tomorrow at 6pm at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel.