Few slots remain for X'mas fun golf

Those who want to play in this weekend's 2005 Alta Vista Christmas Fun Golf Classic, but have not yet registered may again find themselves left out in the cold.

This, as very limited slots remain available as of early yesterday afternoon for the two-day, 18-hole tournament set this Saturday and Sunday.

Entry fee for the event has been pegged at P3,000 per player and each participant is set to receive a specially-made golf bag emblazoned with the Alta Vista logo.

Major backers of the tournament are Globe Telecom and Taiyo Yuden Phils.

At stake for a hole-in-one are a Kia Picanto on holes No. 2 and 13, a Yamaha golf cart from Kart Plaza on No. 6 and 15, and a residential lot from Sta. Lucia Realty on No. 15. Up for an ace on all par-3 holes are P100 thousand from CICI General Insurance and a P50 thousand coupon from Casino Filipino-Mactan.

Also supporting the tournament are Lilly Industries (Cebu) Inc., Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (Cebu) Inc., and Petron/Carlos A. Gothong Lines.

A Skygo motorcycle is at stake for an eagle on all par-4 holes.

The hole sponsors of the tournament are Bambi Cooking Oil, Sharp (Phils.) Corp., APP, Aviva-CGU International Insurance, Cebu Mitsumi Inc., Cebu Progress Commercial, DCD Construction Inc., Equitable PCI Bank, Hacienda Salinas-Taft Property Venture Dev't Corp., Hudson Paints, and Pilipinas Shell.

Other sponsors are Cebu Bionic Builders Supply, Profood International Corp., Stocks R' Us, Treasure Island Industrial Corp., Viva/Powerade, and Osaka Iridology.

The tournament will use the strokeplay format and is open exclusively to club members and guests of the sponsors. - NLQ