Tapnio's team bags crown in Corn Tee

CEBU, Philippines - The team led by Lucio Tapnio ran away with the overall title of the 12th Corn Tee, which was played at the Club Filipino Incorporada de Cebu course in Danao City last week.

The team of Tapnio, which also had Roger Lo, Andrew Si and Gabriel Yap, Jr. fired a total of 345 points in the 36-hole event using the Modified Stableford Scoring System to win the top plum.

The teams were composed of one club member and three guests. Due to the limited number of participants, some members had two teams.

This is the reason why Evans Tumaliwan won two trophies in division A as his teams finished as first and second.

Tumaliwan’s team 34 that had him grouped with Jonji Chiongbian, Gassy Lizares and Alex Yeo topped the premiere category with a total of 312 points.

Runner-up honors went to Tumaliwan’s team 30 where he was paired with junior golfers Jovi Manglapus, Lloyd Jefferson Go, and Shotaro Suda combining for 292 points.

In Division B, the title went to the team of Raymond Garcia with 336 points. Garcia was with Jun Mendoza, Rey Dira and Nonoy Tirol.

Runner-up honors went to the internationally-flavored team of Kim Jae Eun with 334 points. The other members were Ricky Brown, Alex Garcia and Kawakami Masahisa.

The Division C title went the team of Jerry S. Uy with 320 points. His teammates were Jet Neric, Tony Sikimhwa and Emy Tesalona.

Efren Palugod’s team finished as runner-up with 314 points. The other members of the squad were Lino Dagus, Boy Nemeño and Garry Lim.

The best performing team for the first round was that of Larry Ocheda, Nestor Cabrera, Jufil Sato and Andrew Cañete with 168 points.

The top team for the second round was that of Julius Neri, Sr., Bobby Barria, Ben Yu and Vince Colina with 171 points.

For the individual honors, Carl Almario won the lowest gross honors with two rounds of even-par 71 strokes.

Jun Mendoza had the best net score shooting rounds of ten-under-par on both days for a total of 92 points.

The awards ceremony was held at the Teatro Casino inside Waterfront Cebu City Hotel.

Tumaliwan said that they would also like to thank the backers of the tournament like Pagcor, Duty Free Philippines, Development Bank of the Philippines, Duros Development Corp., Bank of Commerce-Mandaue Branch.

The University of the Visayas/Jiji F. Gullas, Bogo-Medellin Sugarcane Planters Asso., Landco Pacific Corp./Monterrazas de Cebu, Skygo Marketing, Norkis Group of Companies, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., Phil. Airlines, Profood International Corp., Cebu Mitsumi, RedGolf, and Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa. - THE FREEMAN