Dy's ace highlights start of View

CEBU, Philippines - Henry Dy aced the 175-yard hold number 2 yesterday to highlight the opening round of The View Invitational 2011 at the Alta Vista Golf and Country Club.

As of 5 p.m. yesterday, the tandem of Marlo Cugtas and Jose Mari ‘Bopyet’ Dizon has set the pace in the four-day tournament with a score of 70 points.

This member-guest tournament is the signature event of AVGCC. The Modified Stableford Scoring System is used and players are allowed to use only three-fourths of their lowest handicap for the last three months.

Dy, who is the partner of Rudy Carvajal, pulled out his old driver with a loft of 11 degrees and knocked in his punched tee shot on the downhill 2nd hole. He used a Precept 33 ball for the feat.

Aside from Carvajal, the shot was also witnessed by Mar Selma and his partner Rodin Paca.

Dy told The Freeman that his tee shot landed before the green and the ball rolled from right to left into the cup.

It was his second ace.

For this feat he wins a motorcycle from Norkis Trading Corp. as well as P300,000 of first bet coupons from Pagcor-Cebu and another P100,000 of first bet coupons from Pagcor-Mactan.

Cugtas fired 33 points while Dizon shot 37 for their two-over-par output. The team holds the clubhouse lead as some teams were still on the course as of presstime.

One point back are the teams of Toby Florendo and Angelo Marquez and that of Cho Kyu Jeong and Seo Hong Kil with 69 points apiece.

Florendo fired 34 while Marquez made 35. Cho had 31 points and Seo shot 38 points.

Tied for fourth are the teams of Rene Piano and Edsel Tan and that of Jack Lee and Glenn Mayam with identical rounds of 67 points.

Edwin Espina and Chito Villareal follow with 65 points along with Ellie Espinoza and Chito Villareal.

Kim Kwang Seok and Ed Franco combined for 62 while three other teams made 61 apiece – Weiwei Gao and Ariel Mangana, Nolan Rada and Johnny Young, and Justin Uy and Nilo Domingo.

About 200 teams are seeing action in the tournament, which runs until Sunday.

Other hole-in-one prizes are a Kia Picanto from Gateway Motors (Kia) Cebu, a residential lot from Santa Lucia Realty and Development Inc., a Club Car golf cart, and a trip from Marist Royal Travel and Tours.

The second half of the field will play their first round today.

The tournament chairman is club director Vicente ‘Inting’ Go. (FREEMAN)