No changes on top in The View golfest

CEBU, Philippines - There is no change at the top of the standings in The View Invitational 2013 after the second day of action Friday at Alta Vista Golf and Country Club in Pardo, this city.

As of presstime Friday afternoon, Edwin Espina and Tony Garcia remain on top with a total of 78 points on rounds of 42 and 36, respectively, in the Modified Stableford Scoring system.

The View Invitational runs until Sunday, but participants will only be playing two rounds of 36 holes for the four-day period.

Running second are three teams with 75 points each -- Alvin Suarez (38) and Baltaire Balangauan (37), Jun Dayot (37) and Elro de los Reyes (38), and Edwin Go Lim (39) and Peter Militante (36).

One points further back are the tandems of Toby Florendo (38) and Bayani Garcia (36), brothers Marvin (34) and Marco Mendoza (40), Henry Chu (35) and Noel Abad (39), and father and son Edwin (35) and Kenneth Robin (39).

Rounding up the top ten are the teams of Junjun Osmeña (38) and Gerry de la Rama (35) and Ernesto Dacay Jr. (34) and Bob Hilayo (39) with 73 apiece.

Eagle

One of the highlights of the second day of the club’s annual member-guest tournament was an eagle made by Sir Cross Abarintos on the par-4 hole No. 4.  He holed his second shot from 125 yards to win a Skygo motorcycle.

The feat was witnessed by Alberto Solon, Bob Oliver of Timex, and Mark James Cannen.

Prizes

At stake as hole-in-one prizes are -- a car from Hyundai; Php 500,000 from Visayan Surety and AVGCC; a residential lot from Santa Lucia Realty; a golf cart from Club Car; Php 150,000 first bet coupons from Pagcor Casino Filipino; a motorcycle from Norkis Trading; hotel accommodations from Marco Polo Prince Hong Kong, Marco Polo Plaza Hotel, and Moevenpick Hotel Mactan; and a trip to Singapore from Marist Royal Holidays Travel and Tours.

These prizes are assigned to specific holes.

In case more than one player scores an ace on a particular hole, the prizes will be equally shared.  The same goes for the eagle prize at stake on all par-4 holes.

Also supporting the tournament are Beneficial Life Insurance, Cebu Mitsumi, Taiyo Yuden, Stradcomm, Trends and Technologies, and Bryan Chona.

Imperial Palace Waterpark Resort and Spa, Shooters Arms Manufacturing Coirp., and Timex Phils. are also backing the tournament.

Several other corporate sponsors have also their products and services on display at the clubhouse for the duration of the tournament.

There will be prizes at stake for the overall lowest gross, overall lowest net and the top three teams for the three handicap categories.  The lowest gross and the three best teams based on net scores for the seniors’ division will also get awards.

To qualify for the seniors’ division, a team must have no member less than 55 years old and their total age must not be less than 120 years.

The penultimate day of the tournament is set Saturday and the final round will be on Sunday.   Half of the field shall, however, have completed 36 holes by Saturday.

Tee off time is from as early as 5:10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to accommodate all the participants. (PR from www.fullpointcebu.com) (FREEMAN)