Orchard hosts Luzon leg of Sta. Lucia Tour Oct. 11

ºThe 200 campaigners of the popular Sta. Lucia Tour return to action this week when the Orchard Golf and Country Club hosts the first of two Luzon legs Oct. 11-13 at its Palmer and Player courses in Dasmariñas, Cavite.

Less than a month after launching its bids in rousing fashion in the Visayas stop hosted by Alta Vista Golf and Country Club in Cebu, the powerhouse Orchard delegation is expected to make a big move at its home club.

At the head of the vaunted Orchard charge is the D team made up of low-handicapper Dan Salvador III, Mariano Castaneda, Aaron Topacio and Rudel Panganiban who pulled off a squeaker in Group 1.

Club chair Conrad Benitez and president Dr. Carlo Magno will be on hand to give their contingent the needed morale-booster as the series, staged by real estate giant Sta. Lucia Realty for clubs carrying its banner, enters its halfway mark.

The oversized Eagle Ridge contingent is also eyeing a big comeback as well as the other four clubs in the field, Alta Vista, Royale Tagaytay and the Rancho Palos Verdes of Davao.

Co-sponsors of the event are Golforce, Inc., Gainers Marketing, Atlanta Industries, Kubota Agro-Ind. Machinery Phils., Unirock, Readycon, Club Car, Omega, Yamaha/Kart Plaza, Philippine Airlines, Kodal Digital Camera, Semicon, Isuzu Fuego-Cebu and Neltex and Anako for this year’s tour. Official hotels are Hyatt for Manila, Cebu Plaza for Cebu and Marco Polo for Davao.

PAL is flying the entries from Cebu and Davao to venues outside their vicinity.