Domingo-Abad rules Southwoods Invitational

CARMONA, Cavite — Gil Domingo and Antonio Abad came up with excellent games to win the coveted overall team championship of the 2002 Southwoods Invitational held here at the sprawling Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club.

The duo of Domingo and Abad breezed through the tough Masters course and the newly-greened Legends course with a combined net total of 264 points to beat 374 other pairs in the two-day, two-man team event presented by CAP Philippines and Smart Communications.

"I would like to thank all the sponsors, club management and staff, especially the Sports and Games Committee headed by chairman Alfredo Mendoza, for a wonderful tournament. We promise a bigger and better event next year," said Manila Southwoods chair Robert John Sobrepeña.

Shean Bedi and Ronnie Littaua, on the other hand, made a charge in the final round at the Masters course with under-par rounds of net 70 and 69, respectively, to win the low gross championship. The pair of Bedi, tournament director of the Fil-Am golf event in Baguio, and Littaua, member of Federation League defending champ Team Forest Hills, also won in the 2000 Southwoods Invitational.

Hilario Lara also became a big winner after winning a brand new Mitsubishi GLS car in the raffle, originally staked as a hole-in-one prize in the regular tournament, courtesy of Mitsubishi Motors Philippines and Diamond Motors Corp.

Aside from Lara, Virgilio David got a brand new golf set from Wilson while Antonio Ong won an Alaskan Cruise from Princess Cruise.

The sponsors of the tournament are APGC, Aromin & Sy Associates, Britesmile, Club Leisure Mngt. Corp., Custom Clubmakers, DATEM Construction, E-Plus, Excell Contractors & Dev. Corp., Federal Mngt. & Maintenance Inc., Gainers, Information Professional Inc., Keleo Fine Jewelry, Kork Inc., Kubota Agro Industrial, MAISOG Engineering Work & Machinery, Milestone Hotel-Appartel, Miramar Tuna Belly, Multi-Global, Par Option, Pharmaton, Pilipinas Shell, PLDT, Recio + Casas, Trackworks, and Unibancard.

Information Professionals, Inc. (IPI) was tapped as the official computerized score tabulator of the tournament.

Other winners in the different classes are: Alfredo Lim and Salvador Medialdia (Class A); Mario Badillo and Gerry Limlingan (Class B); Manolo Agojo and Alfredo dela Peña (Class C); and Sandy Velhagen and Beachie Abiera (Class D).