Legend Tee golf to unfold in Subic

All roads lead to Subic Bay tomorrow when the third Legend Tee golf tournament, a fund-raising tournament for Tabang Mindanaw to help indigenous people and war victims in Mindanao, is staged at Subic Bay Golf & Country Club at the Subic Bay Freeport.

SBMA chair Felicito Payumo, Presidential assistant for Northern Luzon Renato Diaz and Rep. Ruben Torres lead the distinguished guests invited to the one-day event, organized by Legend International Resorts Ltd. (LIRL) to help support Tabang Mindanaw, a civic group devoted to assisting the recovery and welfare of the children-victims of the armed conflict in Mindanao.

Former Miss Universe and Tabang Mindanaw task force member Margie Moran heads the ceremonial tee-off at 9 a.m. She will also conduct a presentation of the beneficiary during the awarding ceremony at 6 p.m. at Legenda Hotel’s garden terrace.

The event is sponsored by Cebu Pacific, Borneo Tours, Dynamic Sports, Inc., Global Air 21, GTS Insurance, the Indonesian Embassy, Metroplex Berhad, Premiere Wines & Spirits, Standard Insurance, Subic Bay Yacht Club, 99.5 RT and 103.5 K-Lite, Trading Gateways, Inc., SBMA and Legenda Hotel and supported by Universal Motors Corp. and Kalakbayan Travel.

Registration is still on-going, according to LIRL, which operates the five-star Legenda Hotel, the Grand Seasons Hotel and Legenda Suites in Subic.

The event informally opens today with the Tabang Mindanaw’s exhibit at 5 p.m. at the lobby of Legenda Hotel with participants from Manila, Bataan, Zambales and nearby areas, and from as far as Taiwan, Malaysia and Korea expected to grace the event.

A brand-new 4x2 Nissan Frontier Pick-up will be given to the first player to score a hole-in-one feat while round-trip tickets to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia await winners in the individual and team competitions. Year-round memberships to the posh Legenda Hotel’s Legendary Gold Club are also up for grabs in the special categories such as the longest drive, most accurate drive and others. For details, please call the event secretariat at 732-9888 or (047) 252-1888 or Argee Gomez, PR officer, at 0917-341-3960.