MANILA, Philippines - The Manila Southwoods holds its annual Chairman’s Charity Cup today with a banner field vying for top honors in various divisions at the Manila Southwoods’ Masters and Legends courses in Carmona, Cavite.
Unlike in past Chairman’s Cups, this year’s staging of the event, featuring the club’s members and their guests, will be a fund-raising tournament with proceeds to benefit local area schools devastated by the recent Typhoon Ondoy.
Over 400 players are competing in the event, to be played under the Modified Stableford scoring system, with the awards rites set at the end of the two-day event tomorrow.
A brand new Mitsubishi car will be up for grabs in the raffle along with Royal Caribbean cruises, Korean Airline tickets, golf vacations to Malaysia, Boracay, Baguio, getaways to El Nido Resorts, Mactan Island, a SYM Motorbike, golf sets, LCD TVs plus more.
Sponsors of the event are Mitsubishi Motors Phils. Corp./Diamond Motors Corp., Royal Caribbean/Baron Travel Korean Airlines;
Pacsports, The Turf Company (Texas Eagle), Yamaha Golf Carts, Coca-Cola Bottlers Phils, Inc., El Nido Resort, Sabah Tourism Board, Dynamic Sports, SYM Motorbike, Makati Shangri-La Hotel;
Callaway, Mizuno Masters Sports Corp., Wilson Sports, Mit-Air Sales Center, Inc., Whealth, Inc. (ABW/Craunuti/Gargol/Nyte-E), Warbird Security & Investigation Agency, Inc., Golforce, Inc., Rudy Project, Air 21, Asia Pacific Golf Corp., Boracay Sands, Camp John Hay Dev. Co., Camp John Hay Golf Club, Camp John Hay Manor, Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose Law Officers, CJH Project Management, Inc., Club Leisure Management Corp., EMPI, Inc.;
Fairway & Bluewaters, Fil-Estate Urban Dev. Corp., Foodenizer, Inc., Forest Hills Golf & Country Club, GRM Fast Food Services, Manila Southwoods Manor, Meridian Equipment, PLDT, Poblador, Bautista & Reyes Law Offices, RCNA Concessionaire & Catering Services, Red Eagle Lending Investors Corp., Ritzgolf Romago, Inc., Sherwood Hills Golf Club and The French Corner.