Cortel trio rules Suntrust

MANILA, Philippines - The triumvirate of Serge Cortel, Benjie Truzada and Ricky Tan scored a net 55 to take the overall championship in the inaugural Suntrust Cup held at the Sherwood Hills.

Lawrence Celestino, Arnel Romero and Ramil Villanueva tallied a bogey-free, 11-under-par 61 to bag the overall gross title.

Division 1 (handicap 0-10) honors went to Rex Goquingco, Pong Manuel and Vince Lauron (net 58) while Jeric Ang, Agui Cruz, and Dave Romero assembled a 56 to capture the Division 2 (11 and above).  Team Benlife of Jaime Fernandez, Junjun Plana and John Galang ruled the sponsors and guests division.

The Suntrust Cup., the first major event of Sherwood Hills Golf Club Inc. (SHGCI) under the president Harry Paltongan, drew 206 participants in the one-day affair co-presented by Beneficial Life Insurance Co. and Trinity Insurance Brokers, Inc.

Claudine Garcia aced No. 11 with an 8-iron and No. 1 Bridgestone ball and rewarded with a complete Mizuno T-Zoid set.       

The event’s platinum sponsors were Alcon Advertising, CA Exhibits, Davies Paints, Golforce, Jims Engineering, MCS Const. Corp., Resorts World Manila, Sagada Const. Dev. Corp., and Turf Company (Texas Eagle). 

Compact Graphics Advertising Design Services, ABW/Gargol/Cran UTI, Anof Const. and Trading, Apo Floors, Argie Const., Beiersdorf of Nivea, Custom Clubmakers, Ex-Link Mngt./Mktg. Services, Felmar Gen. Const., FSR Security Services, Greens ‘N Turf, G&W Shares, Interconnect Systems, Isuzu Phils., J-Cube Eng’g & Const., Master Sports, McDonalds, Mizuno, New Paul Ivan Const. Phils., RCBC Saving Bank, Rizgolf and Silicon Computer & Telecoms, Union Bank of the Philippines, Square D Tech and Dev’t Corp., and NTL Builders were major sponsors.

                Hole sponsors were Almonte-Babiera Const., AVZ Const. & Supply, NLRP Exhibit, BPI, CJH Golf Club, CJH Manor, Corp. Holdings Mngt., Crown Pipes Compounders, Equicom Savings Bank, HGB Const,, Lamar Trading & Const., Manila Southwoods, Manila Southwoods Manor,  Maybank, Mechanics Const., Medicard, NNR Const., NTL Builders, NF Yamat, Pacimex Const., RA Mallari Const., Daniel Reyes, Reymame Const., RIM Const., Rodolfo Regencia Const., Splendido Taal Golf Club, The Royal Northwoods, 525 Const., and J3N1 Builders.