MANILA, Philippines - Reigning junior and national champion Rupert Zaragosa, former national titlist Clyde Mondilla and fancied Jobim Carlos banner the field in the 12th Canlubang Amateur Open which gets under way Oct. 12 at Cangolf’s north and south courses in Canlubang, Laguna.
The three of the country’s leading players in the ranks have confirmed their participation in the 54-hole tournament won by Riviera’s Wang Jeung Hun over Carlos last year.
Meanwhile, registration remains open with deadline set Oct. 7. Fee is pegged at P2,500 for non-member and P1,000 for club member, inclusive of one free practice round, raffle, giveaways and lunch.
For details, contact Fely Anillo or Darly Patalot at Cangolf office at (049) 549-1363 or (049) 549-0148 loc. 231 or e-mail at cgcc_billing@yahoo.com or at the Makati office at (02) 897-6887, fax no. (02) 890-9321 c/o Maite Tengco and/or Carla Reyes or e-mail cgcc_mktofc@yahoo.com.
Zaragosa and company are expected to slug it out for top honors in the premier Championship Division at Cangolf’s south course.
Other events on tap in the tournament, sponsored by The Turf Company and Pacsports Phl Inc., are the Classes A (11-and-below), B (12-18) and C (19-up) to be played in the last two days.
Also to be disputed is the ladies Open title won by Lovelynn Guioguio last year.
Other backers of the annual event are ICTSI, Peerless Manufacturing Corp., Coca-Cola Bottlers, Inc., GOLFWorx, Jose Ma. Hechanova, GreenLink Trading, Otsuka (Phl) Pharmaceutical, Inc., MERLO Agricultural Corp., Nature’s Spring, San Miguel Brewery, Inc., SEAMECOR, Inc. and Whealth, Inc.