P5 million in prizes up in Orchard Founders tilt

MANILA, Philippines - The Orchard Golf and Country Club in Dasmariñas, Cavite raises the bar again when it holds the 15th Founders Cup member-guest tournament this week with an assortment of prizes from premium cars, golf gear and merchandise prizes totaling at least P5 million.

Set Thursday to Sunday (Nov. 24-27), a full-packed field of 800 participants is entered in the tourney presented by Coca-Cola and anyone of them might end up driving the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C180 Classic and Hyundai Tucson Theta II GLS 2WD A/T at stake as hole-in-one prizes at the Player and Palmer courses of Orchard, respectively.

The same cars are on offer for a separate raffle where paid tickets of no more than 3,000 are eligible to win.  

The competing field for the country’s grandest member-guest event can look forward to winning the two PAL Business Class tickets to the US West Coast and Asiana Airlines Economy tickets for two to the West Coast, New York or London and so many other raffle items.

Major sponsors are PLDT, Philippine Airlines, Banco de Oro VISA/CLG Acquiring, Mizuno, Sta. Lucia Realty, Kulinarya Global Corporation, CATS Motors/Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai Dasmariñas. Premium hole sponsors are Air21, Asiana Airlines, Security Bank Corporation, Orchard Property Marketing Corporation and The Turf Company

Hole sponsors are Ayala Land Corp., Beneficial Life, Cross-link Electric & Construction Corp., EMR General Services Specialist, GG&A Club Shares, Globe Telecom, ICTSI, MNM Trading Corp., Nishino Leather Industry, PAGCOR, Perry’s Group, PPI Prime Ventures, Shakey’s Pizza, Tri Maritime Corporation, Vice Mayor Louie Bustamante of the Municipality of Las Piñas City, Yellow Cab Co., Allied Botanical Corp., Allo! Malongo, Arch. Montealegre & Associates Co., Dynamic Sports (Titleist), Emeritus Security & Maintenance System, F.D. Nolasco Enterprise, Great Depot (PING), Information Professionals, Inquirer Golf, International Heavy Equipment Corporation, John Gil Catering, Joseph Server&Associates, J-Ten Sports (Callaway), Pacsports Philippines Inc., Philippine Charter Insurance, SAP Build Enterprise, SLB Trading & Pump Specialists, Trends & Technologies Inc., and Western Sales Trading Co.