Tan, Abesamis lead Forest Hills Invit’l winners

MANILA, Philippines - Henrick Tan and Edwin Abesamis bagged the overall crown while Raffy Garcia and Judd Roy took the Class A honors in the 13th Forest Hills Invitational Golf Championships at the Nicklaus and Palmer courses of the Forest Hills Golf and Country Club in Antipolo recently.

Violy Pegels and Willy Cabalse captured the Class B title, Jester Ong and Oliver Gan ruled Class C, Willy Tsai and Arnold Chung reigned supreme in Class D while Josh Ante topped the Sponsor division of the four-day event presented BOAZ Motor Inc., Unilever, Pioneer Insurance and Golforce, Inc. with Banana Peel, GFX or Golf Effects, Megafiber, Swedish Match Phils. Inc., Megaforce Security and Allied Services Corp. as major sponsors.

But it was Sherwin Tan who emerged the biggest winner as he drove home a brand new Grand 1-10 car courtesy of BOAZ-Pioneer-Forest Hills during the grand raffle draw.

Other backers of the event were Emperador Deluxe, Taishan Insurance Brokers Phils., Inc., BOAZ Motors, Inc., Forest Hills, Sports Specialists, Inc., Club Car and The Turf Co., Inc. as hole-in-one sponsors with support from Boracay Sands Hotel, Carrascal Nickel Corp., Camp John Hay Golf and Country Club, Camp John Hall Manor Development Corp., Group Management and Development, Inc., Gerry’s Grill, MRT, Jewelmer International Corp., Mileage Asia Corp., Manila Southwoods Golf Club, Poblador Bautista and Reyes Law Office, Zest-O Corp., Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club, Gardenia, Nestle Philippines, Monde Nissin Corp., Quantum Foods, Inc., Quanta Paper Corp., San Miguel Brewery, SMC Purefoods, Coca-Cola, Primepower Manpower Services, Kishda Marketing and Development Corp. and Nelda M. Roguel.

Purefoods and Par 72 Corp. (Gerry’s Grill) hosted the breakfast and awards night, respectively, sponsored by Emperador Deluxe and emceed by Betina Carlos and Jojo Lazaro.