MANILA, Philippines - La Salle-Zobel stamped its class over rival Ateneo in Aspirants 1 while Xavier dominated Aspirants 2 in the ICTSI-JGFP Inter-School golf tournament in various courses recently.
With Ira Alido at the helm, La Salle- Zobel came through with its best effort of 149 points at Eastridge to wind up with 568, far ahead of Ateneo which finished at 539 after pooling 139.
Alido sizzled with 55 points and drew support from Jolo Magcalayo and Francis Lanuza who had 49 and 45, respectively. Teammates Marc Nolasco (41) and Chad Lazaro (30) did not count.
Ateneo was composed of Riggs Illescas, Maio Castaneda, Migo Roque, Rico Lloyd and Miles Conding.
Sean Young, Jet Ang, Jacob Chua and Emilio Carpio joined hands to give the Aspirants 2 title to Xavier in the multi-division tourney backed by the International Container Terminal Services, Inc. Foundation and also sponsored by the Philippine Golf Foundation, Philippine Airlines, Golf Depot and Inquirer Golf.
The Xavier squad amassed 282 points including a final day output of 74 at Valley to finish 28 points clear of Ateneo’s Kirk Dela Torre, Simon Cruz, Dominic Villamor and Yuan Arbatin.
Ateneo 2 placed third.
Alido and Magcalayo took the top two positions in the Aspirants 1 individual while Zachary Castro of Bloomfield Academy and Vince Tiamsic of Casa Real Montessori were the top finishers in Aspirants 2.
The National Finals will be played Jan 18-19, 2016 at Orchard with the top three individuals and top three teams per division disputing the championship in all divisions.