Naval shoots ace in Southwoods Invitational

MANILA, Philippines — Marc Naval grabbed the opening-day spotlight in the Southwoods invitational as he scored a hole-in-one on No.7 of the Legends course and combined for 84 points with guest partner Miguel de Asis to set the early pace in Division II in Carmona, Cavite yesterday.

Pablo Olivarez and Roberto Ronin Leviste pooled 83 points in Aggregate format at Legends while the Gerardo Cadiz-Dante Maldia, Brian Park-Eden Hernandez and Bong Agojo-Monching Rivera pairs matched 77 points to be within striking distance of the Naval-De Asis tandem heading to the Masters course where play shifts to Best-Ball under the Stableford points scoring system with applied course handicaps.

But Naval already emerged the big winner as he claimed a seven-night Eastern Mediterranean Cruise onboard the Odyssey of the Seas, including two round-trip Manila-Rome-Manila tickets, and P100,000 worth of free bet certificates from PAGCOR Casino Filipino, for his hole-in-one feat.