Philippines Junior Am golf under way

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Junior Amateur Open Golf Championships gets going today at the Sherwood Hills Golf Club in Cavite with Korean Joo Hyun “Tom” Kim and Fil-Japanese Yuka Saso all primed up for title repeat in their respective sides against a crack field.

Carl Corpus, Weiwei Gao, Kristoffer Arevalo, Jolo Magcalayo, Gido Mandanas and Ryan Monsalve set out to foil Kim’s back-to-back bid in the four-day championship serving as part of the PLDT Group National Amateur Golf Tour sponsored by the MVP Sports Foundation and organized and conducted by the National Golf Association of the Philippines.

The chase for the girls’ crown is also expected to be fierce with Saso facing the likes of fellow national teammates Harmie Constantino and Sofia Legaspi along with Sam Dizon, Nicole Abelar, Sam Bruce, Kayla Nocum, Annika Guangko, Kristine Torralba, Junia Gabasa, Riko Nagai, and Koreans Yun Ji Jang, Hui Won Kim, Seo Young Kim, Tae Yon Kwon and Ju Young Yang.

Also on tap are the Special Division for boys 18 years old and above and the boys and girls 13-and below categories.