Orchard Founders Cup draws huge field

MANILA, Philippines - The Orchard Golf & Country Club gears up again for its 16th Founders Golf Invitational, so far the country’s biggest member-guest tournament, on Nov. 22-25.

The tournament, with 800 participants confirmed,  is presented by Solaire Resort & Casino and is set to give away a 2012 Mercedes-Benz C180 Classic and a 2012 Hyundai Tucson as hole-in-one prizes, plus other raffle prizes all worth over P5 million that include two PAL Business Class roundtrip tickets to the US.

Major sponsors are Philippine Airlines, Banco De Oro – CLG/VISA, Sta. Lucia Realty Corp., Kulinarya Global Corp., CATS Motors Inc. and Hyundai Dasmariñas. Premium hole sponsors include Air21, Asiana Airlines, Orchard Property Marketing Corp., Security Bank Corp., The Turf Company and Shakey’s Pizza. Hole sponsors are Ayala Land Premier, Beneficial Life Insurance Co. Inc., Cross-link Electric & Construction Corp., EMR General Services Specialist, GG&A Clubshares, Globe Telecom, Nishino Leather Industry Inc., Tri Maritime Corp., Arch. Nelson Montealegre & Associates, EJJE Industrial Sales, Emeritus Security & Maintenance System, F.D. Nolasco Enterprises, Great Depot, Inquirer Golf, International Heavy Equipment Corp., J-Ten Sports (Callaway), John Gil Catering, Joseph Server & Associates, Mizuno, Pacsports Philippines (Nike), RBN Kitchen World Supplies, SAP Build Enterprise, Trends and Technologies, and Western Sales Trading Co. (Phils.) Inc.