Caoili, Hing rule X'mas golfest

CEBU, Philippines - Braulio ‘Jun’ Caoili, Jr. and Dominic Hing shared the top honors in the Alta Vista Golf and Country Club Christmas Fun Golf Classic that ended last Sunday.

Caoili, using a hot new putter, tamed him problems on the green to score rounds of net 59 and 62 for a two-day total of 121 earning him the overall lowest net title.

Hing, for his part, played near flawless golf shooting identical rounds of even-par 72 strokes for an aggregate of 144 to win the lowest gross title.

Caoili, who recently acquired a broomstick putter, found his touch and got rid of his three-putts to shoot gross scores of 88 and 91 in the three-day, 36-hole contest using the strokeplay format.

He told The Freeman that he was very happy with his game as he sank several putts that he used to normally miss.

The class A title went to Kim Nam Youn with rounds of net 66 and 65 for a total of 131. 

First runner-up honors for the premiere handicap class went to Emir Abutazil, who had rounds of 69 and 67 for a total of 136. Second runner-up was Kim Kwang Seok with a two-day effort of 138 on rounds of 72 and 66.

Paul Lee, who had a tournament best score of net 58 on the first round, bagged the class B title as he paired it with a 65 on the second day for a total of 123 strokes.

Benedict Uy was the first runner-up for class B with a total of 128 (61-67) while second runner-up was Allan Larot with a total of 129 (67-62).

Mar Selma also ran away with the class C title shooting rounds of 62 and 61 for a total of 123 strokes.

Willy Go had a total of 128 strokes on rounds of 62 and 66 to claim the first runner-up honors for class C. Second runner-up was Manuel Torres, Jr. with rounds of 65 and 67 for a total of 132.

Butch Aleta did not only literally stand a head above most players in the seniors’ class, but also figuratively as he won the title with a two-day effort of 135 strokes on rounds of 69 and 66.

Tony Amor finished as first runner-up for the category for those 55 years old and above as he scored a two-day total of 137 on rounds of 67 and 70 edging Roy Damole in the countback. Second runner-up honors went to Damole who shot rounds of 69 and 68.

Choi Yi Hwa topped the ladies’ division with a total score of 128 strokes on rounds of 65 and 63 while runner-up honors went to Shin Mi Sun with 135 on rounds of 71 and 64.

John Philip Hernandez won the title for the dependents’ category scoring rounds of 74 and 66 for a total of 140.

In the guest division, Malaysian visitor Fred Fung fired rounds of 68 and 63 to win the title with his aggregate of 131 strokes.

First runner-up for the guest class was Julius Neri, Sr. with a total of 139 strokes on rounds of 69 and 70 while second runner-up was Andot Mondares with 141 (69-72).