Sison hits 2 birds nine days apart at Eagle Ridge

Businessman Roberto Sison achieved a rare twin-kill at the Faldo course of the Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club in Gen. Trias, Cavite when he scored victories in both the men’s monthly members tilt and the seniors competition for July recently.

Sison first topped Group I of the seniors event with a net score of 71.2 then came back nine days later to shoot an 87 and capture the Class C plum in the members tourney to steal the show from overall winners Rodolfo Villanueva and Japanese expatriate Yoshinori Ikeda.

Ikeda banked on a better back nine score of 39 to edge out Manfred Guanko and Frederick Garcia for the Class A division. All three members ended up with similar 18-hole efforts of 80 with Guanko settling for second and Garcia third.

Joining Ikeda, who broke the Class A domination of Garcia and his brother Paolo, and Sison in the winners roster for the members tilt were Vicente Onella in Class B, Roger Mercado in Class D and Divina Sanders in the ladies division.

Other senior winners aside from Villanueva, who posted a tournament-best net of 65.8, and Sison were Jun Cerega (Group II) and Manuel Tayag (Group III).

Onella won two trophies for himself after placing second behind Sison in seniors Group I and tallied an 85 to prevail by two over Larry Aguila in the men’s side. Mercado’s 106 gave him a six-shot win over Roy Laurente and Sanders finished five ahead of Arlette Dizon with her 72.5.

Members and guests enjoyed the excellent conditions of the Faldo course, one of the four in the Eagle Ridge menu of championship layouts. Being awaited is the opening of the back nine of the Norman side, which should come late in August.

Eagle Ridge is one of the country’s biggest golf and residential development projects undertaken by joint venture partners Alsons Land Corp. and Sta. Lucia Realty.