The picturesque Splendido Taal Golf and Country Club will host the third leg of the Samsung Pilipinas Amateur Golf Tour starting Monday with national pool members Jonnel Ababa and Mark Fernando poised for a showdown.
Ababa and Fernando, the stars of the Calatagan stable, will be leading the championship division field as they make their final preparations for the national Putra Cup team eliminations next week.
Joining them is Paul Echavez and Ryan Lam, the top two finishers of the second leg last month at Camp John Hay and several Korean scratch players.
The first two days of the championship division will be held simultaneously with the competitions for men’s Class C and Class D and all three handicap classes of the ladies division. In Class A ladies, Eva Miñoza and Matet Salivio will be up against a horde of Korean rivals.
Mizuno, Autohub, Callaway/Electrobus Consolidated, Inc., Wow Magic Sing, Titleist, Pagcor-Tagaytay Custom Clubmakers, Gargol, Wave 89.1 are the other sponsors of the Samsung series. PacSports Philippines (Club Car) and Autohub (Sinski motorcycle) are hole-in-one sponsors.