Masters on at Southwoods

The 12th Masters Challenge, a benefit golf tournament organized annually by the Manila Southwoods ladies chapter, tees off today at the Masters course of the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country in Carmona, Cavite.

A full field of 144 participants will play the Jack Nicklaus-designed par-72 course in an event sponsored by Manila Southwoods, Pacsports and Industries Devt. Corp. and will have The House of Friendship as beneficiary.

“The House of Friendship” is a safety house which welcomes orphaned, neglected and abandoned children, unwed mothers and the poor and the homeless,’’ said Southwoods ladies chapter president Claudine Garcia.

A side event is the Nike Golf Short game challenge, a unique event where participants hit wedge shots from the verandah of the main clubhouse to a small island green. The player closest to the pin wins a Nike SV Wedge.

Asian Heart, Northwest Airlines, Landenmore Properties, Sun Pack,Butuan Doctors’ College, Philippine Medical Tourism, Inc., Pharmasia - Cuvest, Inc., Toby Gan, Danny and Nini Samaniego, Mad Dog Philippines, Rudolph Lietz Inc., Supply Oilfield Services, Philips Go Gear and Globe are hole sponsors.

La Paz Group of Companies, Chinatrust, Esicor Inc., Klio Organizers, Dieter and Florence Schreiber, Xtreme Magic Sing, Solemates Wellness Center, Ink Express Corporation, DESCO, LORO and Automatic Center are backers.