Villamor, Tagaytay top WGAP Valley leg

MANILA, Philippines - Villamor drew 42 points from Harmie Constantino as it pooled a 138 to capture the Class A crown while Tagaytay Highlands dominated Class B in the second leg of the WGAP Circuit at the Valley Golf Club’s South course in Antipolo recently.

Chanel Avaricio and Sam Martinez chipped in 37 and 32 points, respectively, while Jo Barredo added 27 points under the Modified Stableford scoring system to help power Villamor to victory over Sta. Elena, which assembled a 134. Forest Hills finished third with a 133.

Tagaytay Highlands lorded it over the field in Class B with a 140 for a 12-point romp over Alabang, which had a 128 while Sta. Elena scored 127 for third, nipping Riviera in the countback in the 10-to-play, four-to-count format event organized by the Women’s Golf Association of the Phils.

Rosario Dimson fired 42 points, while Rebecca Albert had 36 and Veronica Veloso and Olive Yoon each scored 31 points for the Highlanders, who swept last year’s WGAP overall crown and the WGAP Cup title.

Sta. Elena’s Rowena Bjorklund won the Class B individual title with 40 points.

Aguinaldo, behind Cathy Ferrer’s 40, Ruby Hamis’ 38, Hazel Gabud’s 34 and Lally Trinidad’s 29, shot a 141 and nipped Alabang by one to snatch the Class C crown in the second of the eight-stage circuit featuring the leading lady golfers from the country’s top clubs.

Gloria Garcia paced Alabang with 44 points and took the individual plum but the team settled for runner-up honors as Joyce Duque, Josephine Melrose and Rachel Shah added three 32s. Tagaytay, led by Margaret Tan’s 40 points, finished third with a 137.

Alice Jose led Sta. Elena with 36 points while Amelia Ward backed her up with 34 and Divina Nemec and Daisy Dinopol-Jackes added 32 points each in Class A.

Hwang Sun-mi shot 38 points to pace Forest Hills, which also got a 36 from Violeta Pegels and 33 and 26 points from Ma. Cecilia Tan and Cristina Lava, respectively.