Southwoods seniors golf under way

MANILA, Philippines - The Manila Southwoods Seniors holds its seventh invitational tournament presented by Resorts World Manila today and Wednesday with huge field expected to clash for top honors at Southwoods’ Legends and Masters courses.

Danny Gutierrez and partner Mari Castaneda set out for their defense of the Group I crown after pooling 138 points under the Aggregate-Stableford scoring system in last year’s staging of Southwoods’ premier senior member-guest tournament.

Others tipped to go for a repeat in the 36-hole event presented by Resorts World Manila are Group 2 champions Frankie Flameno and Boni Vergel de Dios and the Francis Celones-Goody Hernandez pair, which topped Group 3.

The shotgun start tee-off is set at 8 a.m.

Other titles to be disputed in the event, backed by Asia Pacific Golf Corp., Brainmaster, Goutritis, Megafiber, Red Eagle Lending Investors, Corp. and San Miguel-Purefoods, are the seniors (55-74) and super seniors (75-and-above).

A brand-new E-Z-GO DCS electric 2-seater golf cart will be staked as hole-in-prize but if no one scores an ace, it will be raffled off as a major prize, according to Paco Gonzalez, president of the organizing Manila Southwoods Seniors Chapter who is also the tournament chairman.