Princesa-Joson tops S’woods invit’l

MANILA, Philippines - Willy Princesa and guest partner Tomas Joson put up a steady game for two days and pooled a 160 then nipped the brothers Butch and Philip Brodett in the tiebreak to snare the Group I crown in the seventh Manila Southwoods invitational tournament presented by Resorts World Manila at Southwoods in Carmona, Cavite last Wednesday.

Princesa and Joson shot a pair of 40s on both nines of both the Legends and Masters courses for a 160-aggregate under the Aggregate-Stableford scoring system and edged the fancied Brodett siblings with a lower team handicap to clinch the top plum in Southwoods’ premier senior member-senior guest tournament presented by Resorts World Manila.

The Brodetts, former winners of this annual event organized by the Manila Southwoods Seniors Chapter headed by president and tournament chairman Paco Gonzalez, assembled a 43-36 at Legends but fell short of their comeback bid at Masters, finishing with a 37 after a 44 for a 79-81 and 160.

George Alfonso and teammate Benjamin Alfonso combined for a 159 after a 79 and 80 as they dominated Group 2 with a 159, four points better than the Gil Domingo-Boy Paguio pair, which shot a 155 from rounds of 81-74 in the tournament backed by annual hole sponsors Asia Pacific Golf Corp., Brainmaster, Goutritis, Megafiber, Red Eagle Lending Investors, Corp. and San Miguel-Purefoods.

Lino Barte and Egay Yamzon also ran away with the Group 3 plum with a 157, beating Dante Desembrana and Chris Gonzales, who pooled a 152.

Meanwhile, Nilo San Juan shared the spotlight as he won the EZ-Go DCS 2-seater electric golf cart during raffle draw. Other winners in fun holes were Mark Watson (nearest the pin), Chito Laureata (longest drive) at Legends, Philip Brodett (nearest the pin and Tony Valera (longest drive) at Masters.
Other backers of the event were Blackrock Corp., Camp John Hay Golf Club, Caramba Foods Corp., Federal Mainstenance and Management Inc., Foodenizer, Inc., Forest Hills Golf and Country Club, Henikwon Philippines, Luzon Ilumina Corp. and Megaricton Commercial and Industrial Corp., Mizuno Philippines, MS Electrade Enterprises Corp., Rudy Project Phils., The Manor Camp John Hay Baguio, United Farmers’ Natural Coffee, Inc., Warbird Security and Investigation Agency, Inc. and YYD System Interiors, Inc.