Highlands Ladies Cup draws 200 entries

MANILA, Philippines — The Highlands Ladies Cup has set the stage for its 14th staging on Oct. 5 at Tagaytay Midlands Golf Club.

Like in all its previous editions, the tournament will have a shotgun start at 8 a.m. with around 200 players expected to see action, according to the organizing Tagaytay Highlands Ladies Chapter headed by tournament co-chairs Dionne Cu and Connie Mamaril.

Aside from the centerpiece ladies division, other titles to be disputed under the System 36 scoring format are the men’s Classes A, B and C and seniors category.

As part of THLC’s social commitment, the tournament also serves as a fund-raiser with part of its proceeds going to the Sisters of Mary Boys & Girls Town Complex in Silang, Cavite.

The W Group, the holding company of one of the country’s top business groups in food ingredient, real estate and investment industries, and Auto Nation Group, Inc., the exclusive distributor of Mercedes-Benz in the country, head a mix of backers as Diamond sponsors of the 18-hole tournament, which features some of the country’s top golfing lady executives and corporate bigwigs.

Listup is ongoing with fee at at P3,500 for members and P4,500 for non-members, inclusive of green fee, cart, lunch, giveaways and raffle stub. For details, call Midlands Golf Services at 0917-886-5226 (members) and Analaine Blas at 0966-713-5199 (non-members).

Security Bank is also back as Platinum sponsor, IMG as Gold backer, and PLDT SME, Regent Travel, Sha-Wrap and New Golden City Builders as Silver sponsors and Wee Community Developers, Inc., Asia Brewery, SL Agritech Corp., Burlington Socks, H&E, Parola Maritime Agency, Champion, Orocan, Concrete Masters, Kawsek, Inc. and Wenger Watchers Bronze sponsors with Erlinda Gamut as one of the donors.