Castro earns slot to golf team

MANILA, Philippines — Luis Castro, who captured the individual crown and powered the Philippines to the team championship in the Indonesian Amateur Open last month, clinched the fourth and last berth in the national men’s golf team vying in the 30th SEA Games.

Castro tied for seventh in the recent 144-hole National Golf Association of the Philippines qualifier topped by Aidric Chan, Carl Corpus and Sean Ramos, who claimed the first three seats in the Phl squad gearing up for the biennial meet set Dec. 4-8 at Luisita Golf and Country Club in Tarlac.

But Castro, eager to represent the country against the best in the region, worked on his game and dished out that solid performance in Indonesia, which drew some of those competing in this year’s SEAG.

“There has been major international success from both the men’s and women’s team in recent months,” said national team coach Miko Alejandro, referring to Chan’s record win in Junior World, Bianca Pagdanganan’s outstanding feat in the LPGA Q-School Stage 1, which she topped, and Castro’s victory.