800 bets vie in Founders Cup Invitational

MANILA, Philippines — The Orchard Golf and Country Club in Dasmariñas City, Cavite welcomes 400 of its members and their guests this week for the 23rd  edition of the Founders Cup Invitational, a four-day golf fiesta starting today and is renowned as the country’s biggest member-guest tournament.

Orchard is making sure that it’s going to be the year-end party that it has always been with a bonanza of prizes totaling over P2 million for the tournament, and a Grand Raffle where two Mercedes Benz cars and many other items worth over P6 million will be given away.

The four-day competition co-presented by Sta. Lucia Land Inc. and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) will see the 800 players competing for team and individual awards on the Orchard’s Palmer and Player championship courses.  

The participants will also have eight chances to win awesome hole-in-one prizes worth over P7 million. At the Palmer course, a hole-in-one on the seventh and 16th holes will be rewarded with a 2019 Mercedes Benz A180 Progressive. A 2019 Kia Picanto 1.0 LX MT will be at stake for an ace on No. 5, and an Ogawa Massage Chair combined with a Cobra set and a Puma stand bag on the 12th. On the Player course, a Mercedes Benz B180 Progressive will be offered on Holes 5 and 14, while a Delta Airlines Business Class ticket and a Pagcor bet certificate worth P100,000 on Hole 11, and a MG ZS car and a Vespa Primavera scooter on Hole 3 are the prizes awaiting the lucky golfer who can shoot an ace.