16 teams slug it out in Nomura Cup at Southwoods’ Masters course

MANILA, Philippines — Sixteen countries bannered by defending champion Thailand and regional powerhouses Australia, Japan and Korea are vying for team and individual honors in the Nomura Cup, the Asia-Pacific region’s most prestigious and longest-running men’s team championship, the country is hosting next week.

The 29th edition of the Nomura Cup will be held Nov. 15-18 at the Masters course of the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club in Carmona, Cavite with the trio of Kristoffer Arevalo, Elee Bisera and Coby Rolida hoping to finally end the Philippines’ quest for a first victory in the biennial event.

It will mark the country’s fourth hosting of the Nomura Cup with the first three all held at the Wack Wack east course in 1963, 1971 and 1991.

“It is a great honor and pleasure for the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club to host the 2022 Nomura Cup.  We welcome the 16 national teams from Asia who will participate in this championship event.  We have always supported junior and amateur golf which we believe represents  the future of the entire golfing industry,” said Manila Southwoods chairman Bob Sobrepeña.

Australia, the winningest team in Nomura Cup history with 10 victories and four runner-up finishes, will be going for another major title at the same club where it captured the Eisenhower Trophy at the 1996 World Amateur Team Championship which to date remains the biggest amateur competition ever held here.

Chinese-Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore and United Arab Emirates are the other countries competing in the event organized by the National Golf Association of the Philippines and sponsored by the MVP Sports Foundation, Smart, PLDT, TV5, PING, the Philippine Sports Commission, the Philippine Olympic Committee, Yamaha, Bettinardi, Gatorade and Hytera.