Highlands Ladies Cup all set for tee-off

MANILA, Philippines — A roster of mother-daughter tandems will be on hand when the Highlands Ladies Cup is held on Saturday at Tagaytay Midlands and Lucky 9 courses, not as competitors but as part of the workforce helping guarantee the successful conduct of the posh club’s flagship tournament.

These pairs actually make up the Tagaytay Ladies team, which has produced such winning twosomes since the squad was formed 18 years ago, including Marixi Prieto and Sandy Prieto-Romualdez of Inquirer, with dermatologist Lilibeth de Villa’s daughters – Linnel, Debbie and Angela – anchoring Highlands’ title runs in the WGAP Circuit, WGAP Cup and Ladies Federation Games.

De Villa’s eldest daughter Lilet, businesswoman/artist Mathilda Sun and Jessalynn Tan’s respective daughters Kathleen and Patricia, who recently graduated from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, are all set to join one of the country’s winningest ladies golf squads.

Sisters Chesca and Tara Imperial have mirrored their mother Farah’s golfing prowess while cousin Kyla Laurel, also into college softball, is in the same league of young women golfers ready to take centerstage in the WGAP circuit.