FOUR hundred players are all geared up for a two-day battle in the Chairman’s Charity Cup beginning Friday at the Legends and Masters courses of the Manila Southwoods in Carmona, Cavite.
The cast includes winners in the Fil-Am Invitational in Baguio City recently headed by Jun Plana, whose Manila Southwoods’ seniors squad retained the Fil Championship crown.
Plana is also the defending men’s overall gross champion in the Chairman’s Charity Cup, back as the host club’s premier Members and Sponsors tournament after the pandemic.
Other titles up for grabs in the event are the seniors and ladies overall gross, Division I, II, III and IV in men’s and seniors, and Division I, II and III in the ladies side, and the Sponsors/Guests.
The Individual Net Stableford Points scoring system will be used for Members while the System 36 format will be applied in the Sponsors division.
The shotgun start fires off at 7:30 a.m. at the Legends and at 8 a.m. at the Masters on both days while the face-to-face awards rites and raffle program will be held at the Southwoods Veranda over a gala luncheon on Saturday.
A Mitsubishi Strada and an Xpander are also staked as hole-in-one prizes with Gran Sportivo also putting up a golf cart, Newport World Resorts offering villa accommodation with food and beverages for 10 pax for aces and Srixon offering a Cobra LTDx Iron Set.
A four-night Southeast Asia cruise for two, including of round-trip Manila-Singapore-Manila tickets, courtesy of the Royal Caribbean and Baron Travel, will also be up for grabs for hole-in-one feats.