Pradera cruises to historic win
Cebu Country Club settles for third in PAL Ladies Interclub
Pradera Verde Golf Club ended the
six-year-reign of Manila Southwoods Masters Friday with such domination unseen in the history of the Philippine Ladies Interclub golf team
championships.
Made up of some of the country’s top junior players, Pradera settled the issue as early as Thursday when it built a 46-point lead at the Cebu Country Club.
On Friday, Pradera made its lowest team total of 149 points, but still cruised to a 43-point victory, the biggest winning margin in the 12year-old event.
Annyka Pineda Cayabyab, who at 13 is one of the youngest players in the field, birdied the final 18th hole from 25 feet to salvage 53 points for the Lubaobased squad.
Pradera, handled by coach Normandy Sto. Domingo, also drew 50 points from Nicole Abelar and 46 from Tomita Arejola to finish the four-day event with a record 638 points. Kayla Lorenz failed to count with 45.
Southwoods Masters outscored Pradera for the first time with 152 points led by Maria Sofia Chabon’s 53 points. Other scorers were Mikhaela Fortuna 50 and Sunshine Baraquiel 49.
Cebu Country Club settled for third with 563 points after getting 141 from Mary Kim Hong (53), Crystal Faith Neri (46) and Jeanette Chiu (42).
“I hope to still play for Pradera for two years before I turn pro,” said Fil-Japanese Yuka Saso who won the individual title with 115 points – seven under par in stroke play.
Manila Southwoods Legends made up for its sister team’s loss by claiming the second-tier Founders bracket with a four-day total of 514 points.
Annika Guangko led