Team Parilla rules 17th Island Tee
The team of Major General Nick Parilla bagged the coveted overall crown in the justconcluded 17th Island Tee, which ended Sunday at the Mactan Island Golf Club in Lapu-Lapu City.
Parilla, commander of the Mactan-based Air Mobility Command, combined forces with Retired Colonel Elvis Jequinto and Ronnel Saligumba to win the title using new three-man format of the tournament.
Parilla scored 31 and 26 point for a total of 57, Jequinto shot 32 and 34 while Sarigumba made 38 and 39 for a team total of 200 points in the Modified Stableford Scoring System.
The Division A title went to Chandran Rama (20-32), Junjun Cabajar (34-36), and Ariel Mangana (37-35) with 195 points.
Runner-up honors for the premiere handicap class went to three young girls – Angela Mangana (28-31), Grace Quintanilla (32-34), and Junia Gabasa (32-37) with a total of 194. All three are junior golf standouts with Gabasa having a several stints as member of the Philippine team.
The awards ceremony was held Sunday night at Crown Regency Mactan.
The event was backed by Turf Company, Pagcor, SkyGo Marketing Corp., Ashanti Sales, Inc., Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., Pacsports Phils. Inc., J Park Island Resort and Spa, Plantation Bay Resort and Spa, Koppel, Air Asia, and San Miguel Corporation.
The team of Retired BGen Bam Jamorabo bagged the class B title. Jamorabo had 34 and 34 and his teammates were Youn Sung Hee (25-32) and Harry Cabajar (34-32) for a total of 191 points.
Runner-up honors went to Nilo Reyes (30-33), Ashley Llena (32-29), and Jhana Abella (29-29) with 182 points.
The Division C title went to Jang Young Bae (38-35), Ed Pedregosa (2831), and Cho Kwang Sup (23-26) with a total of 181 points.
Runner-up honors went to Park Seon Do (3425), Kang Sang Hwan (3128) and Jeong Jeong Hun (28-32) with 178.
The four-day tournament required teams to play two rounds within the period.
For the individual honors, Sarigumba led the list of winners by amassing several trophies. He won the overall low gross title with scores of 33 and 34 as well as the best score of for two days for class A based on net scores with 77 points. He also had the best score of the first day and the second day of the tournament for his handicap class.
Mike Ambat bagged the highest total for the regular division with 74 (36-38) while Jeon Chan Koog topped the seniors’ division with 68 (31-37). Genelyn Inot was best among the ladies with 55 (29-26) and Junia Gabasa was the top jungolfer with 69 (32-37).
The best two-day total for class B went to Jang Young Bae with 73 (38-35) and Jun Yap was best for class C with 64 (33-31).
Also recognized were the other best scorers of the first day – Elmo Nazareno for class B with 35 and Nilo Gozo for class C with 31.
On the second day, Jang had the best score for class B with 38 while Yap was best for class C with 33.
The day three top scorers were Pio Barandog for class A with 39, Calvin Serion for B with 39, and Dr. Felipe Cinco for C with 35.