The Freeman

McIlroy seeks to regain sparkle at puzzling PGA

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The duo of Anwar Abarintos and Dr. Orven Lim bagged the overall lowest net honors of the annual member-guest tournament.

Kong carded rounds of gross two-under-par 70 and five-under-par 67 for rounds of 38 and 41 points in the Stableford Scoring System. His partner, Potts, made 38 and 39 points. They had combined rounds of 76 and 80 for a two-day aggregate of 156 that easily earned them the overall gross title.

Abarintos fired rounds of net 39 and 41 points while Lim shot 40 and 39 points. They combined for 79 points on their first day and 80 on the second day for an aggregate of 159 points.

The awards ceremony of the tournament was held Sunday night at the ballroom of AVGCC.

In divisionA, EdYap (3840) and Noel Ybañez (37-39) bagged the title with their total of 154 points on rounds of 75 and 79.

First runner-up was the tandem of Clifford Gaite (3740) and Mandaue City

WENTWORTH, United Kingdom — Rory McIlroy admits to having a weird relationsh­ip with the Wentworth course but he will be hoping after a chastening experience at the Masters to rediscover a bit of his old sparkle at the PGA Championsh­ip. Councilor Nilo Seno (35-40) with 152. Second runner-up was the duo of Yoon Sung Bok (39-36) and Jeffrey Ramirez (36-39) with 150 edging Peter Rennie and Don Teves in the countback.

Leo Saberon (36-43) and Boboy Arevalo (37-40) fired a combined 156 points (73-83) to win the title for division B.

The 29-year-old quadruple major champion, who looked well placed going into the final round to win an elusive Masters before his challenge fizzled out, makes his first appearance on European soil this year in a bid to win the prestigiou­s title he claimed in 2014.

First runner-up for the second group was the pair of Kenneth Dyguani (38-34) and Kenneth Robin (38-40) with a total of 150 (76-74). Second runner-up honors went to Benjie Akol (41-39) and Joseph Akol (38-31) with 149 (79-70).

Edwin Go Lim stood tall during the awards night as his two teams

McIlroy is the major drawcard in a field that includes defending champion Alex Noren of Sweden and last year's Race to Dubai winner Tommy Fleetwood.

"I've had a weird relationsh­ip with Wentworth," said McIlroy in April.

Jose Fernando Cuenca of Bacolod City, partner of Albert Bejar, won a SkyGo motorcycle for nailing an eagle on hole No. 3.

"I had the win there back in 2014 but I haven't really done much else.

"I think I had a top five back in 2009 but it's been a place of high frustratio­n for me so I'm looking forward to going back and trying to solve the puzzle again.

 ??  ?? The overall winners of The View Invitation­al 2018 pose with the club officials during the awards ceremony last Sunday. In photo are (from left) Golf Chairman Ramon Sebastian, AVGCC Chairman Oly Dychangco, overall gross champions Eric Kong and Andy...
The overall winners of The View Invitation­al 2018 pose with the club officials during the awards ceremony last Sunday. In photo are (from left) Golf Chairman Ramon Sebastian, AVGCC Chairman Oly Dychangco, overall gross champions Eric Kong and Andy...

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