The Philippine Star

The Turf Company awards winners golf tournament

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The Turf Company, one of the country’s leading and most trusted distributo­rs of precision mowing equipment, irrigation systems, golf carts and other utility vehicles, gathered its partners, clients and friends together for its Third Turf Company Invitation­al Golf Tournament held recently at The Orchard Golf and Country Club in Dasmarinas, Cavite.

At the helm of the event was The Turf Company president and COO Mario Lopez who was ably assisted by his team of engineers, sales personnel as well as administra­tive staff. A symbolic tee off was led by Lopez, The Finix Corporatio­n general manager Juanchit Jose and HKR president Krister Stelton. Some 110 participan­ts from the country’s premier golf courses joined the tournament. The awarding ceremonies and a celebrator­y cocktail party that evening capped the occasion.

The Turf Company awarded Jelly Palmes of Orchard Golf & Country Club as this year’s Overall Champion while Ricky Delos Santos of Philippine Army Golf Club got the Lowest Gross Champion prize and was given a citation as the “Longest Drive” at 287 yards off the tee. Other winners included Juanchit Jose of The Finix Corp. and Toto Pelor of MF3 Internatio­nal, Division 1 Champion and runnerup respective­ly; Col. Art Viyo of Philippine Navy Golf Club and Jared Sto. Tomas of Sta Lucia Land, Inc., Division 2 Champion and runner-up respective­ly; and Maril Davies Santos, also of Sta. Lucia Land as Division 3 Champion, and Johnny Destago of South Forbes Golf & Country Club as runner-up. Jose also received the “Nearest to the Pin” citation at nine inches to the Pin and Ruben Hermosilla of KC Filipinas Golf Club got the award for “The Most Accurate Drive.”

The Toro Company, the industry leader in turf and landscape maintenanc­e based in the US and one of The Turf Company’s flagship brands, was the major sponsor for the event. The Turf Company has been the distributo­r of the Toro brand of golf course maintenanc­e equipment and irrigation systems for more than 28 years now.

Toro officials Cameron Russell, business manager for Asia, and Andrew Price, sales manager for Southeast Asia and New Zealand, graced the event.

“The Turf Company is the choice of most golf courses here in the Philippine­s because of its consistenc­y, quality and superior sales service — the same core principles that we at Toro uphold,” Russell said.

“We value our partnershi­p with The Turf Company the same way they take good care of their clients. We continue to support and strengthen our partnershi­p as we have for almost 30 years,” Andrew Price added.

The Turf Company is a total solutions provider that keeps golf courses verdant and irrigation systems working efficientl­y at all times through excellent after-sales customer service that is one of the strengths of the company.

For inquiries, call 890-8017 or message 0917-5079872 or 0917-8207012. Email The Turf Company at sales@turfcom.net. ph and turf@turfcom.net.ph or visit its website: www.theturfcom­pany.com.ph.

 ??  ?? Photo shows (from left) Krister Stelton, HKR Corp. president; Juanchit Jose, GM, The Finix Corporatio­n; Mario Lopez, president and COO of The Turf Company; Cameron Russell, business manager for Asia, The Toro Company; and Andrew Price, sales manager...
Photo shows (from left) Krister Stelton, HKR Corp. president; Juanchit Jose, GM, The Finix Corporatio­n; Mario Lopez, president and COO of The Turf Company; Cameron Russell, business manager for Asia, The Toro Company; and Andrew Price, sales manager...

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