New World Hotels & Resorts Golf Cup back for second year with new partners

INSPIRED by its successful staging last year, New World Hotels & Resorts will be bringing back its “Golf Cup” event for a second run with new partners and aiming for bigger funds raise.

To happen on Sept. 29 at the The Orchard Golf & Country Club in Dasmariñas, Cavite, “Golf Cup 2” aims to raise funds this time around for the young scholars of Springboard Foundation, a nonprofit, nongovernment organization established in 2002 which advances causes of improving the lives of Filipino children through its various programs.

The golfing event, done in partnership with its sister establishment the New World Manila Bay Hotel, is in line with the group’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) thrust designed to give back to the community it serves.

Apart from the Golf Cup, New World Hotels & Resorts also holds “fun runs” whose proceeds go to various charity groups and a platform it also uses to promote health and wellness.

“We chose the Springboard Foundation as our beneficiary this year because it has an effective and sustainable system in place that assures quality education for its scholars. New World Hotels & Resorts is a strong advocate of education, and this is one of our many initiatives to support this platform. We are very pleased to find a partner and kindred spirit in an organization which is so visibly passionate in what they do,” said Farid Schoucair, general manager of New World Makati Hotel, during the media preview for Golf Cup 2 last week.

“This we will be our second year and as far as getting sponsors it was easier for us. Our aim is to generate more funds so we can give a bigger amount to our chosen beneficiaries. We are aiming at least 80 golfers this year, nearly double from last year. And hopefully we succeed in that,” added Mr. Schoucair.

To make the event more “fun” and “informal,” the format of the tournament is scramble.

In it teams of four players each will compete against one another will less emphasis on individual scores.

The scramble format has each golfer on the team hitting a drive, the results of which will be compared, with the best one selected and marked and the other golfers on the team picking up their golf balls and moving them to that location.

The second strokes are then played, and the process is repeated — select the best ball, move the other balls to that spot and play the third strokes. And so on, until the ball is holed for one team score.

A champion team will be awarded after and so do second and third runner-up teams. —