Massive turnout in Santa Elena golf tourney

Over 200 players gear up for another face-off in the Mercedes Trophy Golf Invitational tomorrow (Monday, March 11) with no less than berths both in the Asian and world finals up for grabs at the Sta. Elena Golf and Country Club in Laguna.

The huge field, featuring MercedesBenz owners and golf enthusiasts, will play over the posh 27-hole layout with the winners in three men’s divisions and their respective runners-up along with the ladies champion to represent the Philippines in the MercedesTrophy Asian Finals set in Brisbane via Philippine Airlines.

The best Filipino placer in the event, presented by Auto Nation Group, Inc., exclusive distributor of Mercedes-Benz in the country and backed by Platinum sponsors Makati Shangri-La Hotel, Philippine Airlines, PLDT, Paramount Life and General Insurance, Shell Philippines and TW Steel, will then head to the world finals set in Germany in October.

The 14th staging of the annual event, backed by Boysen, Business Mirror, Remy Martin, Security Bank and Boss and held to raise funds for the Cardinal Medical Charities Foundation, Inc., a non-government organization that grants medical care and financial subsidy to disadvantaged patients, was launched in elaborate rites during the MercedesTrophy Sponsors and Champions Night last March 1 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel.