Monsalve-Uy team banners cast as Nat’l Doubles unfolds
Ryan Monsalve links it up again with Lanz Uy, seeking to nail the elusive crown in the National Doubles Amateur Golf Championship which gets going today at Camp Aguinaldo Golf Club in Quezon City.
Monsalve and Uy fell short of their bid for the overall crown last year, bowing to the Carl CorpusYuto Katsuragawa tandem and settling for the Group I honors in the season-ending tournament serving as part of the PLDT Group National Amateur Golf Tour.
But the duo faces a formidable cast of rivals, all primed up in what promises to be a spirited battle for top honors in the three-day tournament sponsored by the MVP Sports Foundation and organized and conducted by the National Golf Association of the Philippines.
Intense action is expected right in the opening day, a four-ball (best ball) format with each pair out to come up with a strong start for the needed momentum. Play shifts to aggregate in the second day with the final round featuring the two-ball, foursome (alternate shot) format.
Monsalve and Uy launch their title drive at 9 a.m. in the company of Ivan Monsalve and Gabby Macalaguim after the 8:50 a.m. flight of Aniceto Mandanas-Carlo Quimson and Paolo Wong-Don Petil, a talented, tested pair also tipped to contend for the crown.
Others expected to figure in the title chase are the tandems of Gab Manotoc-Lester Lagman, Eddie Bagtas-Leandro Bagtas, Kristoffer Arevalo-Sharon Park, Dan Cruz-Luis Guerrero, and Rupert Zaragosa-Adrian Romero.