AVGCC, CCC ready for PAL tourney

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/sports/2016/02/25/avgcc-ccc-ready-pal-tourney-459310
• Thursday, February 25, 2016

By Richiel S. Chavez

CEBU’s golf clubs—Alta Vista Golf & Country Club (AVGCC) and Cebu Country Club (CCC)—are now ready to vie for top honors in the men’s division of the 30th Philippines Airlines (PAL) golf team championships, which tees off on March 2 at the Mimosa Golf & Country Club in Clark, Angeles, Pampanga.

The Cebu Country Club team, which finished third in men’s championship last year, will be represented by Ramontito Garcia, Jon Joseph Alvarez, Ferdinand Chua, Mark Anthony Dy, Bayani Garcia, Marc Gonzalez, Jovi Neri, Julius Pierre Neri, Miguel Martinez, Marko Sarmiento and alternate player Andre Borromeo.

Noli Opone of CCC told Sun.Star Cebu yesterday that the team is practicing every other day since the third week of January, in preparation for the Pal Interclub.

Completing the roster for CCC are the senior players Ramontito Garcia, Kim Kwang Seok, Koichi Horii, Lorenzo Alaan, Masatsugu Ochiai, George Hong, Efren Sarmiento and Nonoy Tirol.

AVGCC, on the other hand, will be anchored by team captain Enrico Solon with Wendell Yap, Gabriel Yap, Marvin Mendoza, Alex Yeo, Andrew Ahn, Atty. Marlou Cugtas, and three rookies--Dr. Jerry Uyheng, Kong Taeyun and Tommy Ngo.

Even with rookies on their line-up, AVGCC general manager Nimrod Quiñones said that they are still hoping to deliver and be competitive.

AVGCC players know that Pal Interclub is on different level and have work extra hard for it by playing for at least three times a week even without a local tournament.

“We are also hoping to be competitive. For the men's division, we do not know yet under what category they would be classified. For the Interclub you do not only consider your players but also the competition to gauge your chances,” he said. “Our senior’s team is in the Founders division, and it will be tough to compete in that group,”

The AVGCC seniors’ team will have captain Roy Damole, Agapito Suan, Jr., Masahisa Kawakami, Wendell Yap, Victor Gocela, Hospicio Razon, Emir Abutazil and Ramon Sebastian.

Reigning champion Manila Southwoods will try to defend their crown in this 72-hole event sponsored by People Asia, Travelife, Mareco Broadcasting Network (Crossover), Manila Broadcasting Corporation, Airbus, Business Mirror and Philippine National Bank.