BAGUIO CITY – Three teams shared the lead in the Fil Am championship division of the 68th Department of Tourism Fil-Am Invitational Golf Tournament at the Baguio Country Club yesterday.
Host BCC, Forest Hills and Nueva Ecija collected similar 88 points, one point ahead of Macquarie Links Australia.
Isaac Go led BCC with 27 points and got solid support from Ed Montenegro 22, Mars Garcia 22 and Bong de Guzman 18 in the five-to- play, four- to- count tournament presented by San Miguel Corporation.
Forest Hills scorers were Boo Keon Jung 26, Rodolfo Villa 24, Armando Buenaventura 20 and Gene Lim 18 while Nueva Ecija got 24 points from Ed Manzanares, a pair of 22s from Bobby Inigo and Butch Bakunawa and 20 from Doy Mercado.
Bernie Balagtas scored 26 points to lead Macquarie Links Australia.
Over at the Camp John Hay course, Herminio Salvio shot 29 points to lead San Miguel to a five-point lead in the Seniors Am A.
Completing San Miguel’s opening 107 were Efren Alvez 28, Domingo Manuel 25, Ariel Javelalosa 25.
Wednesday Club Mimosa tallied 102 behind Senen Quiambao 30, Wolf Simandl 29, Willy Valencia 28 and Noel Yamzon 15.
Running third was Team Na Koa with 100 points.
Meanwhile, Guam Golf Swingers shot 72 points for 158 points and a one-point over Teerifics which sizzled with 86 in Fil B at the Baguio Country Club.
The Guamanians got 22 from Noly Carino, 20 from Jeff Lowery, 19 from Dan Ganacias and 11 from Willie Jamero as they take a day break before going to the longer CJH course.
Teerifics got a pair of 26s from Ding Sevilla and Pol Sanchez, while Ramon Bernabe and Art Carlos added a 22 and 16, respectively. Tom Adarme churned in 16 points and did not count.
Gol F Veterans is another shot down after a 73 on the 21 of Jun Bucago, 20 of Jose Cortina, 17 of Danny Gonzales and 15 of Flor Fajilan as the erstwhile second ranked team moved down to third spot, four up on Brent Residences.