Philippine ladies golf keeps swinging to greater heights as it links up with China LPGA to go with its two-year tie-up with Taiwan LPGA for the ICTSI Philippine Ladies Masters firing off Thursday at The Country Club in Laguna.
China LPGA top players, led by Zhang Yunjie, Liu Yan and Li Xiya, and Taiwan LPGA aces Hsieh Yu-Ling, Ching Huang and Chang Hsuan-Ping banner the huge foreign challenge in the $80,000 event put up by International Container Terminal Services, Inc.
From the inaugural six-leg circuit in 2013 to an eight-stage tour in 2015, the LPGT continued to grow in numbers and participation with the organizing Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc. putting up 10 tournaments last year and adding another one with the season-ending ICTSI South Forbes Ladies Invitational on Dec. 19-21.
Rookie Pauline del Rosario, the hottest player on the LPGT today with four victories in the last six tournaments, will spearhead the locals campaign in the 54-hole championship co-sanctioned by the CLPGA and TLPGA.
Forty-seven players from the CLPGA and 30 TLPGA campaigners join the 22 LPGT field in the biggest, richest tournament in this side of the Phl circuit backed by Custom Clubmakers, BDO, Meralco, Sharp, KZG, PLDT, Champion, Summit Mineral Water and K&G Golf.
