BAGUIO CITY – Dugong Bughaw and Moto surged into the lead in their respective divisions at the start of the 69th Fil-Am Invitational senior golf team championships presented by San Miguel Beer.
Playing at Camp John Hay, Dugong Bughaw rode on Mike Morada’s 35 points to lead the Senior Fil-A bracket with 112 points while Moto took the Senior Am-A class with 91 points at the Baguio Country Club.
The other division leaders were Eaglemasters in Senior Fil-C, Team Hollywood 1 in Senior Fil-D, Baguio Country Club in Senior Am-C and ICSI/TMI in Senior Am-D.
The regular tournament also got under way with IGC Builders, Bibak New York, Bibak New Jersey and Yokosuka Rising Sun storming in front in their respective divisions.
Some 250 teams are taking part in the two-week event also supported by Toyota.
The top three teams in each division after the first round:
Senior Fil-A – Dugong Bughaw 112, Baylor PTT 104, Nueva Ecija 100
Senior Fil-C – Eaglemasters 83, Guam Kool Swingers 82, Mighty Sandigans 81
Senior Fil-D – Team Hollywood I 79, Team City of Vallejo 156 78, Silicon Valley Golfers Link Club 75
Fil-F – IGC Builders 93, Veterans 91, El Kapitan 90, Club Intramuros A 81
Fil-G – Bibak New York 84, EK Amigos 79, Eaglemasters 74
Senior Am-A – Moto 91, Magiting 83 86, B&Y Utopia 86
Senior Am-C – Baguio Country Club 97, Korea Morning Calm 78, Fil Golfers Hawaii 73
Senior Am-D – ICSI/TMI 65, Club Intramuros 63, Caliphil Hawaii 63
Am-F – Bibak New Jersey 81, Apo Golfers-Service 79, Team Na Koa 71
Am-G – Yokosuka Rising Sun 80, IGC-Tuguegarao 77, Sandigan Golfers 66