Team Surigao I hung on to a 17-point lead over Che’Lus I in the Fil-A division of the 69th Fil-Am Invitational golf team championships presented by San Miguel Corp. Thursday in Baguio City.
Don Petil and Ramon Capistrano led Surigao’s balanced scoring with 29 points apiece and drew a pair of 28s from Ace Barbers and Lito Camo at the Camp John Hay course.
Surigao now has 323 after three rounds.
Che’Lus I matched Surigao’s third round 114 to remain 10 points ahead of third-running Mizuno-Power Systems.
Over at the Baguio Country Club, Forest Hills Palmer leaned on Edgar Lee’s 28 points to remain on top of the Am-A class with 319, seven up on San Miguel Corp. and eight on Mizuno X-1R.
The premier Fil-Championship and Am-Championship divisions took a rest day.
The top three teams in each division:
Fil-A – Team Surigao I 323 (108-101-114), Che’Lus I 306 (101-91-114), Mizuno-Power Systems 296 (88-98-110)
Fil-D – Waterlympics Clark 248 (86-77-85), Team Surigao II 247 (85-68-94), Macquarie Links Sydney 244 (79-77-88)
Am-A – Forest Hills Palmer 319 (109-112-98), San Miguel Corp. 312 (111-105-96), Mizuno X-1R 311 (95-111-105)
Am-D – Square and Compass of Nueva Ecija 274 (83-94-97), NBI Golf Team 157 245 (81-88-76), Moto 243 (82-76-85)
