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AFTER a
grueling 108-hole qualifying tournament at Sherwood
Hills and Canlubang, 34 kids made it through the cut and
are headed for the Callaway Junior World Championships
in
San Diego,
California,
in July.
Jobim
Carlos and Sunshine Baraquiel posted convincing
victories in Class A boys and girls and are expected to
lead the way for the Philippine campaign in the Callaway
event.
Class A
runners-up Wolen Superal, the Junior World winner in the
boys’ nine-10 years old class in 2005, Marvin Mendoza
and Arbole are also joining the boys’ squad in the
US
trip.
Regina
de Guzman and Louise Manalo (Class A girls); Remo Fueg,
Dino de la Paz, Vijay Vasandani and Kevin Orillos (Class
B boys); and Andrea Unson, Sarah Jane Ababa, Marvi
Monsalve and Katya de la Cruz (Class B girls) are also
flying to San Diego.
The
other members of the team are Chihiro Ikeda, who was
seeded for winning the Philippine Ladies Open, and the
now Florida-based Dottie Ardina, who placed second in
the girls’ 13-to-14 years old division last year.
Philippine Airlines is sponsoring the tickets of the
division champions as part of its annual support to the
local junior golf movement through the Junior Golf
Foundation of the
Philippines
headed by Amalia “Tita Maling” Montecillo.
The
other qualifiers are Miggy Yee, AR Ramos, Keanu Jahns
(Class C boys); Princess Superal, Daniela Uy, Juily
Vasandani and Felicia Medalla (Class C girls); Rupert
Zaragosa, Justin Dy, Kristoffer Arevalo (Class D boys);
Mia Legaspi, Abegail Arevalo, Pauline del Rosario and
Bianca Pagdanganan (Class D girls); Shailesh Vasandani,
Ryan Monsalve, (Class E boys); Chloe Reyes, Kristine
Torralba (Class E girls); Alex Bernard Trinos, Josh
Jorge, Matthew Miravite (Class F boys); and Francesca
Olivarez Ilas and Nicolai Abelar (Class F girls). |
