THE Second Diether Ocampo Golf Cup: Drive Fore the Youth, went off without a hitch on Thursday at the picturesque Tagaytay Highlands golf course.
That is if you, just like Diether and a host of others, felt that the brief downpour that halted play for about 45 minutes was really a blessing from above. The exact same thing happened last year when the event was held at the Midlands course.
I guess it was the heaven‘s way of giving the birthday boy, who turned another leaf two days earlier, its approval for all the good he has been doing to help the less fortunate.
This year‘s event was much bigger in the sense that now there were three beneficiaries, aside from Diether‘s KIDS Foundation, KRIS Peace Library and the Knowledge Channel Foundation were added to the roster.
Seen among the over 100 players were celebrities Monsour del Rosario, Samantha Lopez, Buboy Garovillo, Daisy Reyes, Bea Alonzo, Zanjoe Marudo and Epy Quizon. Also joining the fun were Belle Corp.‘s main man Willy Ocier, Emy Arcilla of Mercedes-Benz, Gerry‘s Grill‘s Jerome Ngo, UCC‘s Gene Go, the BusinessMirror‘s Anton Cabangon and Ricky Alegre, BusinessWorld‘s Anthony Cuaycong and Danny Ocampo, and Vic Gregorio of Shakey‘s.
This year‘s event was presented by Tagaytay Highlands and also brought to you by Mercedes-Benz, Havaianas, Suriya Spa, Gargol, Harbour Centre, Malayan Insurance, CS-ii Philippines, Oakley, Powerade, Omnisource, Rizgolf, Reyes Haircutters, Salon de Manila, Blue Water Day Spa, Maynilad, Unilever, Manila Beer, Familia and Splash.
Hole-in-one sponsors are Club Car, 10-10-10, International Armoring Corp., Omnium Philippines and Tourmasters.
Media partners are EYP.ph, the BusinessMirror, Business World, Mega Publishing Inc., Real Sports on Wave 89.1, Real Sports Scene on the BusinessMirror and A Round of Golf.
Tournament Winners
Division 1
Champions:
Les Reyes, Epy Quizon, John Berlitz and Angelo Ansuris
Runners-up:
Monsour del Rosario, Jeffrey Bernaldez, Doy Mercado and
Buboy Garovillo
Division 2
Champions:
Paolo Cagalingan, Bap Fugoso, Ed Bolaños and Mark Atkin
Runners-up:
Rey Luna, Sonny Mangundayao, Resty Cabrera and Lloyd Tronco
