UAAP, PGTI set for golf introduction for Season 88

Golf is finally making its much-anticipated entry into the UAAP mainstream, debuting as a demonstration event this Season 88 – a significant step toward expanding the collegiate league’s program beyond its traditional core sports.

In partnership with the Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc., organizer of the Philippine Golf Tour, the Ladies PGT, the Junior PGT, and the Intercollegiate Tour, the UAAP is pulling out all the stops to ensure not just a successful debut but a compelling case for golf’s inclusion as a regular medal event in the near future. This collaboration reflects a shared vision: to elevate collegiate golf and create a sustainable competitive structure for student-athletes.

The milestone inauguration will take place on April 20 at The Country Club. Dubbed as the UAAP Golf Invitational, the 18-hole tournament is expected to draw key players from member schools, school representatives, and guests, underscoring the significance of this breakthrough moment.

Competition will be structured across multiple divisions. The men’s category will feature Classes A, B, and C, while players aged 60 and above will vie for the Seniors crown. The women’s division will have a single category, highlighting inclusivity while maintaining competitive integrity.

More than just a debut, golf’s inclusion as a special event this season signals the UAAP’s broader intent to diversify its sports portfolio and assess new events based on participation, competitiveness, and long-term viability. If the demonstration proves successful, golf could soon join the ranks of regular UAAP medal events.

This initiative aligns with the league’s efforts to build on the popularity of its established centerpiece sports – such as basketball, volleyball, and cheerdance – by introducing disciplines that offer different skill sets and career pathways.

Notably, several UAAP schools, including La Salle, Ateneo, and UST, have already participated in the ICTSI Intercollegiate Tour, providing a strong foundation of experience and talent heading into the UAAP setup. While ICTSI will continue to stage its intercollegiate event, UAAP golf will operate as a separate competition, with schools given the flexibility to field different teams in both tournaments.

Golf’s rising popularity in recent years further strengthens its case. ICTSI’s sustained efforts – through its professional circuit, ladies’ tour, and especially its junior development programs – have helped grow the sport nationwide. The Junior PGT, in particular, has cultivated young talent across Luzon and the Visayas-Mindanao regions, culminating in elite competitions such as the North vs South Finals.

Within this context, UAAP golf has the potential to become a crucial bridge in the athlete development pipeline. It can connect grassroots junior programs to the professional ranks, offering student-athletes a structured environment where they can refine their skills while pursuing academic goals.

Ultimately, UAAP golf represents more than just another addition to the calendar – it is an investment in the future of Philippine sports. By providing a competitive platform at the collegiate level, the league not only accelerates the sport’s growth but also empowers student-athletes to seriously consider professional careers.

If momentum continues, golf could soon evolve from a special event into a cornerstone UAAP sport – one that not only broadens the league’s appeal but also strengthens the country’s presence in the global golfing arena.

Malixi eliminated in first round matchplay of US Women's Amateur Championship

Rianne. c/o USGA

Rianne Malixi's hopes for a title defense were snuffed out on Wednesday, as she bowed out after the first round of the matchplay portion of the US Women's Amateur Championship at the Bandon Dunes Golf Course.

The defending champion lost 1-up to a fellow incoming freshman in Arianna Lau, who was the final woman to make the matchplay field. The Hong Kong native, who is set to join Northwestern, survived a six-hole playoff against Sarah Lim, as the final twosome of a fifteen-player playoff to officially complete the 64-woman field.

On both occasions, Lau had the steely resolve to finish the job on 18. She converted a four-foot putt for birdie in the playoff that Lim was unable to match, then later in the day nailed a thirteen-foot putt for eagle that Malixi could not answer.

Lau actually caught the Filipina off-guard, managing to establish a 3-up lead, before Rianne battled back to keep it level multiple times, with the final one being on 17 to set up the final hole heroics due to Lau missing a four-foot par putt.

Arianna shared afterwards, "I'm just really grateful, especially today... Like it taught me how to handle pressure, especially in match play."

Fellow medalist Asterisk Talley also fell victim to the upset axe, losing to Ella Scaysbrook 6 and 4. Fresh from claiming the Girls Junior PGA Championship the previous week, the US Junior National Team standout never got into a groove, trailing by two after three holes, then dropped four straight starting from 11 on to prematurely conclude her matchup against the Aussie.

Scaysbrook, the 63rd player in the field after nailing a birdie on the 12th in the playoff, got hot to finish off the win, converting three birdies in the last four holes of their matchup.

Malixi and Talley's exits meant that this is the first time since 2015 that multiple medalists were not part of the Round of 32.

Other notables from the first round of matchplay include:

Golf Channel personality Emilia Doran needed twenty holes to keep her from doing full on-course broadcast work, defeating Reagan Zibilski. Doran (nee Migliaccio), a former All-American and NCAA champion at Wake Forest and two-time Curtis Cup team member for the United States, is seeking to be the first mid-am to win the competition since 1978.

She says after her victory, "I'm high on adrenaline right now." After her round, Emilia resumed her role of on-course correspondence for the afternoon session.

Doran will need to dispatch Lau on Thursday morning to remain on track to accomplishing that feat.

Doran's fellow Demon Deacon and this year's Inkster Award recipient Carolina Lopez-Chacarra needed an additional hole to stun University of Texas All-American and British Women's Amateur Championship runner-up Farah O'Keefe, completing a comeback from being 3-down to earn a spot in the next round.

Ashley Kozlowski won the last three holes to force extras against Vanessa Borovilos, who set a tournament record with her 9-under 63 the previous day. The Colorado native and Purdue graduate needed a 25-foot par put to keep things tied after nineteen holes before claiming the 20th on a two-putt par.

Ivy Leaguers Catherine Rao (Princeton) and Allison Paik (Columbia) needed 24 holes to determine a winner, with the former claiming the win after a birdie on the sixth, denying the latter of an opportunity to make the quarterfinals for a fourth straight year.

Rao would say afterwards, "I never want to go this long again. I think I gave my entire family heart attacks, like my legs are sore."

Round of 32 action takes place in the morning, with the Quarterfinalists to be known by the end of the day.

Malixi, Talley share lead heading into US Women's Amateur Championship matchplay

Malixi (c/o USGA)

Last year's finalists at the US Women's Amateur Championship are back together again, as Rianne Malixi and Asterisk Talley shared the lead after the conclusion of stroke portion of the competition on Tuesday at the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort.

Conditions along the southwest Oregon coast were conducive for low scoring at the course, and the field took advantage, led by Vanessa Borovilos, as the Texas A&M student-athlete shot the lowest round in tournament history with her 9-under 63.

But it Malixi and Talley who earned the top spot with an aggregate 9-under 135 in two rounds of action. The former followed up her 68 with a 67, while the latter managed a 66 after an opening round of 69. By topping the stroke play portion, both will be sharing the medalists award. And for Malixi, it would be the first time a defending champion took home such an honor since 1975-76.

Both players had a chance to provide some separation. After starting on the back nine, Malixi had her second bogey on her penultimate hole, but closed out with a birdie to make up for it on her final hole on 9. At the same hole, Talley had a shot for an eagle, but she two-putted the green to settle for birdie.

Rianne shared about the conditions, "I was looking at the morning scores and there were some pretty low scores out there. But I was expecting the wind to pick up in the afternoon. Instead, it got warmer, so my ball actually flew further than what I expected. I think, give or take, it was a good setup for me, so I took advantage of it."

Talley adds, "I had to take my sweater off on the second hole. So that was different. Pretty much zero wind all day. Very surprising."

Just a stroke behind the co-leaders is Eila Galitsky of Thailand, as the South Carolina sophomore also carded a 66 to follow her first round output of 70. Borovilos is a shot further back with her historic round alongside a couple of upperclasswomen in Lyla Louderbaugh of Kansas and Catherine Rao of Princeton.

With fourteen players tied at the +1 cut line, a playoff is set to take place early Wednesday morning to determine the remaining six players to complete the field of 64 for the matchplay portion of the competition.

Both Malixi and Talley will have to wait to see who will their opponents be in the afternoon, as they will try to advance into the next round on Thursday. 

Malixi shares opening day lead at US Women's Amateur Championship

Malixi, c/o USGA

Rianne Malixi overcame a lot to be able to make it to the 2025 edition of the US Women's Amateur Championship, which takes place at the Bandon Dunes course in southwestern Oregon, and her grit pulled through in the first day with a bogey-free 4-under 68.

The lone Filipina in the field shared the Monday lead with a couple of student-athlete seniors: Overland Park, KS native Julia Misemer of the University of Arizona, and Hong Kong's Cindy Hsu of the University of Texas.

Recent rival Asterisk Talley is one stroke back, alongside a few others: fellow US National Junior Team member Scarlett Schremmer, US Elite Amateur Program member Anna Davis of Auburn, recent NC State graduate Lauren Oliveras of Mexico, and former All-American at Wake Forest and two-time USA Curtis Cup member Emilia Doran.

Malixi had to deal with a back issue since the start of the year, and it flared up a couple of months later at the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship. As a result, she was forced to take a break from the sport for three weeks.

In the process, Rianne was forced to withdraw from a couple of tournaments her victory last year at Southern Hills earned invites to, one of the LPGA majors in the Chevron Championship, and the Augusta National Women's Amateur.

The ninth-ranked top female amateur in the world shared about the experience being sidelined, "Hitting 400 balls a day made it worse," she said. "So I had to rest." Malixi also missed the cut in the subsequent two majors, the US Women's Open at Erin Hills and the Evian Championship.

Complicating matters is the quest to secure a student visa necessary for her incoming freshman season at Duke University, a situation made worse with the recent weather conditions in the Philippines. The needed approval came with just six hours prior to her scheduled flight across the Pacific, and she only managed to arrive this past weekend, managing to get a full round-and-a-half of practice before tourney proper started.

Malixi did manage to find videos of the two most recent USGA tournaments hosted by the David McLay Kidd-designed course to aid her short preparations: the 2020 US Amateur and the 2022 US Junior Amateur.

Seeking to be the first to hoist the Robert Cox trophy in consecutive years since Danielle Kang back in 2010-11, she took advantage of an early tee time to card her 68, converting four birdies and saved par thrice after finding the fairway bunkers off the tee.

After her round, Rianne adds, "Today was eye-opening for me. Having experience [with links golf] helped me a lot for this week," citing her participation in the British Women's Amateur Championship back in 2023 at Prince's Golf Club in England and in 2024 at Portmarnock in Ireland.

One more round of action is set to take place on Tuesday before the field is trimmed to 64 to commence the matchday portion the next day.

Malixi Shows Moxie in Winning U.S.Girls’ Junior in Record Fashion

c/o USGA

For 363 days, Rianne Malixi had to live with the sting of a heartbreaking, championship-match loss in the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship. The 1-down defeat to Kiara Romero, who then enjoyed an All-American season at the University of Oregon, in Colorado Springs, Colo., provided more than enough motivation for the 17-year-old from the Philippines in the months leading into the 75th edition at El Caballero Country Club.

Plenty of sacrifices were made, including giving up some social activities, as Malixi wanted to avenge the defeat. From the moment she arrived in Southern California, one could sense the purpose and drive in the diminutive dynamo. There was confidence in her gait as she rolled to the No. 2 seed in stroke play, sharing second position with University of Southern California incoming freshman Jasmine Koo; they were four strokes behind medalist Kinsley Ni. Malixi’s focus never wavered as she eliminated foe after foe, including a 19-hole thriller in the Round of 32 over Kennedy Swedick, and an impressive 3-and-2 semifinal triumph on Friday over Koo, the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 7 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR® and a member of the 2024 USA Curtis Cup Team.

And then in Saturday’s 36-hole championship match against Asterisk Talley, 15, of Chowchilla, Calif., in sweltering heat, Malixi performed as if her name had been already engraved on the Glenna Collett Vare Trophy.

Her impressive 8-and-7 victory over the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball champion was the largest in championship history. Nancy Lopez (1974) and Michelle McGann (1987) each registered 7-and-5 decisions back when the final was contested over 18 holes (the format switched in 2006). Malixi, who plans to play at Duke University in the fall of 2025, joined Princess Mary Superal (2014) as the only U.S. Girls’ Junior champions from the Philippines. Yuka Saso, in 2021, won the U.S. Women’s Open representing the Philippines, the country of her mother. She captured the title again in June representing Japan, the country of her father.

The victory earns Malixi a spot in the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally at Erin Hills, where she hopes to play a practice round with Saso and current World No. 1 Nelly Korda.

“It's huge I know,” said Malixi with a wide smile dashed across her face. “It's hard for me to comprehend right now because everything just came in so quickly. I know being USGA champion means a lot. Being able to do that is a huge honor for me and I'm very grateful."

“It was such a heartbreak last year because I was so close. After that U.S. trip I just practiced a lot. I spent a lot of hours training in Manila. I sacrificed a lot of my social time, school time. Not only me, but my dad (Roy) also sacrificed a lot of time for me just to accompany me. My family had their share [of sacrifices] and I'm just really grateful for everything.”

Malixi had arguably one of the best days of her career on Saturday, registering 14 birdies against no bogeys in 29 holes of golf. In the morning 18, she shot the equivalent of 9-under 62 – with the usual match-play concessions – in taking a 6-up lead into the 2½-hour lunch break. One of those birdies came on the par-5 first hole, where she made 4 eight times in 10 visits.

But Malixi wasn’t going to rest on her laurels, especially given that Talley edged her for the title in this year’s Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, a prestigious event held in late March in Graniteville, S.C. In fact, the two shared one of the on-site cottages. Talley later would finish eighth in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur (Malixi failed to make the cut), win the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball with partner Sarah Lim in May at Oak Hills Country Club and share low-amateur honors in the U.S. Women’s Open with reigning U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Megan Schofill and USC All-American/2024 USA Curtis Cupper Catherine Park.

And Talley did come out firing with three birdies over the first four holes in the afternoon session but could only cut the margin to as little as 5 down. Malixi won the par-5 25th with a birdie to go 6 up, birdied the par-4 27th from 20 feet to take a 7-up lead, and closed it out two holes later with a par after Talley’s recovery shot from a greenside bunker sailed well past the flag into rough guarding the back of the green. She nearly holed out for par, and once Malixi coaxed her 15-foot putt to 3 feet and converted the par attempt, the two exemplary juniors hugged.

For the No. 57 player in the WAGR, it was an emotional loss as she tried to become just the fourth woman to win multiple USGA titles in the same year to join Pearl Sinn (1988), Jennifer Song (2009) and Eun Jeong Seong (2016), and just the second player to have won a U.S. Girls’ Junior and U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball (Erica Shepherd).

In Friday’s semifinal win over 2022 runner-up Gianna Clemente, Talley was the player on fire with 10 birdies over 17 holes.

“I'm proud of myself for how I played this week, but I made too many mistakes out there today,” said the fourth-seeded Talley, fighting tears. “I tried to turn it around in the [second 18] but I was too far away, and I couldn't reach her. She was playing too well. She played her butt off today and I couldn't do anything.”

Golf is a game where opponents can’t play defense and Talley had no answers for the birdies being stacked by Malixi. In fact, Malixi only trailed for three holes the entire week, and that was in her semifinal win over Koo. She also only needed 107 holes to win the title, the second fewest in the 36-hole, championship-match era (Eun Jeon Seong 104 in 2015) that began in 2006.

Playing tournaments in 11 different countries over the past two years has toughened the Manila native. Earlier this year, she finished fifth in the Korean Women’s Open. She also competed in the Women’s Amateur Championship conducted by The R&A at Royal Portmarnock in the Republic of Ireland, and represented her country in last year’s Women’s World Amateur Team Championship in the United Arab Emirates.

And now there will be a lot more travel in her future. Besides all of the USGA championships, she also receives a sponsor’s exemption into the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship that will be held at El Caballero C.C. next year due to renovations going on at nearby Wilshire C.C. She also has a likely invite to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.

PGA Tour now on Premier Sports 2/TAP Go

PGA on TAP

TAP DMV has snapped up another sports property, as it officially announced its partnership with Discovery and the PGA Tour for 2022.

Discovery and the PGA Tour recently entered into a strategic alliance that allows the former to help in the optimization of the latter's international rights and distribution.

The deal officially commenced starting last week. with Cameron Smith claiming the Sentry Tournament of Champions at the Kapalua Plantation in Hawaii.

PGA Tour Senior Vice President for International Media Thierry Pascal shares, "The PGA TOUR and Discovery continue to look for opportunities to further grow the TOUR’s international audience around the world.  Partnerships with the best and most innovative broadcast partners are key in this regard, so we are particularly looking forward to live PGA TOUR action coming to the Philippines with Premier Sports 2 and TapGo."

He adds, "We look forward to providing more live coverage than ever before for all the passionate golf fans across the Philippines."

From TAP DMV's end, Chief Technology Officer Gonzalo “Bogie” De Guia says, "We are very excited to bring the Filipino golf fan regular live action of the best players and so many of the greatest tournaments in the world that the PGA TOUR offer. Our 2022 lineup for Premier Sports 2 and TapGo will feature the very best coverage from the PGA TOUR starting this weekend.  We can’t wait to get started."

The PGA Tour tweaked its schedule for 2022, which includes among other things:

• A Saturday finish at the Farmers Insurance Open
• The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Waste Management Phoenix Open swapping spots, allowing the latter to remain as the tournament that takes place before the Super Bowl.
• The Genesis Scottish Open will be co-sanctioned by both the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour for the first time, allowing its participants to earn points in both the FedExCup and the Race to Dubai.
• Two World Golf Championships events in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play this March and the WGC-HSBC Champions this October.
• The FedEx St. Jude Championship becoming the first of three FedExCup Playoff events in the summer. After those three events, the remainder of the FedExCup Playoffs commence in August.
• The Mexico Open is officially a regular full-field event on the PGA Tour schedule.
• Delaware is hosting its first PGA Tour event, with the South Course of the Wilmington Country Club being the venue of the BMW Championship.
• Quail Hollow Club is set to host the upcoming President's Cup, and as a result, the Wells Fargo Championship will take at the TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Maryland.

TAP DMV has crafted a new linear television channel to host these events, called Premier Sports 2, with over a hundred local cable providers, including industry leaders Cignal TV and SkyCable.

It is also available on TAP's OTT platform, TAP Go. Subscribers will be able to watch the events with the Premium Plus package, which is PhP 599/monthly.

Lexus praises Hideki Matsuyama's triumph in Augusta

Hideki Matsuyama

Luxury automotive brand Lexus praised one of its brand ambassadors, Hideki Matsuyama, on a historic achievement that took place earlier this month.

Hideki became the first Japanese man to claim a golf major by winning the 2021 edition of The Masters last April 8-11. His 10-under par performance at Augusta National was good enough to withstand challenges from Will Zalatoris, Jordan Spieth, and Xander Schauffele.

According to Lexus, they share "an unyielding determination to overcome challenges on the world stage." They also "will continue to drive forward, together."

Toyota Motor Corporation, which has control over Lexus, shared their congratulations through their president, Akio Toyoda.

“Congratulations on winning The Masters and a major championship!

Upon seeing you greeted by applause from so many members of the gallery when you secured your victory on the final hole, I, too, was overjoyed. You had continued taking up the challenge of fulfilling your dream of aiming for a win in the majors. Although I don’t think the road to this point was an easy one, you kept up your passion for winning a major, finally grasping victory. After you retrieved the ball, I watched as you shared your joy with your support staff. I was immensely impressed by the smiles on everyone’s faces. I believe that your dream, before everyone realized it, had become the dream of many people. We are very happy to have been among those people. Sensing your flood of emotions in the “Thank you!” of your winner’s statement filled me, as well, with emotion. For the first win by a Japanese golfer in a major championship, and for your continued effort no matter what, I would like to tell you from the bottom of my heart that it is we who say: “Thank you!”. I sincerely congratulate you!“

Hideki shared his thoughts about his history-making moment: "I had been nervous all day since the morning today (on the final day of the tournament), and I stayed nervous all the way to the end. I’m glad I was able to play well in front of my family and friends in Japan. Although I hadn’t been able  to win a major, I have a feeling that my victory in The Masters will  lead to change the mind of the young golfers in Japan, as well. I want to win more and more. I appreciate you all. Thank you!"

Matsuyama's performance moved him up the Official World Golf Rankings to 14th overall. It also capped an impressive week for Japanese golf at Augusta National, with Tsubasa Kajitani's victory at the Augusta National Women's Amateur.

NCAA Division I golf coaches set for Manila visit

DreamBig Events' Akshay Maliwal

Filipino junior golfers will have an opportunity to parlay their talents into a potential athletic scholarship in the United States.

Thanks to DreamBig Events, a sports events company dedicated to providing a positive, motivating, and challenging platform for young athletes in Asia to improve their sporting skills, a few NCAA Div I head coaches will be making the trip across the Pacific for the Gold Series Golf Camp, also known as "The Road to US College Golf."

Open to junior golfers between 12-18 years of age, the camp will take place at the Orchard Golf & Country Club this coming December 17-18.

Overseeing the camp are golf coaches from three top NCAA Div I schools: UCLA, Cal, and Columbia, with the participants getting the chance to experience guided range and short game sessions, allowing these young golfers to sharpen their practice and pre-tournament routines. In addition, they will be also be mentored with regards to course management skills and help them prepare for competition, exposing them to US coaching styles and higher-level competition.

In order to maximize personalized and customized instruction, the camp is limited to thirty participants.

Aside from the camp, golfers will also have a two-day FCG Golf Tournament, which serves as an opportunity to participate in one of the top-caliber jungolf tournaments in the world.

DreamBig Events founder and CEO Akshay Maliwal shares, "This is an exceptional opportunity for young golfers to interact with world-class coaches and glimpse the future of how their game can evolve and take them to places they’ve never been before. Learning under these top-caliber coaches is a privilege that only a few can experience, and to have them right here in Manila to train and teach them is an advantage in terms of savings on time and travel expenses."

He adds, "These camps do not just hone young athletes’ skills, they introduce and familiarize athletes with the college recruiting process and lets them experience, even for two days, a day in the life of a college athlete at a top academic and athletic university."

Maliwal views the camp as a means for young golfers to become student-athletes in the United States, with the hopes that entering the college athletics ecosystem helps them prepare for their future in competing in the global stage. He shares, "Asia, the Philippines in particular, is rich in golfing talent that only needs to be discovered and honed. All young talents need is one big break to change their lives and put this region on the world map of golf. It all begins in camps like these. And because our camps offer a wide array of activities, campers have fun as they learn all the good stuff."

DreamBig Events has had experience in the last three years working with top-caliber coaches from a variety of Div I and III programs, from the likes of Ivy League institutions like Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, and Brown, to notable Pac-12 institutions Cal and UCLA, as well as the likes of NYU, Tufts and Carnegie Mellon University, Claremont-McKenna, and Johns Hopkins University, among others.

Interested participants may register now at https://dreambig.events/gold-series-golf-camp.

Oakley Hosts 5th Golf Cup

Oakley Cup at Sherwood Hills

The Sherwood Hills Golf Club on Monday, May 29, hosted a charity golf event, the Oakley Golf Cup, with over 100 participants being involved in an 18-hole system 36 format.

The Oakley Golf Cup aims to benefit the Junior Golfers League (TJGL), with the vision of a thriving and competitive future for Philippine golf through the development of potential young golfers like the ones under TJGL, which is the grassroots development league of the Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines.

Oakley has been supporting the tournament for the previous four years and in line with their fifth edition of hosting this event as part of its #OneObsession and #CantStop campaign, they revealed their latest innovations to those present, the PRIZM Lens Technology. For golfers, PRIZM lenses improves contrast for better separation of color and provides additional depth cues to better gauge distance and grass conditions to predict ball speed. The lens has also its respective benefits on the road, as well as in the water.

Although the weather cut short the tournament, here are the official list of winners:

Men’s Division Class A,

Champion: Jeff Bernaldez 74-06 = 68
1st Runner-up: Jorge Gallent 74-05=69
2nd Runner-up: Joey Anclano  79-9=70

Men’s Division Class B

Champion: Vandolf Quizon 92-20=72
1st Runner-up: Rico Tolentino 92-20=70
2nd Runner-up: Jonjon Dela Rosa 94-22=72

Men’s Division Class C

Champion: Kim Cabatit 103-31=72
1st Runner-up:Lorenzo Dela Paz 103-27=76
2nd Runner-up: Benedicto Adorable 104-28=76

Ladies Division

Champion: Vangie Omlang 84-13=71
1st Runner-up: Sheila Ward 83-11=72
2nd Runner-up: Marissa Vergara 87-14=73

Special Awards:

Longest Drive Jorge Gallent
Most Accurate Drive Alan Canapi
Longest Putt Hole for Nick Ratuiste
Nearest to the pin hole award for Alex Montemayor.

Junior Division

8 & Under Boys Division

Champion: Patrick Tambalque 91=92=183
1st Runner-up: Liam Valencia 99=87=186
2nd Runner-up: Armand Copok 92+98=190
3rd Runner-up: Joshua De Guzman 99+111=210

8 & Under Girls Division
Champion: Celine Abalos 98+92=190
1st Runner-up: Mikaela Delapaz 94+100=194

9-12 Boys Division

Champion: Sean Granada 70+77=147
1st Runner-up: Jaime Alagastro 83+83=166
2nd Runner-up: Joaquin Arenas 83+85=168
3rd Runner-up: Sebastian Arenas 85+91=176

9-12 Girls Division

Champion: Annika Chua 87+88=175
1st Runner-up: Theresa Delapaz 91+90=181
2nd Runner-up: Stephanie Encarnacion 10+7+112=219

13-18 Boys Division

Champion: Josh Jorge 76+73=149
1st Runner-up: Harry Back 84+73=157
2nd Runner-up: Joaquin Gomez 83+80=163
3rd Runner-up: Rald Sarmiento 84+79=163

13-18 Girls  Division

Champion: Trish Lazatin 97+99=196
1st Runner-up: Sophia Encarnacion 123+113=236
2nd Runner-up: Gwyneth Torres 145+113=258

Statement from Jason Day re: Yolanda

Jason Day is scheduled to play alongside Adam Scott in the World Cup of Golf this weekend at the Royal Melbourne Golf Course. He also is half-Filipino, as his mother moved to Australia 30 years ago.

His roots trace to Tacloban, which had been hit hard by Yolanda. In fact, eight of his relatives have passed away due to the Supertyphoon.

His mom shared that her mom (Jason's grandmother), her brother (Jason's uncle) and six of her nephews (Jason's cousins) perished.

Below is a statement from PGA Golfer Jason Day coursed through the PGA Tour.

"I am deeply saddened to confirm that multiple members of my family lost their lives as the victims of Typhoon Haiyan. My family and I are thankful for all who have reached out with their prayers and concern.

"We feel devastated for all who have been affected by this horrific tragedy. While I understand the media's interest in this matter and hope that any coverage can spread awareness to assist with the relief efforts that continue in the Phillippines, I hope that all will respect my family's privacy during this difficult time. I will have no further public comments at this time. Please pray for all who have suffered loss. Thank you."