MANILA Southwoods padded its lead in both Fil and Am championship divisions on Day 2 of the 72nd Fil-Am Men’s Invitational regular tournament at the Camp John Hay Golf Club and Baguio Country Club (BCC) courses in Baguio City on Thursday.
Korean Jeff Jung mixed four birdies with three bogeys for a one-under 68 worth 37 points and lead the way for the Cavite-based Fil squad.
Kristoffer Arevalo backed Jung with a 35 points while Gabriel Manotoc and Carl Jano Corpus added 33 each for 138 points and 286 total for 36 holes.
Forest Hills also produced an impressive 134 points, almost matching the leader’s output for the day, to keep its hold of second spot with a 263 aggregate.
Gus Pacheco shot par worth 36 points, Edison Tabalin contributed 34 and Rocky Co and Jose Raymundo nailed 32s for Forest Hills.
Januarius Team (124-245) was third on Raymund Sangil and Terence Macatangay’s 35 points each and RJ Rizada’s 31 and Kirby Lachic’s 29.
Southwoods’ second crew amassed a consecutive 119 points to be at 238. A young Royal Northwoods team composed of junior golfers made 102 for 205 followed by Riviera-Batangas Barakos with 190 after a 95 at BCC.
Josh Jorge and Lanz Uy signed for 35 and 34, respectively, and Japanese Shinichi Suzuki and Masaichi Otake each counted for 25 as Southwoods looked poised to retain its crowns in both premier divisions.
Zach Villaroman led all Northwoods scorers with 29, Patrick Gene Tambalque had 28, Tristan Jefferson Padilla 26 and Alexander Rajah Crisostomo 19. Santino Pineda’s 18 did not count.
Gerald Katigbak starred for Riviera-Batangas Barakos with 26, while Erik Escalona made 24, Eric Gozo 23 and Takuya Kawamura 22.