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SOME of the country’s major captains of industry take a break
Tuesday as they play in the Celebrity Konica Minolta Pro-Am at The
Riviera’s Langer in Silang, Cavite.
With former President Fidel V. Ramos leading the
select field, some 71 corporate bigwigs team up with the hottest
professionals in the land in a one-ball, twosome format in the
tournament sponsored by U-Bix Corp.
A Toyota car will be staked as a hole-in-one
plum, besides cash prizes to the winning pros and lucrative
merchandise to their amateur partners.
The 18-hole affair will be preceded by the
hitting of ceremonial tee shots by Ramos, lawyer Edilberto B.
Bravo of U-Bix Corp., Toyota Motor Phils’ Daniel M. Isla,
DHL-WWWExpress’ Rod Feliciano, Commo. Danny Pizarro (Ret.) and
Department of Transportation and Communications Secetary
Leandro Mendoza, who is also the president of the organizing
National Golf Association of the Philippines.
Another Toyota model will be staked as a
hole-in-one prize during the tournament proper on March 5 to 8.
Monday’s event is a prelude to the P3-million
Konica Minolta National Pro-Am blasting Wednesday in the series
backed by PAL, Pagcor, Stradcom Corp., Grappa’s, ServiceMaster
Services, San Miguel Corp., S-Yard, Pivo Praha, Epson Printers,
Toyota Motor Phils. Inc. (TMPI), Bank of Commerce, Brother Office
Equipment, Riso Digital Duplicators, BPI, Metrobank, KM Bizhub,
RCBC, Landbank and Unionbank.
Jay Bayron, the amateur champion last year in
partnership with Edwin Estrera, will be back as a professional.
So with Estrera and Gerard Cantada, the
three-time champion with amateur pal JR Tanpinco beginning 2003.
Tanpinco is finishing his studies in San Diego, California.
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