INQUIRER Sports

MANILA, Philippines ? With the addition of Beverly Place Pampanga, the teams vying for the Club of the Year plum in the Sta. Lucia Golf Tour set to start early next month has grown to nine.

Beverly Place is the newest member of the Sta. Lucia Realty family of topnotch courses all over the country, providing golfers in Luzon another alternative destination accessible through the North Luzon Expressway.

It will be joining the long-time members in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the inter-island circuit among members of clubs developed and operated by Sta. Lucia Realty.

The other clubs in the field are Alta Vista of Cebu, Eagle Ridge of Cavite, Lakewood of Cabanatuan, Lake Caliraya Springs of Laguna, Orchard of Cavite, Rancho Palos Verdes of Davao, Royale Tagaytay and Summit Point of Batangas.

Rancho Palos Verdes will host the first 36-hole leg serving as the Mindanao swing on September 4-5 and Alta Vista will be the venue of the Visayas stop on October 2-3.

Summit Point will make its debut as a Tour host this season. The Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed course serves as one of the two venues, the other being Eagle Ridge, for the culminating Luzon leg on Nov. 6-7.

?Despite the hard times, we hope to celebrate our 10th year the best way possible,? said Vicente Santos and Engineer Wini Gob, co-chair of the Sta. Lucia Tour executive committee.