RUPERT Zaragosa guns for yet another national title next week when he partners with JP De Claro in the NGAP’s National Doubles Championship set at up-and-down Eastridge.
Absent in this tournament last year because of academic commitments, the pint-sized Zaragosa and De Claro loom as the team to beat in the
54-hole event presented by the MVP Sports Foundation as part of the PLDT Group Amateur Tour.
Zaragosa has won at least five national singles titles, once holding both the boys’ and men’s championships on the same year.
Jobim Carlos, on break from University of San Francisco, had also declared with Inigo Raymundo, but his partner contacted dengue fever and had to pull out.
Jude Eustaquio, the former pro who honed his skills in the US, is also in the field and will be in tandem with Larry Patnongon, a talent coming out of Manila Southwoods.
Jed Dy-Ryan Monsalve, which won Group II last year also at Eastridge, will be playing in the premier division even as entries are still being accepted at the organizing National Golf Association of the Philippines offices.
If Carlos can land a partner in time for the tournament, his team will certainly give Zaragosa’s side a run for its money.
Day 1 action will have teams playing two-ball foursome, with the second round being four-ball and the final round aggregate.