PAL Ladies: Alabang paces Aguinaldo by 10

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BACOLOD—With the order of play altered at the last minute, Founders division favorite Alabang Thursday pooled 219 points and took a 10-point lead over Aguinaldo to hog the limelight in the Philippine Airlines Ladies Interclub championship at Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club here.

Rita Horan, a chef by profession, turned in 40 points—14-under-par 86 in stroke play—using the Molave System of scoring, with Jang Eun-sil firing a 37 as the Muntinlupa-based bets opened up in style.

Manila Southwoods-Masters and Cebu Country Club will both come out for their respective opening rounds today after tournament organizers, in consultation with all the team captains, decided to have Championship Division action in the last two days.

SW-Masters will be shooting to win a fifth straight title, while Cebu will try to win it all after coming close in the past four years, including a one-point loss last year at Alta Vista in Cebu.

Maria Josefina Gorres fired a 36 like Mary Jocelyn Garcia, with Kim Hee Sun and Marilyn Reyes’ 35s counting as Alabang threw away the 34 of Christine Popp and Joan Morales’ 29.

Manila Golf tallied 197 points with Christine Naidoo shooting 41 and Mercedes Lorenzo firing 39. Marit Yuchengco’s 33, Lorna Tabuena’s 32, Karen Yang’s 29 and Maria Lourdes Gamboa’s 23 were the other scores that counted for Manila Golf.

Valley Golf seized a 24-point lead in the Sportswriters Division over NOGCC after a 228 behind Inez del Rosario’s
44 and Ma. Consuelo Fregil’s 40,

NOGCC scored 204 while Bacolod Golf took third spot with 196.

The scores: FOUNDERS: Alabang 219 (R. Horan 40, E. Jang 37, M. Garcia 36, M. Gorres 36, H. Kim 35, M. Reyes 35) Camp Aguinaldo 209 (R. Alcantara 44, M. Salivio 36, J. Untal 36, J. Agripa 35, A. Lobangco 32) Manila Golf 197 (C. Naidoo 41, L. Lorenzo 39, M. Yuchengco 33, L. Tabuena 32, K. Yang 29), Del Monte Golf 189 (R. Langamin 42, M. Minoza 42, L. Coy 28, A. Miñoza 27, M. San Miguel 26); SPORTSWRITERS: Valley Ladies 228 (I. Marivite 45, I. Del Rosario 44, M. Fregil 41, E. Apuhin 34, F. Gutierrez 33) Negros Occidental 204 (G. Monfort 43, J. Reyes 38, M. Lustre 37, B. Limjap 36, E. House 27) Bacolod 196 (M. Golez 43, J. Pagunsan 35, M. De Asis 34, C. Silva 30, M. Nomo 29) Eagle Ridge 190 (S. Jung 36, J. Cho 34, E. Hernandez 33, E. Goble 30, S. Park 29) Rancho Palos Verdes 186 (G. Bokawachi 37, Y. Chon 36, C. Powell 33, M. Jo 32, Y. Kim 29)