Monsalve sparks LSGH 5 golfers

MANILA, Philippines—Denied the first time up, La Salle Green Hills 5 served notice of its championship potential by grabbing a six-point lead over Colegio San Agustin in the Midgets 1 division at the start of the ICTSI Inter-school golf tournament second leg last weekend at the Aguinaldo Golf Club course.

Ryan Monsalve delivered 41 points for LSGH 5 while Spade Barbers and Joni Pancho produced 35 and 33, respectively, as they chalked up a 109 total at the compact but challenging layout inside the armed forces headquarters compound.

LSGH 5 was just good for third place in the first leg but the Greenies primed themselves up for a shot at the crown with a solid effort at Aguinaldo, where the CSA team opened up with 103 to trail by six.

Kristoffer Arevalo, the individual winner in the previous leg, led scoring for CSA with 43 and drew scoring support from Anton Miguel Guarina (38) and David Joshua Arevalo (22).

Ateneo teams, meanwhile, continued to dominate the Midgets 2 action of this school season series of the Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines also sponsored by Philippine Airlines, Chevrolet, Pancake House Group, Teriyaki Boy and Sizzilin Pepper.

Aidric Chan shot 47 points and Carl Jano Corpus backed him up with 43 as Ateneo 2 posted 90 to pace Ateneo 3 (Raymond Quinto and Raphael Samson with 32 each) by 26. Ateneo 4 was third at 53.