Pradera, Wack Wack shine in jungolf tilt

Some of the participants pose after the three-day tournament in the 2018 PAL-JGFP Interclub Championship at the Pradera Verde Golf and Country Club in Barangay Prado Siongco, Lubao in Pampanga. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Pradera bagged titles in two categories but failed to score a sweep as Wack Wack also took home a title in the 2018 PAL-JGFP Interclub Championship over the weekend at Pradera Verde Golf and Country Club.

The teams of Pradera captured the Divisions 1 (ages 13-14 and 15-18) and 2 (ages 9-10 and 11-12) titles in convincing fashions, while Wack Wack took the Division 3 championship in a thrilling finish in the three-day tournament organized by the Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines (JGFP).

Jolo Magcalayo, Harmie Constantino, Annika Cayabyab and Sean Jean Ramos of Pradera 1 had a combined score of 467 points to rule Division 1 to beat second placer ICTSI (438) and third placer Pradera 2 (437).

In Division 2, Pradera 1’s Zachary Castro, Monique Arroyo, Rianne Malixi and Miko Granada finished with 450 points to rule against Pradera 2 (392) and Wack Wack (382).

In Division 3, 7-year-old sensation Nicole Gan, Kristoffer Nadales, Geoff Tan and Cassy Arbatin had a combined score of 328 points to rule the 7-8 years old category over Pradera 1 (320) and Pradera 2 (183).

Magcalayo emerged as the Class A champion in boys division with 158 points, Southwoods’ Aidric Chan placed second (157) and Carlo Villaroman of Pradera 4 third (153), while Constantino was the Class A winner in girls with 151 points, followed by Pradera 2’s Nicole Abelar (140) and Wack Wack Sam Bruce (140).

In other categories:

In Class B boys Tae Soon Kim of Orchard (155), Edward Lee of Marianas Guam (155) and Sean Jean Ramos of Pradera (154); Class C boys Zachary Castro of Pradera 1 (157), Jeff Jung of Southwoods (152) and Dylan Castillo of Pradera 1 (136); Class D boys Miko Granada (157), Tae Won Kim of Orchard (125) and Vitto Miravite of Valley 1 (115); and Class E-F boys Mark Nadales of Wack Wack (140), Scott Ng of Southwoods (124) and Jacob Taruc of Pradera 1 (113).

In Class B girls Mafy Singson of ICTSI (147), Samantha Dizon of ICTSI (134) and Laurea Duque of Pradera 3 (134); Class C girls Monique Arroyo of Pradera 2 (135), Rianne Malixi of Pradera 1 (117) and Mz. Theresa dela Paz of Pradera 3 (111); Class D girls Tyanna Jacot of Marianas Guam (122), Celine Abalos of Wack Wack (119) and Gabie Rosca of Pradera 2 (117); and Class E-F girls Mika dela Paz of Pradera 1 (108), Nicole Gan of Wack Wack (87) and Krisana Fenton of Marianas Guam (76).