Top Guam player in Philippine Ladies Open field

Kristin Oberiano gears up for a spirited duel with a slew of local top guns and foreign aces, hopeful but wary of her chances in the Philippine Ladies Open, which unfolds on Tuesday at posh Manila Golf Club inside Forbes Park. Born to Filipino parents and raised in Guam, Oberiano won the Nissan Guam Amateur title and topped Guam’s biannual World Amateur Golf Ranking Championship late last year, making her one of the players to watch in the 58th staging of the country’s premier championship.