EVEN with the seniors title already secured, La Salle-Taft still whipped up a storm with a closing windup like no other and Ateneo likewise streaked to an unchallenged victory in the Midgets 1 division in the ICTSI-JGFP Inter-School golf tournament at Ayala Greenfield Estates and Valley courses recently.
Marvin Mendoza, Allan Bumagat and Eric Gallardo all turned in even par or better scores for a tournament high 165 points as the La Sallites stayed 54 points clear of rival Ateneo in the best of four out of five rounds series that went around four different golf courses.
Bumagat tamed the short but tricky Valley executive course with a two-under-par gross of 70 for 56 points, Mendoza tallied a one-under 71 for 55 and Gallardo matched par 72 for 54 in an awesome finish that also showed their firepower for the ongoing Intercollegiate league.
With Aidric Chan and Carl Corpus at the helm, there wasn’t any doubt on the Midgets 1 duel as Ateneo rampaged to a 40-point victory over Xavier (125-541) with a closing 147 final round tally and 581 aggregate in the tourney which has the major backing of the International Container Terminal Services, Inc.
The other sponsors are Pancake House Group, Sizzlin’ Pepper, Golf Depot, Philippine Airlines and Pancake House Group.
La Salle Green Hills placed third at 453, Learning Links Academy took fourth at 452 and Xavier 2 wound up fifth at 426.
La Salle and Ateneo now have two wins each in the tournament.