La Salle-1 Samsung Interschools golf champ

MANILA—La Salle-1, drawing superb games from Joey Huerva and Erick Gallardo, pooled 306 points to capture the overall championship of the 11th Samsung Interscholastic Golf Championships at Canlubang Golf and Country Club’s north course on Friday.

The Archers assembled a first-day output of 147 under the Modified Stableford system then closed out with a solid 159 to beat last year’s winner La Salle Green Hills, which amassed 303 in high school play.

Huerva strung up 50 and 56 (106) points while Gallardo had 50 and 53 (103) to likewise take the top two places in the individual competition of the premier division of the rain-shortened 36-hole tournament.

Other scorers for La Salle in the five-to-play, three-to-count event were Fern Zaldariagga (47-39) and Gino Bunyi (41-50).

Southville’s Phil Kyu Cho won the overall individual title with 108 from rounds of 53-55.

Gabe Villareal scored 46 and 47, Kirby Lachica had 47-41, Rocco Sumabat made 47-47, Moshe Baldo turned in 35-50 and Edsel Tan shot 44 and 54 as Ateneo-1 took the college division crown with a 291.

LSGH-1 (303) ran away with the high school crown over De La Salle-Zobel (254).