Lasallians storm ahead of Ateneans
LA SALLE-TAFT turned an erstwhile close fight with Ateneo into a breakaway, taking a commanding 41-point lead after 54 holes in the seniors division of the ICTSI-JGFP Interschools golf tournament at Aguinaldo layout recently.
Marvin Mendoza picked up from where Nico Monsalve left off by topscoring with 52 points as La Salle-Taft finally pulled away after the Ateneans managed to keep it close in the first two rounds.
The score now stands at 434 for La Salle and 393 for Ateneo with La Salle posting a 147 counting the 48 of Allan Bumagat and 47 of Eric Gallardo. Ateneo was simply outscored as Raffy Tolentino (41), Rocco Sumabat (40) and Moshe Baldo (37) struggled at the military course.
Over at Valley, Ateneo encountered its biggest challenge yet from Xavier but remained 34 points ahead after three rounds of the event being backed by International Container Terminal Serives Inc.
Meanwhile, Luigi Tabuena, president of the organizing Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines, announced the addition of a Mindanao leg on Nov. 24-25 at Del Monte.
