LOST in Manila Southwoods’ dominance of the just-ended 70th Philippine Airlines Interclub golf team championships were the close battles in the other divisions in Davao City.
Orchard captured the second-tier Founders division, holding off Forest Hills’ final day rally to win by three points.
Rodel Mangulabnan scored 31 and Niko Santiano had 30 points as Orchard bounced back after being outscored by Forest Hills by 15 points at Palos Rancho Verdes.
Orchard struggled with 117 points in the final round with Aaron Dimabuyu (29) and Raymund Sangil (27) rounding out its scorers.
Forest Hills got a big lift from former national player Jude Eustaquio, who eagled the par-5 No. 8 and had four birdies, to close out with 132 points.
Also delivering for Forest Hills scorers were Inigo Raymundo and Ronnie Littaua with 33 each and Peter Young with 29.
Valley nipped Riviera and Cebu Country Club for third place with 468 points.
Enrico Gallardo scored 36 points as led Valley finished with 125 points, a point ahead of Riviera (112) and three clear of CCC (111).
In the Sportswriters’ division, Sarangani finished two points ahead of Sta. Elena to claim the crown.
Led by Arthur Ong’s 29 points, Sarangani completed the come-from-behind win by scoring 109 points at the Apo Golf and Country Club on Saturday for 377 points.
Sta. Elena had 375 points followed by Mactan Island with 368 points.
PGA of British Columbia won the Friendship class with 331 points, five points ahead of Camp Aguinaldo.
Art Makalintal and Jesse Castillo turned in 27 and 24 points, respectively to lead PGA British Columbia.
Third place went to KGC Boys Club Melbourne with 321 points.
Sherwood Hills posted a comfortable 31-point victory over Lumbia in the Aviator division.
Drawing firepower from Harry Paltongan (27), Nestor Sevilla (25) and Nicolae Eribert Sevilla (24), Sherwood tallied 93 points at Apo for 413 points.
Lumbia scored 382 and Davao City Golf was third with 375 in the tournament which had Mareco Broadcasting Network, A&E Networks Asia, RMN Networks, The Manila Standard, Fox Networks Group, Rolls-Royce, TV5, MasterCard, TFC and Business Mirror as platinum sponsors. Asian Air Safari, Airbus, Primax Broadcasting Network and Sabre Airline Solutions were the major sponsors, the corporate sponsors were Baron Travel Corporation, Boeing, MX3, GE Aviation, Bombo Radyo Philippines, Asia Brewery, Tanduay Distillers, Sabre Airline Solutions and Tourism Promotions Board, while the donors were Shangri-La at The Fort, Trinity Insurance and Eton Properties.
The results:
Founders
Orchard 480 (123-116-124-117), Forest Hills 477 (117-115-113-132), Valley Golf 468 (107-118-118-125), Riviera 467 (116-117-122-112), Cebu 465 (113-122-119-111), Apo 455 (112-120-120-103), Tagaytay Highlands 455 (117-105-112-121), Villamor 450 (120-105-111-114), Pueblo de Oro 443 (106-110-114-113), Wack Wack 431 (120-97-102-112), Negros Occidental 422 (103-104-107-108), Rancho Palos Verdes 422 (105-103-99-115), Alabang 420 (100-98-107-115), Socal Redhawk 395 (103-98-99-95)
Aviator
Sherwood Hills 413 (106-113-101-93), Lumbia 382 (106-105-88-83), Davao 375 (91-89-97-98), Manila 372 (89-89-101-93), Eagle Ridge 361 (81-83-108-89), Alta Vista 361 (93-88-99-81), Tagaytay Midlands 347 (59-111-99-78), Iloilo 336 (88-79-77-92), Club Filipino de Cebu 324
(74-81-91-78), Fil Am Hawaii 320 (71-85-86-78), Victoria's 247 (85-75-94-18), Vancouver Golf ABC 222 (61-42-68-51), Greenhills West (219 (61-49-62-47), Pinoy Vancouver 163 (60-52-19-32)
Sportswriters
Sarangani 377 (80-91-97-109), Sta Elena 375 (84-97-11-83), Mactan Island 368 (87-99-84-98), Stanford 362 (96-78-106-82), Philippine Navy 347 (85-82-107-73), Zamboanga 343 (83-92-101-67), Camp Evangelista 338 (77-90-82-89), Fil Am Fairfield 335 (69-99-80-87), Guinhalaran 329
(84-81-85-79), Up Tee Jots 325 (81-94-88-62), Bacolod 312 (63-84-80-85), Team Iligan 308 (69-71-82-86), Cotabato 306 (70-59-88-89), Camp John Hay 303 (72-79-63-89), SF Maharlika 301 (67-71-75-88), Team Brookside 297 (63-63-85-86), Dagupan 287 (81-77-55-74), Bay Area 259 (62-81-48-68), Mabuhay Golf 229 (58-56-58-57), Melbourne Pinoy 207 (62-17-88-40),
Seattle 202 (45-44-45-68), Greater Vancouver 154 (50-40-25-39), South Bay 122 (54-68-0-0)
Friendship
PGA of British Columbia 331 (95-99-71-66), Camp Aguinaldo 326 (75-98-58-95), KGC Boys Melbourne 321 (74-90-69-88), South Cotabato 317 (71-87-69-90), Lanang 293 (66-79-77-71), Pearl Kai Hawaii 287 (69-77-69-72), San Juanico 279 (74-62-67-76), Silicon Valley 266
(68-59-76-63), San Francisco Crystal Springs 264 (64-64-76-60), Van City 260 (63-65-60-72), Filipino Golfers 253 (72-49-61-71), Skywest 248 (67-52-64-65), Filipino Golfers Assc Kuwait Team 1 248 (56-45-73-74), MSU 247 (71-55-61-60), Green Tee Riyahd 244 (57-62-67-58), Pittsburg Fil Am 237 (61-47-76-53), Parbreakers 219 (57-60-56-46), Baguio 206 (40-58-61-47), Filipino Golfers Abu Dhabi 185 (43-58-40-44), Washington DC 181 (51-45-35-50), Mt Malindang 173 (54-33-69-17), Filipino Golfer UAE 168 (32-47-49-40), NZ Black Tee 167 (57-69-41-0), Moffet Field 154 (47-32-52-23), Fil Oz Sydney 142 (38-46-26-32), Yokohama Eagles 141 (38-40-32-31), Filipino Golfers Assc Kuwait Team 2 86 (10-18-30-28)