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Golf tourney raises 10K for Chamber’s scholarship fund
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Posted on Jun 02 2008
The Saipan Chamber of Commerce is already looking forward to 2009 when it hosts the 2nd Annual Saipan Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament after this year’s inaugural tournament raised more than $10,000.
Chamber president James T. Arenovski said the 72 players that took part in last Saturday’s competition at Laolao Bay Golf Resort was a good start, but he was more delighted about the money raised in the event.
“I think this is something we should do every year and it seems like it’s a good fundraiser. We raised in excess of $10,000. That is a great chunk of money for the [Chamber’s] scholarship fund,” he said.
The pair of Kim Kyo Na and Zhang Hua Long won the low net double Peoria award of last Saturday’s fundraising golf tournament. This after the duo tamed the greens and fairways with a net of 69, built around a gross of 63 (32-31) and a handicap of -6.
Jay Santos and Vince Seman finished runner-up in the low net category, firing a 69.20 after their gross of 74 (36-38) was sliced by their 4.8 handicap.
P.J. Houn and Yasu Irinaka wound up third with a net of 69.6. The duo recorded a gross of 66 (33-33) and had a handicap of -3.6.
Retired Superior Court presiding judge Edward Manibusan and former national golfer Nick Sablan, meanwhile, took the plum after combining for a gross score of 64 (31-33).
They were followed by the tandem of Jeff Taylor and Adam Hardwicke with the pair of Ray San Nicolas and Ben Duenas settling for third place.
Taylor/Hardwicke and Nicolas/Duenas actually finished tied with identical gross scores of 66. The former, however, took runner-up honors on a scorecard tiebreak.
In the closest to the pin competition, Clarence Tenorio Jr. was without peer in hole No. 3, while Laolao Bay’s Tom McKenzie won hole No. 7. Hole No. 13 belonged to Ed Manglona.
In the longest drive competition, none fared better than Federico Flores who drove the golf ball 280 yards out. Joun Park topped the most accurate drive in hole No. 17.
Zhan was also lucky as he won a Hard Rock Café leather jacket in a raffle participated in by golfers that wore HRC T-shirts in the golf course.
