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Demapan takes SGA Ace of Aces title
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Posted on Dec 21 2008
Joe Demapan showed consistency in the two-day Ace of Aces Tournament to top the Saipan Golfers Association’s yearend event.
Demapan tallied a net 139 in the SGA Ace of the Aces Tournament after firing a net 69 in the first round of the event (Dec. 13) at Kingfisher Golf Links. He closed out with a net 79 in the second and final round (Dec. 14) at the Coral Ocean Point course.
Demapan was this year’s November Ace and defeated 10 other monthly Ace winners and eight non-Ace winners for the coveted trophy.
Also shooting a 139 in two rounds was July Ace Nobert Sablan. Sablan was off to a good start, recording the lowest net in the first round with his 65 at Kingfisher. But he failed to tame the Agingan Point course in the second round hitting a 74.
The former SGA president settled for second place, losing to Demapan in the scorecard playoffs.
There was a tie for third place between Tony Deleon Guerrero and SGA president Martin Sablan, but the former won the tiebreak.
Tony and Martin had identical scores of 141 in two rounds with the former nailing the second best score in the first round with a net 68 before struggling in the second round with a net 73.
Martin had a rough start hitting a 76 at Kingfisher, but he redeemed himself at COP with a second-round best net of 65.
Frances Sablan and September Ace Art I. Deleon Guerrero fired similar scores of 142 in two rounds with the lady golfer prevailing in the tiebreak and taking fifth place.
Frances had a net 72 in the first round and improved her game a bit in the final round with a net 70. Art recorded a 71 in the first round and closed out the tournament with another net 71.
Second to sixth placers in the Ace of the Aces event received gifts and cash prizes, while Demapan took home a glass trophy during SGA’s Christmas Party at Charley’s Cabaret in Pacific Islands Club Friday.
Glass trophies were also given to the 12 monthly Ace winners, namely Mariano Fajardo (January), Joe I. Sablan (February) Ned Norita (March), Larry I. Deleon Guerrero (April) Carl Hocog (May) , Edward Manibusan (June), Nobert Sablan (July), Ron Hodges (August), Art Deleon Guerrero (September), Steve Balakrishna (October), Joe Demapan (November), and Jess Castro (December).
