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Saipan golfer Alex Aquiningoc honored
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Posted on Aug 31 2004
The 8th Saipan and Northern Islands Municipal Council recently adopted a resolution congratulating golfer Alex Aquiningoc for shooting a hole-in-one at the 9th Saipan Golf Tournament of Champions held at Laolao Bay Golf Resort in July.
Aquiningoc achieved the rare feat on July 31, 2004, winning for himself a brand new 2005 Ford Escape, and a trip to Hong Kong and the Philippines.
The Saipan Golf Tournament of Champions was held on July 31 and Aug. 1 this year, with over $2 million dollars worth of prizes donated by several local businesses. The 2005 Ford Escape prize was donated by Joeten Motors, while the trip to Hong Kong and the Philippines was donated by Continental Airlines.
A total of 295 players showed up on Saturday’s opening but only 277 finished the tournament on Sunday. Among them were Lt. Governor Diego T. Benavente; Washington Rep. Pete A. Tenorio; Rep. Oscar M. Babauta; Saipan Chamber of Commerce president Alex A. Sablan; Saipan Rotary Club president Harry Blalock; and Saipan Garment Manufacture Association executive director and Saipan Chamber of Commerce vice president Richard Pierce.
The resolution said that in golf, “it is said that it is not how you drive but how you arrive.”
“Aquiningoc was at the right time, at the right stand, at the right place, at the right distance, at the right drive when his magnificent shot rolled at the right direction for and into the 17th hole cup for a hole-in-one shot. The members of the municipal council and the people of the CNMI join the players and the officials of the 2004 Saipan Golf Tournament of Champions in extending a sincere and heartfelt recognition and congratulation to Aquiningoc for his magnificent [shot],” the resolution said.
The resolution was certified by municipal council chair Gregorio V. Deleon Guerrero and vice chair David A. Indalecio and attested by secretary Antonia M. Tudela.
