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Miranda, Cataluna are March’s best
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Posted on Mar 24 2006
Joe Miranda and Freddie Cata-luna swung their golf clubs like there was no tomorrow to win the Fil-Taga Golfers Association March Ace of the Tournament last Sunday, March 19, at the Coral Ocean Point Resort golf course.
Miranda fired a net score of 69 to win the A Division by a stroke. The handicap 14 golfer came away with a gross score of 83.
Sen. Pete Reyes, Gil Faller, and Ralph Yumul all finished a stroke behind the March Ace with their identical 70s. Reyes fired a gross score of 80, Faller 81, and Yumul 83.
Edgar Abalos and former Fil-Taga president Ted “Golden Bear” Malaran complete the Top 6 with identical net scores of 76. Abalos had an 84 prior to his handicap being deducted, while Malaran wound up with a gross of 90.
The rest of the players in the A Division, with their scores in parenthesis, were as follows: Alsree Chiong (76 net); Mando Guban (76); William Retardo (78); Lito Mendoza (80); Rey Ferraz (83); and Ronnie Santos (89 gross, new member).
Cataluna, for his part, left the other 14 golfers in the B Division biting his dust after the 17-handicap duffer hit a tournament-best net score of 66. Cataluna had a gross score of 83.
Jun “Tiger” Dela Cruz finished five strokes behind Cataluna with his net score of 71. The 19-handicap employee of the Department of Public Works hit a gross score of 90.
Nestor Siruelo, Manny Po, and Glenna Palacios all finished tied in third place after all of them wound up with net scores of 72. Siruelo had a gross score of 91, Po 95, and Palacios 106.
John Matsumoto (73 net), Rene Batallones (74), Mike Cruz (75), Larry Guerrero (78), Nono Bostre (79), Ed Macario (80), Greg De Torres (82), Candido Castro (91 gross, new member), and Ben Norita (104 gross, new member) make up the rest of the field in the B Division.
Established in 1993, Fil-Taga’s tournaments operate under a computer-controlled handicap system that creates parity among players in the A and B Flights.
A Fil-Taga Ace of the Month champion is crowned monthly. Regular tournaments are scheduled once a month, normally every third Sunday. Green fees are in the $35 to $40 price range for most tournaments.
