Add $10,000 more to the already impressive list of prizes that may be won at next week\u2019s Tournament of Champions. Pacific Insurance Underwriters announced yesterday that it is participating in the golf tournament by sponsoring the large cash award as a hole-in-one prize as part of TOC\u2019s 20th anniversary event.<\/p>\n
\u201cTOC has been instrumental in various beautification projects throughout the island. They have been strong partners in our community. We are extremely honored in our partnership,\u201d said Shirley Sablan, executive vice president and general manager of Pacifica Insurance. \u201cWe wish all the participants of the TOC golf tournament much success!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Tournament of Champions has been a great success for the past 20 years, thanks to the generosity of companies like Pacifica Insurance,\u201d said Ben Babauta, tournament director. \u201cWe definitely \u2018rest assured\u2019 knowing that companies like Pacifica are committed to helping the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 20th Annual Tournament of Champions will be played at the LaoLao Bay Golf and Resort\u2019s east and west courses on Aug. 1 and 2. The two-day event is bigger and better than ever with exciting hole-in-one prizes and the chance to win thousands of dollars in possible prizes. The TOC tournament fee is $200.<\/p>\n
First place winners in the Men\u2019s Championship, A, B, C, Senior and Super Senior Flights will each receive $500 cash, $400 for second, $300 for third, a digital camera to fourth, and $100 DFS gift certificate for fifth place. The Ladies Low Gross champion will receive $500, $400 for second, and $300 for third place. The first, second, and third place winners of the Ladies Low Net will receive a trophy.<\/p>\n
There will be hundreds of thousands worth of prizes that will be at stake in the two-day tournament, including hole-in-one prizes that include brand new vehicles donated by Joeten Motors, Atkins Kroll Toyota, Triple J Motors, and Club C. Pacifica Insurance and Club C are also sponsoring cash prizes as hole-in-one prizes, while Saipan Laolao Golf & Resort is also offering one year of free golf as another hole-in-one prize. Delta Air Lines and Asiana Airlines are also offering airline tickets as hole-in-one prizes.<\/p>\n
The tournament will also be featuring $1,000 cash prize for closest to pin competition with a 25-year-old bottle of Chivas Regal.<\/p>\n
Since its inception, TOC has given over $700,000 to the Saipan Beautification Fund, which has gone directly to improvements like the tree-lined traffic medians that stretch from Garapan to the former Palm Resort Saipan, as well as the revitalization of the Garapan special district. In addition, TOC also contributed funds for the Paseo de Marianas, the lighting of the Saipan Beach Pathway, and most recently the beautification of the Port to Park pathway.<\/p>\n
For more information about sponsorship opportunities for the 2015 TOC, contact Babauta at 483-2563 or Hillary Agulto at 236-2571. For player information and to download the registration form, visit www.tocSaipan.com. (TOC)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Add $10,000 more to the already impressive list of prizes that may be won at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":207170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6101,6088,3360,1057],"class_list":["post-207169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-atkins-kroll-toyota","tag-hillary-agulto","tag-pacifica-insurance","tag-toc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}