{"id":22271,"date":"2012-06-21T07:43:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T07:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=22271"},"modified":"2012-06-21T07:43:26","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T07:43:26","slug":"mayors-cup-in-rota-tees-off-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mayors-cup-in-rota-tees-off-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor’s Cup in Rota tees off Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Walter J. Sutherland
\nReporter<\/div>\n

The Rota Mayor’s Office will be holding the inaugural Mayor’s Cup Golf Tournament this Saturday at the Rota Resort & Country Club.<\/p>\n

Show time is set for 6:30am with a 7:30am shotgun start.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe invite golfers from Saipan, Guam, and Tinian to spend the weekend with us on Rota for a nice change of scenery out on the links,\u201d said CNMI Office of the 13th Rota Municipal Council chairman George Hocog over the phone yesterday.<\/p>\n

Hocog noted that they hope to make the Mayor’s Cup an annual event. He added that tourists are also more than welcome to participate.<\/p>\n

Prize packages will be awarded to the Top 3 gross score winners and double-peoria\/net score finishers. Prizes will also be issued to the fourth through 15th net finishers.<\/p>\n

The top finisher in the double-peoria scoring will receive $1,000, free entry into the coveted Tournament of Champions Tournament, and a round trip ticket from Freedom Air. Second placer wins $300, a bottle of wine, and a golf towel and third finisher receives $100 and a new golf bag.<\/p>\n

The golfer with the lowest gross score wins $300, entry into August’s TOC event, and a round trip ticket fom Freedom Air. The second best gross finisher gets $200, a bottle of wine, and a golf towel, and the third placer wins $100 and a golf bag. Other prizes for the remaining 12 finishers (net scores) include local airline tickets, hotel stays, various gift certificates, and other miscellaneous items.<\/p>\n

In addition, there are two hole-in-one prizes on No. 7 and 14, along with a pair of closest to the pin and long drive prizes. Moylan Underwriting Insurance will be giving away $10,000 to the golfer who manages to sink No. 7 from the tee, while the Rota Mayor’s office puts up $3,000 for an ace on No. 14.<\/p>\n

Entrance fee is only $110 per player, which includes admittance into the awards banquet. The tournament is limited to 70 players. Upon registration, refunds will not be honored to no-shows; other cancellation fees also apply.<\/p>\n

Special group rates for room accommodation, airfare, and one practice round are available. The one-night packages (June 23) are available for $381 a couple, $544 for three, $707 for four, and $870 for groups of five. Two-night (June 22-23) packages are listed at $502 for two, $698 for three, $894 for foursomes, and $1,090 for parties of five.<\/p>\n

Three-night packages (June 22-24) are available for $623 per couple, $762 for three, $961 for four and $1,160 for five.<\/p>\n

Freedom Air, Mobil Oil, Fiesta Resort & Spa, Holiday Resort Guam, Caf\u00e9 Air, Pacific Islands Club, Islander Rent-A-Car, Coral Ocean Point Resort Club, and National Office Supply are sponsoring the inaugural competition.<\/p>\n

Hocog, CNMI Office of the 13th Rota Municipal Council’s chief of staff Steve Mesngon, vice chair Arvin Ogo, Rota Mayor’s Office’s chief of staff Efrain Atalig, and Rota Resort & Country Club’s Ephrain Tipa coordinated the event.<\/p>\n

For more information, call (670)-532-1155, local 4300, or email rrcc_clubhouse@pticom.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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