{"id":305738,"date":"2019-08-12T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=305738"},"modified":"2019-08-12T06:00:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T20:00:43","slug":"mcdonalds-offers-5000-prize-for-toc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcdonalds-offers-5000-prize-for-toc\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s offers $5,000 prize for TOC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_305739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-305739\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/McDonalds-pix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-305739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">McDonald\u2019s of Saipan representatives and 24th Annual\u00a0Tournament\u00a0of Champions committee members pose with a $5,000 check.\u00a0 (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s of Saipan announced offered a cash award of $5,000 as a hole-in-one prize at the 24th Annual\u00a0Tournament\u00a0of Champions that took place over the weekend at the Laolao Bay Golf &amp; Resort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely happy to support the Governor\u2019s\u00a0Tournament\u00a0of Champions, which supports projects enhancing tourist areas in the CNMI,\u201d said Joe Ayuyu Jr., area supervisor of McDonald\u2019s of Saipan. \u201cWe are proud to be part of this year\u2019s\u00a0tournament\u00a0again with our company\u2019s hole-in-one prize contribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben Babauta,\u00a0tournament\u00a0director, said that McDonald\u2019s $5,000 hole-in-one contribution helps \u201cus build even more excitement and anticipation for this year\u2019s\u00a0tournament. We are grateful for the company\u2019s support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 24th Governor\u2019s\u00a0Tournament\u00a0of Champions took place last Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10, and 11, at the Laolao Bay Golf and Resort\u2019s east and west courses.\u00a0 Hundreds of thousands of dollars\u2019 worth of prizes were at stake in the two-day\u00a0tournament, including hole-in-one prizes that also include a 2019 Nissan Frontier donated by Joeten Motors, a 2019 Mazda CX-5 Sport and a 2019 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross donated by Triple J Motors, a 2020 Toyota Corolla donated by Atkins Kroll, a 2019 Buick Encore donated by Guam Auto Spot, $5,000 donated by Pacifica Insurance Underwriters, and McDonalds, and a year of free golf sponsored by Laolao Bay Golf &amp; Resort. There will also thousands of dollars\u2019 worth in other prizes that include mobile devices, gift certificates, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Platinum sponsors for the tournament included T Galleria, Triple J Motors, Laolao Bay Golf &amp; Resort, Marianas Visitor\u2019s Authority, and Chivas Regal.<\/p>\n<p>Gold sponsors included Chong\u2019s Corp., Blue Stone Management, Hyatt Regency Saipan, RNV Construction, Joeten Motors, Bridge Capital (CNMI) LLC, TanHoldings, Nike, and Saipan Computer Services.<strong> (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McDonald\u2019s of Saipan announced offered a cash award of $5,000 as a hole-in-one prize at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":305739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1057],"class_list":["post-305738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-toc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305738","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=305738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}