{"id":3204,"date":"2012-01-30T03:20:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T03:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2012-01-30T03:20:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T03:20:02","slug":"piamonte-is-2011-fil-taga-golfer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/piamonte-is-2011-fil-taga-golfer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Piamonte is 2011 Fil-Taga Golfer of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Walter J. Sutherland<br \/>\nReporter<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/imgupload\/issx9999ns116118.jpg\" alt=\"Fil-Taga members pose for a group photo before the opening round of the 2011 Golfer of the Year tournament at the Kingfisher Golf Links on Jan. 15. (Contributed Photo)\" width=\"100\" height=\"56\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0 Raffy Piamonte was named 2011 Fil-Taga Golfer of the Year after ruling the season-ending competition at the Marianas Country Club.<\/p>\n<p>Piamonte shot a net 74 in the second round of the final event at the Marpi course on Jan. 22 for a two-round total of 145. He carded a net 71 in the opening round played on Jan. 15 at the Kingfisher Golf Links after tallying a 53 and 50 on the front and back nines. In the second round, Piamonte logged a 53 in the first nine holes and a 49 in the last.<\/p>\n<p>For his feat, Piamonte took home a trophy, $300 cash prize, and free round of golf courtesy of MCC Piamonte edged co-runners up Ruben Avendano and Rene Batallones by a stroke, while William Retardo rounded out the Top 4 with a combined net score of 149.<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen of the 21 registered golfers completed both rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s event also coupled as the club&#8217;s January Ace of the Month tournament.<\/p>\n<p>James Mitchell and Richard Atalig topped a field of 28 golfers to take the January Ace titles. Since over 20 participants turned out for the 2012 season-opening event, by rule the tournament was divided into two groups.<\/p>\n<p>B field&#8217;s Mitchell posted a 41 on the front nine and finished the round with a 51 on the back for a gross score of 93 that adjusted into a net count of 70.<\/p>\n<p>Atalig grossed a 42 on the first nine holes and pulled into the clubhouse with another 42 for a raw card of 84, which was calculated into a net 71. The pair won modest cash prizes and entrees to the 2012 finale tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Batallones settled for another runner-up finish as he came just one shot short of taking the January Ace honors. He grossed an 82 for a net score of 73, while Retardo turned in a gross 81 for a net 74 that tied Piamonte, Randy Tudela, and Jess Yumul for fourth place. Tudela and Yumul grossed a 101 and 104, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Filtaga&#8217;s next event is slated for Feb. 19 at MCC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Walter J. Sutherland Reporter \u00a0 Raffy Piamonte was named 2011 Fil-Taga Golfer of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}