{"id":340073,"date":"2021-03-11T06:02:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T20:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=340073"},"modified":"2021-03-11T06:02:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T20:02:36","slug":"krishnan-named-2020-ace-of-aces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/krishnan-named-2020-ace-of-aces\/","title":{"rendered":"Krishnan named 2020 Ace of Aces"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_340074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340074\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Krishnan-pix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-340074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Das Krishnan shows off his championship trophy and winnings after topping the 2020 Saipan Golfers Association Ace of Aces Tournament. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Das Krishnan won the championship of 2020 Ace of Aces Tournament after shooting a two-round net score of 129 in the Saipan Golfers Association season-ending competition. <\/p>\n<p>Krishnan, who won the monthly tournament last May, shot a net 60 in Round 1 of the tournament at the Kingfisher Golf Links last Feb. 28. <\/p>\n<p>The Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa Saipan F&amp;B director fired a 38 in the front nine before retiring to the club house with a 40 in the back nine for a gross score of 78. By virtue of his 12 handicap, Krishnan was able to set the score to beat that day. <\/p>\n<p>In Round 2 of the tournament at the Coral Ocean Resort golf course last March 7, Krishnan continued his good play with a net score of 69, built around a 42 in the front nine and 39 in the back nine. <\/p>\n<p>Alex Tudela, who won the October ace, came in second place after finishing seven strokes behind Krishnan with a 136 net score. The 10-handicapper scored a net 65 in Round 1 in the strength of a 36 in the front and 39 in the back for a gross of 75. <\/p>\n<p>In the second round, Tudela came away with a net score of 71 after firing 41 in the front nine and 40 in the back nine for a gross of 81. <\/p>\n<p>Frances Sablan completed the Top 3 with a two-round net score of 141. Sablan scored a net 69 in the first round after the 30-handicapper had a gross of 99 (49-50). She then made a net 72 in the second round when she totaled a gross of 102 (53-49). <\/p>\n<p>Completing the Top 5 wereJune ace Larry Deleon Guerrero (net 146) and September ace John \u201cNanni\u201d Cruz (net 150). <\/p>\n<p>In the closest to the pin for Day 1, Tony Deleon Guerrero won in hole No. 6 and No. 15; Rene Batallones won in hole No. 8; and Krishnan won in hole No. 12. <\/p>\n<p>For Day 2, Mariano Fajardo won in hole No. 3; Tony Benavente won hole No. 7; Cruz won hole No. 12; and Krishnan took hole No. 14. <\/p>\n<p>The longest drive in Day 1 was won by Cruz in hole No. 9 and Nick Sablan in hole No. 18. For Day 2, Rick Kautz won in hole No. 1 and Alex Tudela won in hole No. 18. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Das Krishnan won the championship of 2020 Ace of Aces Tournament after shooting a two-round&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":340075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340073","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}