{"id":393949,"date":"2023-06-16T06:01:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=393949"},"modified":"2023-06-16T06:01:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:01:58","slug":"flor-jones-tops-june-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/flor-jones-tops-june-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"Flor Jones tops June tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_393928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-393928\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CWGA-pixwb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CWGA-pixwb.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-393928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flor Jones, second from right, poses with other CNMI Women\u2019s Golf Association members during the June monthly tournament last Saturday, June 10, at LaoLao Bay Golf &amp; Resort east course.\u00a0(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Flor Jones won CNMI Women\u2019s Golf Association\u2019s June monthly tournament last Saturday, June 10, at LaoLao Bay Golf &amp; Resort east course.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 46-year-old co-owner of Top Shelf Wine &amp; Spirits topped the six-player field with a net of 70 built around a gross of 85 (43-42).<\/p>\n<p>The 15-handicapper attributed her win last Saturday to being calm and collected on the Kagman golf course.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy game came together last Saturday in this tournament as I was able to keep the ball in play and my approach shots were mostly on point. The biggest factor was my putting\u2014no three-putts\u2014which has cost me in the past,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Manila-born but Mindanao, Philippines-raised Jones also said practicing some rounds before the June tourney definitely helped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI worked hard on my chipping and putting the week before the tournament and thankfully it paid off at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then dedicated her win to her fellow CWGA members, most especially the ladies that were part of her group last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suppose I should dedicate at least part of this win to the ladies in my foursome, particularly Yuko Togawa as she is always a good example on how to play golf. And I need to mention my husband as well, who has been giving me a lot of encouragement and tips on my putting stroke,\u201d said Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Coming in runner-up in the June tourney was Rose Rohringer who shot a net 77 (92, 46-46), while completing the Top 3 was Togawa with her net 81 (88, 40-48).<\/p>\n<p>Others who played in the June tourney, with their net scores in parenthesis, were Doll Yamagishi (82), Nirimai Koebel (85), and Terry Guerrero (91).<\/p>\n<p>The club continues to look for new members as the new season continues. For those interested in becoming a member of CWGA or for more information, contact CWGA president Yuko Togawa at 287-9856, vice president Lorraine Babauta at 287-0621, or treasurer Lou Kim at 783-7317.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flor Jones won CNMI Women\u2019s Golf Association\u2019s June monthly tournament last Saturday, June 10, at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":393927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393949","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\/393949","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}