Gil Faller and Domeng Cariaso blitzed the field at the Coral Ocean Point Golf Resort last Aug. 29 to capture the A and B Flight championships of Fil-Taga Golfers Association\u2019s August Ace Tournament.<\/p>\n
Faller actually finished third behind Mike Cruz and Ralph Yumul in A Flight. But since the two already won monthly titles this year, the August championship was awarded to Faller.<\/p>\n
Cruz and Yumul came away with identical net scores of even par 72. Faller, for his part, finished in a tie with Mando Guban after the two carded a two-over 74. But as luck would have it, Faller went all the way after edging Guban in a scorecard tiebreak.<\/p>\n
Jhun Calma finished fifth in the 11-man A Flight after coming through with a 3-over 75. <\/p>\n
The rest of the participants, and their scores in parenthesis, are as follows: Pete Reyes (76); Rey Ferraz (77); Jess Yumul (78); George Sablan (79); Ted Malaran (83); and Harry Kang (83).<\/p>\n
Cariaso, for his part, didn\u2019t need Lady Luck to smile at him in notching the win in B Flight.<\/p>\n
He won the championship outright after firing a 1-over 73. A shot back was Jun \u201cTiger\u201d Dela Cruz, who had to settle for second place, while third place honors belonged to 2004 Philippine Independence Day winner Glenna Palacios, who carded a 2-over 76.<\/p>\n
The rest of the field in B Flight, with their scores in parenthesis, are as follows: Nono Bostre (77); Nestor Siruelo (79); Mike Lamoureux (80); Greg De Torres (83); Manny Po (85); Jojo Dadivas (86); Don Dolenec (92); Henry Bautista (101); Tom Aguon (102); and Rene Ballesteros (116).<\/p>\n
The scores of Bautista, Aguon, and Ballesteros were not computed against a handicap because the three are new members, according to Fil-Taga.<\/p>\n
Winners of the monthly tournament in the A and B flights automatically qualify for the Fil-Taga Golfer of the Year Tournament. <\/p>\n
Ralph Yumul and his father Jess were the first two qualifiers for the 2004 yearend tournament. <\/p>\n
Ralph won the January ace of the month title, while Jess was the champion in February. William Retardo and Ted Malaran bagged the championships of the A and B Flights in March, respectively. <\/p>\n
The April champions were Harry Kang and Glenna Palacios, while May winners were Albert Pajarillaga and Nestor Siruelo.<\/p>\n
Joe Miranda and Father Manny Corcuera were June\u2019s Ace of the Month winners after topping the field in the side event of Fil-Taga\u2019s 106th Philippine Independence Day Tournament.<\/p>\n
Former president Rey Ferraz and newcomer Sandy Palon, meanwhile, ruled the greens and fairways last July.<\/p>\n
Established in 1993, Fil-Taga\u2019s tournaments operate under a computer-controlled handicap system that creates parity among players in the A and B Flights. <\/p>\n
A Fil-Taga Ace of the Month champion is crowned monthly. Regular tournaments are scheduled once a month, normally every third Sunday. Green fees are in the $35 to $40 price range for most tournaments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gil Faller and Domeng Cariaso blitzed the field at the Coral Ocean Point Golf Resort last Aug. 29 to capture the A and B Flight championships of Fil-Taga Golfers Association\u2019s August Ace Tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83861","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=83861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}