Briones-Tan duo tops 2nd RPV 2-Man Best Ball Scramble

This story appeared on Page 21 of the October 30, 2019 issue of Mindanao Times. To download a copy, visit www.bit.ly/MindanaoTimes

Davao City – Leaning on their long drives and steady putts, the pair of Addy Briones and Jing Tan emerged as this year’s Two-Man Best Ball Scramble tournament overall champion, Saturday (October 26) played at the Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club.

The pair of Addy Briones and Jing Tan receive their overall team gross champion trophies and signature sport bags from RPVGCC general manager Tommy Inigo during the awarding rites of the 2nd Two-Man Best Ball Scramble tournament. Also in photo is RPVGCC board of director Ting Castillo. (Photo by RPVGCC)

The youthful pair tallied 47 points to take the tournament’s second edition overall gross trophy as awarded by Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club manager Tommy Inigo.

Trailing Briones and Tan is the pair of Jing Gavino and Karloz Alba who settled for the Division 1 gross champion with 46 points while the pairs of Patrick Tan and Vincent Gumapac (45 points) and Lee Bong Hee and Kim IL Gyu (44 points) wound-up with the first and second team runners-up, respectively.

Ralph Garcia and EJ Casintahan took the Division II team gross title on a countback next to the duo of Randy Cadiogan and Johan Dalmacio after both tallied similar 41 points while Danny Nagayo and Bobby Dakudao finished with 40, good enough for the team second runner-up honors.

For Division III, Jun Metilla and Marven del Rosario bagged the team gross trophy with 39 points, via countback over Vincent Valdellon and Kim Min Su. The tandem of Charlie Bagara and Jong Magat had 36 points to complete the top three winners.
Philip Hazelwood and Tamio Sakurai shared the limelight by winning the Seniors Division team gross crown while Ben Gaite and Fred Bandong took the team first runner-up on a countback next to Vic Gonzales and Koichi Shoji with same 38 points.

The results: