CEBU CITY. – Orchard Golf and Country Club turned to its pair of junior golfers to take the fight out of its closest pursuers and rule the Founders division in the 74th Philippine Airlines Men’s Interclub golf team championships last Saturday.
Just two points ahead of Alabang and Riviera with two more teams within six points before the start of the final round, Orchard drew a tournament-best 40 points from Zachary Castro and 33 from Tristan Jefferson Padilla to shut the door on its rivals.
With Hongzheng Lu and Beejay Chua adding 32 and 25, Orchard amassed 130 points at the Cebu Country Club to cruise to a seven-point victory.
Riviera Golf Club struck through Eric Gozo’s 35 and Michael Mendoza’s 34 to take second place with 463 points. Other scorers were King Stehmeier and Richard Salcedo with 28 apiece.
Forest Hills settled for third with 455, drawing a pair of 32s from Augusto Pacheco and Jose Inigo Raymundo, a 31 from Joshua Nicolas Buenaventura and 26 from James Bryan Gosiaco.
It was also a close fight in the third-tier Aviator class with Alta Vista emerging on top with 425 points after closing with 103 points at Club Filipino de Cebu.
Cebu Country Club Team 2 came in second with 421 while Zamboanga took third with 417.
