MONA Sarines and Javier Bautista hacked out a pair of narrow victories to share the 11-12 age division honors in the 18-hole stroke play format at Mount Malarayat last Monday and lead eight others to the national finals of the ICTSI JPGT Series.
Sarines carded a 78 highlighted with three straight birdies from No. 7 of Mt. Lobo for a 48-point output under the Molave points system as she pulled off a two-point win over Precious Zaragosa, who scored 46 points from a gross 80 with Lisa Sarines placing third with an 83 worth 43 points.
Bautista came through with an 85 worth 41 points to nip Jacobo Gomez, who made 38 points from a gross 88, while Matteo Gallardo carded a 90 for third with 36 points.
Also making it to the October national finals of the inaugural series put up by ICTSI are Zaragosa, Lisa Sarines, Tiffany Bernardino and Althea Bañez, while Aenzo Sulaik, Jacobo Gomez, Gallardo and Lujo Gomez will crowd Bautista in the culmination of the year-long circuit that also features the drive, chip and putt skills competition.
Chloe Rada posted an 84 worth 42 points as she topped the girls’ 13-14 category with two-leg winner Levonne Talion settling for second with 39 points from a gross 87 after edging Rafa Anciano, who also turned in an 87 for 39 points, in the countback.
The victory netted Rada a spot in the national finals as she wound up fourth in the overall standings topped by Talion. Anciano placed second while Monserrat Lapuz and Chloe Lim ended up Nos. 3 and 5 to claim the last two berths.
