THE Ladies Philippine Golf Tour makes a stop in San Pedro, Laguna for the first time in 10 years as it holds the ICTSI Hallow Ridge Challenge beginning this Wednesday at the former KC Filipinas/TAT Filipinas course that underwent a major facelift last year to conform to championship standards.
Now named as Filipinas Golf Hallow Ridge, the par-72 course situated on sprawling hills is expected to provide a different kind of test for the touring ladies, who are coming off a challenging campaign at the tight, demanding Luisita layout in Tarlac last week.
The contenders in this week’s P750,000, 54-hole tournament have already sampled the layout set up on a rolling terrain where fully-grown trees line up the fairways, noting the firm greens with subtle slopes and hazards that come into play in most holes, especially in the presence of wind, will be their main concern in pursuit of leg honors.
“For me, it’s a different course, a challenging one, particularly in reading the greens with slopes,” said Princess Superal, who will banner the compact field that includes last year’s Order of Merit champion Harmie Constantino and fellow leg winners Daniella Uy, Sunshine Baraquiel and Chanelle Avaricio.
The five leading players are all geared up for a three-day battle of shotmaking and iron play and a short game that has always been a key to any title run in the country’s premier circuit put up by ICTSI the past decade.
