Baguio we came, we conquer?
Our trip to the Philippines was a success. We were all excited that finally, after a year of waiting our dream trip was finally realized. We went to Pulilan and stayed there for a night at Serge Oliva's residence..we were treated like kings..pampered and our needs taken care for...what more could we asked..on behalf of our delegation I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you Mr. and Mrs Oliva..for your kindness...and hospitable way..I want to apologize to my room mate Eric Ciar..sorry for my un-ending snoring..
FAGA Sends Three Teams to Baguio tour
The FAGA Fil Team at Baguio Country Club. From left: Bong Alorro, Nicky Arcilla, Orly Galang, Elmer Carido, Jojo Tan & Bernie Sta. Juana.
The FAGA Seniors team at Camp John Hay. From left: Del Eblacas, Gus Militar, Rene Sanchez, Boogie Rodrigo & Billy Vidal.
The FAGA AM team at Camp John Hay. From left: Eric Ciar, Serge Oliva & Zaldy Mabalot. Not in picture - Bernie Sta. Juana and Venny Jordan.
Jason Sales Gonzales Finishes at the NYC Marathon
Jason S. Gonzales running the NYC Marathon |
Jeff Labrador is 2009 Player of the Year; Samlo wins Match Play
The Filam Golfers Association (FAGA) concluded their final outing of the season with the Match Play finals at Pine Ridge in Coram, NY which saw Samantha Lopez-Edwards edge out George Javier, 5 and 4.
It was a defining moment for Lopez-Edwards, who shot a gross 87 (net 61) and in the process also bagged the final major trophy of the year – Champion of Champions.
“This is all I’ve ever wanted – to be the best match player this season,” Lopez-Edwards said. “George is a great player and he gave all his best. But I guess I am the lucky one today,” she continued.
Team Orange Wins Team Championships
Team Orange, composed of George Javier, Ricky Camacho, Nick Salubayba and team captain Cesar Echavez, won the 2009 Team Championships at the torturous Grand Cascades in Hamburg, NJ with a stableford aggregate score of 63 points beating Team Green by one point.
Team Green - Efraim Carballo, Jerry Pabalan, Joey Bote and Lito Mijaro - led the team scoring until the last flight came in and Echavez posted the winning margin for Team Orange.
Team Black with Noel Blumenau, Nelson Perez, Eric Ciar and Lito Rabino took third with 55 points.
At the match play semi-finals, Samantha Lopez beat Joey Bote in the last hole with a 10-foot putt to barge into the finals for a showdown with George Javier who handily beat Dr. Edgar Lerias.
 Team Orange - from left: Ricky Camacho, Cesar Echavez, Nick Salubayba & George Javier. |
Samantha Lopez-Edwards Wins FAGA Open; Ross Ola Takes Seniors
Inspite of penalizing herself one stroke when she accidentally moved her ball before putting, Samantha Lopez wins the FAGA Open by a single stroke over Nilo Pascual with a net 65 at Beaver Brook.
Lopez also took care of business in the second round of match play by beating Dr. Sam Bangug - 6 and 5.
Ross Ola took the Senior Open honors shooting a net 65 with a lot of room spare beating his closest rivals by 4 strokes.
Willy Libid Wins FAGA Masters
For a brief moment, Willy Libid never thought that a major trophy was on the line. He was just thinking about the task at hand - that is to beat his opponent in the first round of the Match Play.
Not only did he handily beat Tonette David, he won the FAGA Masters by a single stroke over earstwhile leader Danny Velasquez, who struggled mightily with his driver until it was too late to salvage his game. Libid's net score of 201 in three outings bested the field composed of Velasquez (202), Samantha Edwards (204), Nick Salubayba (206) and Jeff Labrador (206).
The tall fescues did a lot of damage yesterday and the high winds only exacerbated the matter even for the best all-weather players. All four monster par-3's made every golfer cringe on their seat, even with a BMW 650Ci hole-in-one prize on the 172 yard #6 up for grabs.
FAGA is now on Twitter!
