Maroon Cup: Wrapping Up
Just as in any other tournament, the UP Golf’s Maroon Cup commenced as scheduled on Monday, April 16, despite undergoing a seemingly uphill battle and being surrounded by external factors. How many would be actually playing? What was the weather going to be? Could there be a shortage of supplies? In that sense, a tournament and its turnabouts mirror a common quality with the game of golf – unpredictability.
Nevertheless, unpredictability is a tool that can measure one’s capacity to adapt, maneuver, and rise to the challenge. Therefore, we, the UP Golf Team, can proudly say two things: that the tournament did not give in to any of these factors, and that we have successfully completed another chapter in our book of tradition.
Once more, we would like to congratulate the winners and record-holders of the tournament in the various categories:
Winners
Over-all Champion: JIN HO KIM, GRS 73
Low Gross Champion: PHIL KYU CHO, GRS 71
Class A:
Champion: SANG JIN JUNG, GRS 73
Runner-up: TOMAS JOSON, GRS 74
Class B:
Champion: JI YOUNG SHIN, GRS 86
Runner-up: ED BOLAÑOS, GRS 87
Class C:
Champion: ROLLY QUINTAN, GRS 97
Runner-up: MOISES BALON, GRS 106
Women’s Champion: HAE NA KIM, GRS 75
Women’s Runner-up: REG DE GUZMAN, GRS 78
Record-holders
Longest drive: HOLE # 16 MR. PHIL KYU CHOI, 311 yards
Nearest to the pin: HOLE #13 MR. JOHN ESTRADA, 38 inches
Most accurate: HOLE # 12 MR. KASUJI NAGAYA, 48 inches
We would also like to thank all the participants who invested time, sweat, patience, and effort to take part in our event, including the recipients of Hole-in-one prizes (on every par 3). We hope you enjoyed not only the tournament, but as well as the accompanying raffle prizes to take home. Without your presence, the Maroon Cup could not have been as eventful and memorable. We hope to see you in another team event in the future!
The Maroon Cup is co-presented by San Miguel Corporation and UP Golf Team, Inc.
In partnership with Forest Hills Golf and Country Club
Our sponsors: Loro, On The Tee, 100 Plus, Summit, Asia Brewery, Bank of the Philippines, Planet Sports, Arena Sports, K Swiss, San Benito Wellness, Garnier, Meralco, Toyota Balintawak, Allied Bank, Alveo Ayala Land, Mega World Corporation, Sherwoods Hills Golf and Country Club, SMB Takes you to the Philippines, Duty Free Philippines, Northern Islands, 3D, Belson Securities, Excellent Golfing Partners, Boracay Island Adventures, Amaia Land Corporation, Suriya Spa, Ottica, and Fury.
Our hole-in-one sponsors: MeisterAsia Inc, Mizuno, Delta Airlines
And last but most certainly not least, our media partners: Impact Magazine, Golfph.com
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