Sales books Inquirer Golf tourney best spot

Gary Sales shall be spending a large bite of Tuesday at Villamor—the membership he represents—hitting some balls and dealing at his professional retail outlets as he awaits a foe for the second one around of Inquirer Golf’s National Tournament of Club Champions offered by means of Lexus.

The ex-tee boy-turned professional and now a success businessman crowned males’s department qualifying after capturing a one-under-par 71 at Eagle Ridge’s Faldo format on Monday, incomes a first-round bye like No. 2 Ace Stehmeier of Alabang and third-ranked Masaihici Otake of Tagaytay Midlands/Highlands.

“Just to make sure that I don’t get untracked,” Sales instructed the Inquirer in Filipino over the telephone, hours after being one among two avid gamers to crack par within the elite box of 3 divisions as he put his bid to win this tournament for the second one time in prime tools. “It’s a big thing, getting a first-round bye. Playing five straight days can get pretty exhausting.”

Sales gained the second one version of this trailblazing event when he became again Ricky delos Santos at Sta. Elena, 3&2, a few years again. He stated that this can be a giant factor for him in spite of the various successes that got here his means within the recreation and in trade.

“I want to prove to myself that I can still do it,” Sales, who helped Eastridge-Primehomes win the final PAL Interclub over powerhouse Manila Southwoods in Bacolod, stated. “That’s what drives me and I think that’s what drives many of the other players in this tournament.”

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Sales, who misplaced to Jun Jun Plana final yr, 2&1, additionally at Faldo, will watch for the winner of the Perry Bucay-Hidenobu Hirooka fit, whilst Stehmeier will tangle with the winner of the Ruel Cabral-Lawrence Celestino fit at the same time as Oscar Gallo earned best seeding in Senior play with a 70 and also will spend Tuesday waiting for his first opponent.

Ayala Greenfield’s Kyung Ae-kim gained best score within the Ladies bracket by means of a countback over Kyung Ae-roh of Riviera/Orchard and each may also be resting within the first around with Kim to tangle with the winner of the Jill Raymundo-Irena Jang fit and Roh to fight the victor between the Dennis Dennon-Young Ok-kim pairing.

Canlubang stalwart Abe Rosal certified 2d within the Senior department after capturing a 77 and drew Patrick Solano within the first around, with Rodel Mangulabnan and Theody Pascual, Interclub fixtures like Rosal, taking up Edgar Quiao and Euls Austin, respectively. INQ