MACTAN, a military-operated layout which no team in the 66th Philippine Airlines Interclub field can claim to have familiarity with, will be the site of Day 1 action of the Men’s Regular championship starting tomorrow.
Cebu Country Club (CCC), a traditional course which has been a landmark at the heart Cebu City, will host the second and final rounds as its club bets shoot to win the event for the second straight year.
Also a par-72 like CCC, Mactan will be the site for the third day, which could prove what CCC general manager Jeric Hechanova right when he said that it could be the turning point of the tournament.
While CCC will have relatively sleek and well-manicured greens, Mactan will have slow greens.
Cebu CC will be shooting for back-to-back wins for the first time in its PAL Interclub participation and it will be bannered by basically the same team that ruled the event last year at the Apo Golf and Rancho Palos Verdes courses in Davao.
Alabang will parade a youthful side while Del Monte, the champion two years ago in Cagayan de Oro and Bukidnon, has also remained practically intact.
One heavy contributor for Cebu CC last year who won’t be around this time is Gio Gandiongco, the cool and calculating teenager who is in a golf scholarship in the United States. Still, the core of the title-winning CCC remains intact led by Jovi Neri, Mark Dy, Marko Sarmiento, Lloyd Jefferson Go, Bayani Garcia, Ramontito Garcia and Eric Deen with newcomer Andre Borromeo, who will be taking over the spot vacated by Gandionco. /PR with Correspondent Jonas Panerio