Rub of the green

11/09/2024

15th EAGLEMASTER GOLF Davao EagleMasters Golf Tournament

The city of Davao once again will be the battle ground for golf’s biggest spectacle of the year. National in scope but with shade of international flavor this year’s event surely will attract the best clubs in the country.

Organizers limit the number of entries to the first 150 teams or 750 individual golfers on a first come first serve basis depending on their reservations to vie for top honors in this Four-day tourney.
With over 10 million worth of Hole in One and raffle prizes at stake, the four-day tournament will be co-hosted by Davao City’s three golf courses from September 19 to 22,2024 with practice rounds for paid entries on September 16-18,2024.

A Toyota Veloz will be raffled off during the awards and fellowship night for separate ticket amounting to 2,500 with limited quantity is up for grabs and is open for everybody

31/03/2024

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It’s already a week after The Players Championship but here I am still in the state of denial. Of disbelief. Of what ifs? I must admit that I bet my marbles on Xander Schauffele to emerge victorious on this so called the fourth major of golf but unluckily lady luck frowned on him. Xander is nerv

19/03/2024

Congratulations winners.

Using his 8-handicap to the hilt, Miggy Dizon tamed the difficult Apo Golf and Country Club with 75 points to bag the low gross title for the club’s March monthly medal tournament. Joining Dizon in the winner's circle is 17-handicapper Ariel Roca who got his share of honors by taking the overal

14/03/2024

Of LIV-PGA merger, color of money,Deal or no deal

Imagine yourself as a professional golfer in the PGA, playing on a weekly basis on the tour and now distracted when a threat, a breakaway group is looming in the horizon. The threat is for real but assurances were made that the said breakaway group, the Saudi-backed LIV golf will eventually fold

12/03/2024

Look: J Montillo Memorial golf tourney results.

After week of sweltering heat, the sunbaked Apo Golf provided the needed challenge to more than 200 brave golfers who answered the two shotgun starts on Saturday for the First Very Worshipful and Illustrious Jonathan Montillo Memorial golf tournament in Apo Golf and Country Club. And indeed, Apo

10/03/2024

Of life,golf and mudic.

Life is a sport. Golf is more serious. Music is the great equalizer. It’s good to be back once again in my home base. Davao it is. Experienced once again the morning breeze brushing my cheek as we walked on the fairways of my home course, the Apo Golf. Nothing excites me in my morning routine tha

05/03/2024

All set for Montillo Memorial golf tourney

A strong field of 200 parbusters are expected to enjoy the golfing fellowship in the First Sir Jonathan D Montillo Memorial Golf tournament to be held on Saturday March 9,2024 at the challenging Apo Golf and Country Club. “This tournament is co presented by our family in memory of our father, the

02/03/2024

That’s golf, you need to move on after each shot, leave the past behind and let the succeeding good shots cover the bad ones just like covering the divots with scoop of sand.

“There is no excuse my friend, you’re breaking my heart again” goes that popular song of the nineties by the boyband Michael learns to rock, same favorite song that my kumpadre Neil Bravo would belt out, drowning our expletives every time we hit those bad shots at the fairways. That’s golf y...

02/03/2024

Handicapping the playing field

What makes golf different from other sports? Too many factors if you ask me but the most glaring is the way that it promotes a level playing field and gives players the equal chance to compete with each other individually regardless of their level of skill. Whether you are a novice/beginner, an

02/03/2024

Valentines Day Golf

“I love you more than you love golf”, says the note on top of my golf set. I noticed that piece of paper at 4:45 in the morning on my way to play golf on the 14th of February. A tough choice. But the romantics on me prevailed. I dropped my bag at the backseat and start up my car. I cannot afford

03/09/2023

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22/08/2023

Congratulations Recovery 5:30 Golf championship winners

The inaugural First Recovery 5:30 Golf Championship turned out just as advertised -- richest, biggest and the most tightly fought. When the smoke of battle cleared, Team Boy Tan 2 emerged as the biggest winner following a nip and tuck battle for the overall title in the premiere Class A division