It was a different kind of driving for the automotive industry last June 23 as The Philippine STAR hosted its inaugural golf invitational tournament at the picturesque Valley Golf and Country Club in Antipolo City.
The event was also the occasion for the unveiling of PhilStar Wheels’ new logo and the relaunch of the wheels.ph website. PhilStar Wheels is the automotive print section of the newspaper while wheels.ph is the digital version.
The event was graced by close to five dozen avid golfers from various automotive distributors and dealers as well as banking executives among other guests. The Philippine STAR was represented by its President and CEO Miguel Belmonte, Executive Vice President Lucien Dy Tioco, and Vice President for Sales & Marketing Jay Sarmiento.
Among the tournament winners were Quintin Valte, who took the Lowest Gross honors with an 80, while Aaron Sorbito earned the Lowest Net with a 69.
Doun Yatco, Romerico Macalintal and Francoise Denyse Fainsan emerged as class champion. Yatco (80-10-70) was the Class A champion with Marc Christian Yu and Willy Tee Ten as runners-up while Macalintal (99-28-71) edged Mikio Tsukui and Dennis Fronda for Class B plum. Podium winners in the ladies class were content creator Fainsan (89-17-72), Mazda’s Julia Ira Jornada and PhilStar columnist Mary Ann Reyes.
Francis Ang took the Most Accurate Drive honors, Sorbito the Longest Drive, and Allan Chan Nearest to the Pin.
Sketchers Philippines was platinum sponsor while Kinetiqq Ph, Bistro Aurora, Thunder Automotive Parts, Ayala Corp. AC Mobility and MG were major sponsors in the event backed by Jetour, Toyota Motor Phils., Subic Sailing, Shangri-La Properties, Ortigas Land, Only Birdies PH, Be Bogey, Bethel General Insurance and Surety Corp., Foxcon Total Solutions, Pedro The Grocer, Dito Telecommunity Corp., Electric Garden, Herald Suites, Le Charme Suites Hotel, PartsPro Ph, Ramen Butcher, SMC Infrastructure, Sunset Swing Golf Range, Pag-IBIG Fund, Brittany Corp. and The Gud Marketing.
