Aris Malantic and Armand Cajayon shot 57 points at the Highlands on Thursday to get a share of second place in the overall team division in the Belle Cup 2023.

They were tied with Ricardo Celino-Rudy Cabiltes and Markum Chua-Antonio Brias on 13-under, one shy of the pacesetting tandem of Darren Flores and Ronin Leviste.

Celino-Cabiltes and Chua-Brias played their first round at the Midlands.

The top three scores in each division:

MIDLANDS (par-72)
OVERALL TEAM — Darren Flores-Ronin Leviste 58, Ricardo Celino-Rudy Cabiltes 59, Markum Chua-Antonio Brias 59
BEST GROSS — Gab Macalaguim-Neil Arce 66, Raymund Sangil-Paolo Cagalingan 67, Lisandro Opulencia-Abraham Avena 67, Ricardo Celino-Rudy Cabiltes 67, Derrico Diamond Dimaunahan-Juan Santino Laurel 67
LADIES — Ma Teresa Arguelles Uy-Grace Woo 64, Stephanie Kyla Yap-Annika Cruz 67, Isidora Tizon-Ma. Bella Villanueva 67
GROUP I — Ricardo Celino-Rudy Cabiltes 59, Daniel Baetiong-Benjamin Castaneda 63, Gab Macalaguim-Neil Arce 65, Lisandro Opulencia-Abraham Avena 65, Oscar Lactao-Ronald Santos 65, Richard Tan-Wally Barzaga 65, Richard Tan-Wally Barzaga 65, Roberto Umali-Arnold Jumalon 65
GROUP II — Darren Flores-Ronin Leviste 58, Markum Chua-Antonio Brias 59, Roberto Ronquillo-Aurelio Gomez 60
GROUP III — Allan Santos-Jaime Jose Javier 60, Nilo Samia-Leopoldo Leyesa 61, Boris Mendoza-Joaquin Bilbao 61.

HIGHLANDS (par-70)
OVERALL TEAM — Aris Malantic-Armand Cajayon 57, Romeo de Leon-Michael Joaquin 58, Washington Ong-Tony Mangubat 59
BEST GROSS — Pierre Paul Carpio-Roy Nudalo 65, Carlos Jimenez-Raffy Mapua 66, Jean Marc Lagoutte-Wayne Deveton Kennedy 66
LADIES — Choi Myeonghee-Eden Chipman 63, Ermalene Limcaco-Christine Popp 64, Abby Lapid-Sarah Cruz 65
GROUP I — Ronnie Guico-Manolo Buri 61, Oliver Gan-Vince Hizon 62, Carlos Jimenez-Raffy Mapua 63, Jean Marc Lagoutte-Wayne Doveton 63, Romeo Joseph Ignacio-Angelito Romero 63
GROUP II — Aris Malantic-Armand Cajayon 57, Washington Ong-Tony Mangubat 59, Manuel Santos-Norman Patrick Santos 60, Ed Serapio-Manuel Zarcal 60, Chito Cruz-Joaquin Luis Cruz 60, Inigo Golingay-Rolando Rabutin 60
GROUP III — Romeo de Leon-Michael Joaquin 58, Jens Knuttel-Robert Leung 60, Joseph Renato Nubla-Alfred Chua 60