Tizon ‘on cloud nine’ after nailing Mango Tee ace

Fernando Tizon scored the first hole-in-one at the 37th Mango Tee Invitational on Monday, calling his achievement a “grace from heaven.”

“I feel like I’m on cloud nine right now!” said Tizon, who used a driver on the eighth hole at the Alabang Country Club.

“Words can’t describe how happy I am.”

For his remarkable feat, Tizon received a P100,000 Casino Filipino free bet certificate, an Asia Traders Corp. Honma Iron (valued at P103,600), 3 Strokes merchandise worth P100,000, and Funky Monkey GCs valued at P50,000.

As Day 3 wrapped up, the first batch of participants had completed two rounds, setting the scores to beat for the remaining five days of the competition.

John Baron Garcia and David Serdenia led the overall gross division with 143, holding an 11-point advantage over Jerome Hernandez and Masaichi Otake.

In the overall net category, two teams — Miguel Villafuerte-Francis Francisco and Arbie Jacinto-Ramil Gutierrez — were tied for the lead with 160 points.

Jacinto and Gutierrez led the Platinum division, while Villafuerte and Francisco topped the Gold division. Nilo Cruz and Alex Bisuna led the Silver, and Rafael Garcia-Enrique Camacho were in front in the Bronze division.

The top five scores in each category:

OVERALL GROSS — John Baron Garcia-David Serdenia 143 (73-70), Jerome Hernandez-Masaichi Otake 132 (62-70), Miguel Villafuerte-Francis Francisco 110 (55-55), Rhoneil Cousart-Arnold Pulido 108 (46-62), George Cabarrus-Ryan Rizada 107 (46-61).

OVERALL NET — Miguel Villafuerte-Francis Francisco 160 (80-80), Arbie Jacinto-Ramil Gutierrez 160 (80-80), John Baron Garcia-David Serdenia 155 (79-76), Rafael Garcia-Enrique Camacho 151 (77-74), Brian Cabral-Carmelo Velasco 151 (84-67).

PLATINUM — Arbie Jacinto-Ramil Gutierrez 160 (89-71), John Baron Garcia-David Serdenia 155 (79-76), Brian Cabral-Carmelo Velasco 151 (84-67), Ramon Osmena-Ron Palad 147 (77-70), Michael Manotoc-Nikh Genomal 144 (69-75).

GOLD — Miguel Villafuerte-Francis Francisco 160 (80-80), Enrico Tensuan-Paul John Reyes 145 (67-78), Alan Reyes-Harvey Ringler 142 (75-67), Robert Limcaco-Paul Genito 141 (75-67), Boni Pimentel-Luis Sajorda 140 (70-70).

SILVER — Nilo Cruz-Alex Bisuna 144 (68-76), Fernando Tizon-Hector Villanueva 139 (76-63), Amando Sauler-Juno Sauler 137 (71-66), Danilo Garcia-Bot Meroy 136 (67-69), Jessie Castillo-Josephine Co 134 (61-73), Aristotle Batuhan-Ferdinand Golez 134 (61-73), Frederic Sulit-Nikko Magsanoc 134 (62-72), Miguel Magsaysay-Kevin Atendido 134 (73-61).

BRONZE — Rafael Garcia-Enrique Camacho 151 (77-74), Rodolfo Plaza-Paolo Plaza 150 (79-71), Cesar Diomampo-Larry Marinas 148 (65-83), Marion Raagas-Oliver Hamsirani 147 (77-70), Carl Constantino-Martin Mediana 143 (68-75).