Golf entrepreneur Gary Sales and guest partner Ricky de los Santos seized the lead in the overall gross division after two rounds in the Fore by Four Invitational team championships at the Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club in General Trias, Cavite over the weekend.
Sales and De los Santos combined for 65 points at the Faldo course and shot 46 points in the scramble format at Aoki for a two-round total of 111 points, three points ahead of the tandem of Ireneo Arbues and Kerwin Wong.
Arbues-Wong came through with the best score at Faldo with 68 but lost ground at Aoki with 40 points.
Running third with 106 points were Angelito Sortijas and Allen Embuscado.
In the overall net class, Francis Taylan and Mark Maltizo took a hefty 10-point lead after assembling 157 points — 76 at Faldo and 81 at Norman.
Raymund Custodio-Anly Custodio and Richard Knight-Rodel Rada came in second and third with 147 and 146, respectively.
The other leading tandems are:
Ireneo Arbues-Kerwin Wong in Division 1, Constantino-Navarro-Rodolfo Brobio in Division 2, Marino Torres-Gerald Castillo in Division 3, Francis Taylan-Mark Maltizo in Division 4, Marienelle Sales-Anniedole Salas in the Ladies, Nina Kersey-Cleo Thornton in the Member-Member, Alexander Marinas-Ricky Asentista in the Guest-Guest and Jerome Ngo-Park Seung Jin in the Sponsors bracket.
All four courses of Eagle Ridge are used for the tournament spread into two weekends.
The event resumes on Saturday and Sunday.
The leading 10 teams in each division:
OVERALL GROSS: Gary Sales-Ricky de los Santos 111 (65-46), Ireneo Arbues-Kerwin Wong 108 (68-40), Angelito Sortijas-Allen Embuscado 106 (65-41), Lindsey Salilig-Efren Alvez 105 (66-39), Mike Acobera-Jon Baron 97 (54-43), Jun de Leon-Bernard Morillo 97 (55-42), Lee Tong Wha-Boysie Rosales 96 (52-44), Dante Felizarta-Romeo Lopez 91 (46-45), Mark Lester Macaranas-Ryan Lorenzo 90 (53-37), Carlo Antonio Ilagan-Alex Erasmo 89 (53-36).
OVERALL NET: Francis Taylan-Mark Maltizo 157 (76-81), Raymund Custodio-Anly Custodio 147 (70-77), Richard Knight-Roel Rada 146 (73-73), Robert Tan-Nelson Ong 142 (74-68), Jessie Racimo-Steve Santillan 137 (71-66), Carlos Garcia-Josefino Lanuncia 137 (68-69), Cesar Dones-Nabil Suleiman 137 (72-65), Marino Torres-Gerald Castillo 134 (46-88), Richard Bernardino-Ascutia Santiago 133 (46-87), Nick Gatdula-James Jaudian 133 (65-68).
DIVISION 1: Ireneo Arbues-Kerwin Wong 129 (86-43), Angelito Sortijas-Allen Embuscado 127 (83-44), Lindsey Salilig-Efren Alvez 125 (83-42), Jun de Leon 121 (76-45), Gary Sales-Ricky de los Santos 118 (72-46), Carlo Antonio Ilagan-Alex Erasmo 113 (74-39), Mike Acobera-Jon Baron 111 (66-45), Ryan Lorenzo-Mark Lester Macaranas 110 (70-40), Lee Tong Wha-Boysie Rosales 110 (64-46), Dante Felizarta-Romeo Lopez 106 (60-46).
DIVISION 2: Constantino Navarro-Rodolfo Brobio 87 (43-44), Jose Tan-Charly Azucena 86 (40-46), Abelardo Ulgado-Reggie Torres 85 (39-46), Marion Allam-Sam Villanueva 85 (41-44), Gil Ruetas-Manolo Buri 84 (41-43), Mollie Antonil-Mar Rodelas 83 (37-46), Harvey Cobankiat-Lim Dexter Yu 82 (36-46), Lucio Jun Horfilla-Randy Luis Anastacio 82 (39-43), Jesus Valle-Ed Abesamis 81 (39-42), Rodel Buan-Armando Lustre 81 (35-46).
DIVISION 3: Marino Torres-Gerald Castillo 134 (46-88), Richard Bernardino 133 (46-87), Antonio del Rosario-George Ramos 129 (46-83), Jerry Calimlim-Arnaldo Carlo 127 (42-85), Rossano Torres-Godwin Belandres 122 (46-76), Gus Velayo-Albert Jovallanos 121 (46-75), Amable Tolentino-Rodolfo Bautista 120 (42-78), Paulo Guevarra-Jared Sto. Tomas 119 (43-76), Abiel Bugas-Robert Empedrad 117 (42-75), Roberto Layson-Salvador Aque 117 (45-72).
DIVISION 4: Francis Taylan-Mark Maltizo 157 (81-76), Raymund Custodio-Anly Custodio 147 (77-70), Richard Knight-Roel Rada 146 (73-73), Robert Tan-Nelson Ong 142 (68-74), Jessie Racimo-Steve Santillan 137 (66-71), Carlos Garcia-Josefino Lanuncio 137 (69-68), Cesar Dones-Nabil Suleiman 137 (65-72), Nick Gatdula-James Jaudian 133 (68-65), Benito de Leon-Vincent Tiong 129 (65-64), Dante Quindoza-Jose del Rosario 126 (62-64).
LADIES: Marienelle Sales-Anniedole Salas 104 (69-35), Crystal Song-Maricel Amor 102 (63-39), Melody Hidalgo-Grace Woo 94 (61-33), Eden Hernandez-Jo Garcia 93 (55-38), Belle Villanueva-Florence Okiyama 90 (59-31), Stella Valle-Leonila Patricio 77 (42-35), Jocelyn Tiu-Imelda Yu 77 (52-25), Zhao Joy Wei-Joana He 74 (47-27), Marialyss Santos-Maria Erica Macaranas 69 (42-27), Teresa Uy-Ann de la Peña 66 (39-27), Evangeline Ang-Jessa Gumanoy 66 (43-23).
MEMBER-MEMBER: Nina Kersey-Cleo Thornton 159 (74-85), Park Sun Ok-Kim Yang Hee 154 (73-81), Ferdie Carlos-Donald Camero 150 (64-86), Andres Go-Lito Cacapit 150 (72-78), Ignoy Colorado-Tony Mendoza 147 (68-79), Phil Williamson-Son Jae Kon 142 (74-68), Rizaldo Roxas-Joel Dimas 142 (77-65), Ruby Ramos-Nuy Enriquez 135 (66-69), Lee Sung Shin-Jeon Yusom 133 (64-69), Jenery Seo-Noriko Suda 132 (69-63).
GUEST-GUEST: Alexander Marinas-Ricky Asentista 210 (70-140), Lyndon Pamintuan-Lee Dong Koo 213 (71-142), Lee Dong Ho-Mun Seong Gu 215 (72-143), Nemecio Escobinas-Elvin Panliboton 217 (69-148), Lee Doo Hwan-Seo Hyoung Woo 219 (71-148), Lee Doo Hwan Seo Hyoung Woo 219 (71-148), Hwang Chun Chel-Shin Chang Hoong 227 (73-154), Joseph Fagan-Marc Beaulin 227 (73-154), Roy Gomez-Erlando Ibanez 229 (73-156), Kim Jin Cheol-sung Chang Kyung 242 (73-169), Dominica Tolentino-Norberto Canque Jr. 286 (91-195).
SPONSORS: Jerome Ngo-Park Seung Jin 204 (141-63), Mu Ching Lung-Aimee Lee 210 (143-67), Romeo Francisco-Enrique Lauren 213 (143-70), Danny Buenafe-Alex Ngsy 217 (145-72), Allan Dungao-Ceferino Feliciano 218 (147-71), Dennis Calinog-Gerwin Chan 221 (149-72), Jay Medina-Djyd Collins Gonzales 234 (164-70), Stephen Kaw-Nadzrul Aqil 282 (139-143), Dorotheo Duhilag-Orlando Dy 285 (143-142), Jose Gonzales-Tony Ingala 287 (144-143).
