BCDA eyes Q3 bid for John Hay Golf management
State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is set to bid out by the third quarter of this year the long-term operation and maintenance of John Hay Golf in Camp John Hay, Baguio City.
This is according to BCDA president and CEO Joshua Bingcang, who said in a roundtable with the Inquirer that the agency is looking at a 25-year contract for the 18-hole golf course, one of the properties it regained control of in 2025.
Once bidding is completed, management of the golf course will transition from the current consortium of Golfplus Management Inc. and DuckWorld Philippines, whose interim operations and maintenance contract was extended only until 2026.
Golfplus has managed premium driving ranges in Nuvali and Alviera, while DuckWorld Philippines is a sports management and marketing agency.
Their consortium took over operations of the golf course in January 2025.
Spanning 5,517 yards, John Hay Golf features 69 pars and 419 fairways. The facility also includes a range of premium amenities, including a jacuzzi, sauna, banquet halls and conference facilities.
It was opened to the public in 2025 after the BCDA, the government-owned and -controlled corporation tasked with transforming former US military bases into productive civilian assets, regained control of the 247-hectare Camp John Hay following a 2024 Supreme Court ruling.
Bingcang previously said the BCDA’s vision was to transform John Hay Golf into the country’s “best” publicly accessible golf course.
Ahead of the bidding, however, the BCDA is addressing remaining issues related to the Camp John Hay takeover after successfully recovering the property from developer Robert John Sobrepeña’s firm in 2025 following a decade-long legal dispute that reached the Supreme Court.
New master plan, segregation
In the same interview with Inquirer editors, Bingcang said “all” cases filed against the BCDA had been dismissed, and that the agency is now focused on executing new lease agreements with tenants, with terms of 25 years and an option to renew for another 25 years.
Among the remaining issues is the proposed segregation of 13 barangays within Camp John Hay.
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