BIZ BUZZ: UA&P’s golf ‘course’

We’ve all heard about the golf craze across the country, with nearly every developer racing to develop their own golf courses and take advantage of the growing interest from younger age groups.

Well, schools have taken notice, too.

University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) officially became the first university in the country to get the National Golf Association’s acknowledgement over its integration of golf into its Physical Education program.

This, after UA&P inked an agreement with Villaroman Golf Academy (VGA)—known for producing Olympic athletes Yuka Sado and Bianca Pagdanganan—to pioneer the new “golf course.”

“We look forward to developing a program that not only enhances skills but also nurtures integrity, patience and focus—qualities our students carry with them throughout life,” VGA president Carito Villaroman said in a statement on Thursday.

For their part, UA&P president John Philip Yeung said the integration is not just because of golf’s reputation as a “business sport.”

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“It is a game that develops men and women of character, men and women of integrity,” said Yeung. “We wanted to partner with VGA not because of their track record or their new facility in Aguinaldo that is very accessible to our students, but because of their shared emphasis on values formation through golf.”

Get ready for the new generation of golfers!