Golf as demo UAAP sport gets going at Midlands
All eyes will be on De La Salle as UAAP golf finally makes its long-awaited debut in Season 88 as a demonstration sport on Monday at demanding Tagaytay Midlands. But while the Taft-based squad enters as the clear team to beat, a determined field of rivals is primed to challenge that status on a course that promises no favors.
Coming off a dominant sweep of last year’s ICTSI Intercollegiate Tournament, La Salle carries both momentum and expectation into the historic four-day event. But with Ateneo, UST, UP and Adamson retooling and intensifying their preparations in the offseason, the battle for supremacy seems wide open.
The tournament features a 72-hole aggregate will play stroke as teams field three to four players per round from rosters of four to six, counting the best three scores for the team total.
Only those who complete all four rounds will qualify for individual honors.
Spicing up the UAAP golf week is the second staging of the ICTSI Intercollegiate Tournament, which has attracted 18 teams, including 13 in the men’s division, following the same format used in the UAAP golf competition.
Powerhouse schools La Salle and Ateneo banner the field, joined by Enderun Colleges, Mapúa University, San Beda University and College of Saint Benilde. Each school will be fielding two teams like the Green Archers and the Blue Eagles.
