Southwoods opens PH Open after P35-M course upgrade
CARMONA, CAVITE—Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club will open its gates to spectators free of charge for the 108th Philippine Open, giving Filipino golfers a chance to draw support from home fans when the $1-million tournament gets underway Thursday.
The club will also provide free parking and air-conditioned shuttle services to the Masters course, where a 132-player field will compete in Asia’s oldest national golf championship.
“It’s our club’s little way of making sure that our fans get that international feeling of watching some of the best players in the world compete,” Southwoods chairman Robert John Sobrepeña said. “And of course, we need our countrymen to be able to cheer our local bets.”
If parking spaces inside the club are filled, spectators will be directed to nearby Splash Island, where shuttle vehicles will provide continuous transportation to the course.
Southwoods has spent P35 million preparing the Masters layout for the Asian Tour event, with narrower fairways, thicker rough and faster greens expected to provide a stern test for the international field.
