Gan-Vinluan team-up nets Bill Shaw Golf championship

MANILA, Philippines – Oliver Gan and Erwin Vinluan combined for a 196 to capture the overall championship in the recent 20th Bill Shaw Golf Classic at Wack Wack's West Course in Mandaluyong City. Gan teamed up with Vinluan, a former national team player, to produce a 62 in the best-ball format, before the duo shot a 134 aggregate in the second round topping the member-guest team tournament held in honor of the club's founder. Lucio Tan Jr. and JR Tanpinco copped the low gross honors with a 289, off a 62 best-ball score and a 142 in the aggregate format of the annual event presented by Mercedes Benz and CATS Motors. Raoul Jorge and Richard Santos teamed up for a 196 to lead the division winners. Jorge and Santos shot a 62 in the best-ball and 134 in the aggregate to bag the Group I title, nipping the tandems of Hubert Lim-Dominic Hing (62-134-196) and Neptali Gonzales II-Gene Sison (62-134-196) in the countback. Jonathan Ng and Jerry Tan also pooled a 196 (62 and 134) to edge the tandems of Mario Padilla and Steve Gerona, and William Gatchalian and Willy Maldia, which also turned in the same scores in the countback to capture the Group II plum. Augusto Pardo and Bibly Macaya made a 196 (62-134) to beat Edward Huang and Telesforo Gana (63-136-199) and William Tan and Raymond Ang (64-135-199) for the Group III trophy. – GMANews.TV