Togawa, Jones win annual CWGA tourney

Noriko Togawa and Shirlyn Jones topped the CNMI Women’s Golf Association Members Annual Two-Day Golf Tournament held over the weekend at the Laolao Bay Golf Resort.

Togawa topped the competition based on gross scores, while Jones was without peer in the net scores department.

Five strokes ahead of her nearest rival, Togawa reigned supreme with her Day 1 and Day 2 accumulated score of 159.

The Japanese par-buster kicked off her campaign with an 82 following a 42 in the front and a 40 in the back last Saturday. She solidified her stranglehold of first place with a superb 77 on Sunday following an 18-hole performance of 40 and 37. She finished the event with an average gross of 79.5.

Shiori Onoue finished second to the CWGA president with her 164, followed by Terry Tudela’s 167, Kim Yang’s 168, and Yuko Togawa’s 178.

Jones, for her part, finished the Saturday and Sunday affair at the Kagman golf venue with a net score of 147, which translates to an average of 73.5.

She shot identical 43s in the front and back nines of the east course on Saturday to finish with a gross score of 86, which after her USGA handicap of 13 was deducted gave her a 73. The score was a stroke shy of first day leaders Bobbie Guerrero and Kyung A. Yang.

Jones went back to the Laolao Bay Golf Resort—this time on its west course—for the second round on Sunday and fired a net 74, built around a 45-42 for a gross score of 87.

Terue Ukita finished second with her two-day net score of 149, followed by Matilde Hocog (150), Yang (151), and Bobbie Guerrero.

Established in March 2007, CWGA is a nonprofit organization founded to promote, encourage, and introduce women to the sport of golf in the CNMI.

The organization intends to accomplish the following: 1. Promote civic and community interest in golf; 2. Establish and encourage competition and good sportsmanship; 3. Promote and provide social functions of the members and their families; 4. Promote youth golf activities; and 5. To do any or all things necessary and proper to accomplish its purpose and intention.

CWGA also commits its members to abide by a set of values that will further enrich a golfer’s performance, attitude, and conduct-adopted form the USA Junior Golf Association.

The set of values members of CWGA are committed to faithfully are as follows: perseverance; sportsmanship; respect; honesty; judgment; responsibility; reliance; courtesy; and sincerity.

The association was established in March 2007 with Noriko Togawa serving as president, Lou Kim as vice president, Aya Matsumoto as treasurer, Lorraine Babauta as secretary, and Terry Tudela, Bobbie Guerrero, and Dolores Yamagishi acting at directors.