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Demapan’s qualifying score stands
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Posted on May 13 2008
Joe Demapan was declared champion of Refeluwasch Golf Association’s May Ace of the Month Tournament after none of the 16 players that teed up last Saturday eclipsed his qualifying score.
The former Department of Public Works Secretary fired a net 65 at the Laolao Bay Golf Resort a couple of weeks prior to the actual May Ace also held at the Kagman venue.
The one that came closest was Ulysses Kapileo who came away with a net 67. He achieved the runner-up gross of 91 last weekend after carding a 46 in the front and a 45 in the back.
Tars Olopai came in third. He shot a net 71 built around a 42 and 41 in the back for a gross of 83. Olopai holds a 12 handicap.
Bill Kaipat claimed fourth place but not after beating eventual fifth-placer Joe Lizama in a tiebreak. Both players scored an identical net 72.
The other 13 players that took part in the competition, with their net scores in parenthesis, are RGA president Adam Hardwicke (73), tournament director Jess Wabol (74), John Mettao (75), Tony Rogolifoi (75), Asterio Tawanpiy (76), Jordan Kossam (77), Louie Tilipao (79), Joe Demapan (81), new member Michael Stewart (82), Ben Duenas (85), Joe Mafnas (88), and Don Fitial (97).
In the closest to the pin competition, Wabol ruled hole No. 3, while Kaipat was without peer in hole No. 13.
In related news, RGA reminded the public that that the club has halved its membership dues for 2008 from the long-standing fee of $50 to only $25.
This happened after RGA recognized the hard economic times and decided to give its members and future members a break by slashing the cost of becoming part of RGA.
The club hopes that by making membership in RGA a little lighter in the pocket, more weekend warriors will now return to the golf links and renew their membership or apply as new members of the golf club.
For more information about RGA’s new membership policies and other competitions held by the club, contact Hardwicke at 483-2326 or Wabol at 233-3673.
