Tournament of Champions registration still on

Sign-up for the 20th Tournament of Champions is still on-going.

Last year’s Championship Flight winner Daryl Poe of Guam is seen here getting ready to hit the ball from the greens of the No. 17 hole of the east course at the LaoLao Bay Golf & Resort. This year’s TOC will be held on Aug. 1 and 2. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)

Golfers registering for the Aug. 1 and 2 competition that will take place at the LaoLao Golf & Resort will have a chance to learn lots of cash and in-kind prizes. Registration is only $200 (covering both days) and sign-up forms are available at T Galleria and LaoLao Bay Golf & Resort or can be downloaded at tocsaipan.com

Cars, airline tickets, and cash are at stake as hole-in-one prizes. Joeten Motors is giving away 2015 Ford Escape as hole-in-one prize, while Atkins Kroll is and Club C are donating 2015 Toyota Prius Hybrid and 2016 Nissan 370 Z, respectively.

Club C will also give away $25,000 for another hole-in-one contest, while Pacific Insurance Underwriters, Inc, is sponsoring $10,000 in the same competition. Other hole-in-one prizes are two Delta One tickets (anywhere in the U.S.) from Delta Air Lines and one business class ticket from Asiana (from anywhere the airline flies except U.S.). The contested holes will be announced before tournament kicks off.

Besides the hole-in-one purse, cash prizes will also go to Top 3 finishers in the men’s Championship, A, B, C, Senior, and Super Senior flights. The champions in each flight will get $500, $400 to second, and $300 to third. Digital cameras and $100 gift certificate from T Galleria will be given to the fourth and fifth placers, respectively.

In the Ladies flight, the Top 3 placers in the Low Gross category will pocket $500, $400, and $300, while the Top 3 in the Low Net will bring home trophies. Cash prizes and other perks will also be awarded to the closest to the pin winners.

Next month’s TOC is supported by platinum sponsors T Galleria, Club C, Marianas Visitors Authority, LaoLao Bay Golf & Resort, and Delta Air Lines; gold sponsors Chivas Regal, IT&E, Tan Holdings, Saipan Computer Services, Joeten Motors, Nike Golf, Atkins Kroll, Let’s Go Places, and Asiana Airlines; silver sponsors Bridge Capital, Christian Dior, KZMI/KCNMI, Pacifica Insurance Underwriters, Inc., Power 99, Marianas Variety, Miller Lite/Pepsi, Hyatt Latte Training Academy AHLEI, GPPC, and KSPN; bronze sponsors Chong’s Corporation, Hard Rock Café, Kautz Glass, Herman’s Modern Bakery, Saipan Ice & Water Company, Triple B Forwarders, and First Hawaiian Bank; and Century Hotel and Saipan Shipping Co.

To register or for more information, contact Marida Pensader at 236-2530.