Pacifica Insurance offers $5K as TOC hole-in-one prize

Pacifica Insurance Underwriters, Inc. is offering $5,000 as a hole-in-one prize for the upcoming Governor’s Tournament of Champions that will be held on May 26 and 27, 2018.From left, Trenton Lillemon, Pacifica Insurance representative; Samantha Sikayun, Pacifica Insurance representative; Jose Tenorio, Pacifica Insurance representative; Marida Pensader, TOC committee member; Jose Tudela, TOC committee member; Marie Sablan, TOC committee member; and Dora Lizama, TOC committee member. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)

Add $5,000 more to the already impressive list of prizes that may be won at the 23rd Annual Governor’s Tournament of Champions.

Pacific Insurance Underwriters announced last Friday that it is participating in the golf tournament by sponsoring the large cash award as a hole-in-one prize.

“The Governor’s Tournament of Champions is a golf tournament with a good purpose. Let’s continue to support it,” said Shirley Sablan, president and general manager of Pacifica In

“The Tournament of Champions credits its longstanding success to the generosity of companies like Pacifica Insurance,” said Ben Babauta, tournament director.

The 23rd Governor’s Tournament of Champions will be played at the Laolao Bay Golf and Resort’s east and west courses on May 26 and 27.  The two-day event is bigger and better than ever with exciting hole-in-one prizes and the chance to win thousands of dollars in possible prizes. The TOC tournament fee is $200.

Winners in the Men’s Championship, A, B, C, Senior, and Super Senior flights will each receive $500 cash, $400 cash, $300 cash, a Casio watch, and $100 DFS gift certificate for the first to fifth place, respectively. The Ladies Low Gross winners will receive $500, $400, and $300 cash for first to third place, respectively. The first, second, and third place winners of the Ladies Low Net will each receive a trophy.

There will be hundreds of thousands worth of prizes that will be at stake in the two-day tournament, including hole-in-one prizes that include a brand new 2018 Hyundai Kona donated by Triple J Motors, $5,000 hole in-one cash prize donated by Pacifica Insurance, $5,000 hole-in-one cash prize donated by McDonald’s of Saipan, one year free golf donated by Laolao Bay Golf & Resort, one round-trip ticket to anywhere in Asia donated by Asiana Airlines, and one round-trip ticket to Guangzhou or Shanghai donated by Saipan Travel Inc.

Since its inception, TOC has turned over more than $800,000 to the Saipan Beautification Fund, which has gone directly to improvements like the tree-lined traffic medians that stretch from Garapan to the Kensington Hotel Saipan, as well as the revitalization of the Garapan special district. In addition, the Governor’s TOC also contributed funds for the Paseo de Marianas, the lighting of the Saipan Beach Pathway, and the beautification of the Port to Park pathway.

For more information about sponsorship opportunities for the 2018 TOC, contact Oceana Aldan at 236-2533 or Marida Pensader at 236- 2530. For player information and to download the registration form, visit www.tocSaipan.com. (PR)