3 cars, airlines tickets, and cash prizes at TOC

Cars, airline tickets, and cash are at stake as hole-in-one prizes in the 20th Tournament of Champions, which will be held on Aug. 1 and 2 at the LaoLao Golf & Resort.

A player tees off near one of the hole-in-one prizes in last year’s Tournament of Champions at the LaoLao Bay Golf & Resort. Three brand new cars will be at stake in this year’s hole-in-one contest. (Tournament Of Champions)

Joeten Motors is donating a 2015 Ford Escape as hole-in-one prize, while the two other brand new cars are 2015 Toyota Prius Hybrid from Atkins Kroll and 2016 Nissan 370 Z from Club C. 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. Completing the list of 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 determined later.

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

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

Registration for the two-day tournament is ongoing with entrance fee set at $200 (both days are covered). Registration forms are available at T Galleria and LaoLao Bay Golf & Resort or can be downloaded at tocsaipan.com

This year’s TOC, which is celebrating two decades of hosting the biggest golf tournament in the CNMI, is supported by the following: 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.