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Committee-to-Elect Richard Lizama hosts successful golf open
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Posted on Jun 06 2022
Joe “Kamikaze” Camacho, center, won first place and $500 at the golf tournament hosted by the Committee-to-Elect Richard T. Lizama on Saturday, June 4, 2022. In photo with Camacho is Saipan mayoral candidate Richard Lizama, left, and committee member Victoria Matsunaga. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO()
The Committee-to-Elect Richard T. Lizama for Mayor hosted a golf tournament at Lao Lao Bay Golf and Resort’s west course last Saturday where more than $3,000 worth of prizes were given to its players.
“I am incredibly grateful for the support we received from our community last Saturday,” Saipan mayoral candidate Richard Lizama said. “We hope to see more of our community members at our future events.”
Tickets for the tournament were $130 each. The hole-in-one prizes included a brand new Hyundai Kona from Triple J Motors and a Santa Grutudis female cow.
The tournament featured a double Peoria format, in which veteran golf player Joe “Kamikaze” Camacho bagged first place and $500 with a gross score of 66.
Second place winner Zhu Xing Kai, center, receives his $450 cash prize from Saipan mayoral candidate Richard Lizama, left, and committee member Victoria Matsunaga.(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
Followed by Camacho was Zhu Xing Kai, who won second place and $450 with a gross score of 84. Securing third place and $400 in the tourney was Lester Manglona, with a gross score of 94.
Kim Kyu Leon won fourth place and $350 followed by Ben Duenas who won fifth place and $300. Joe Tudela secured sixth place and $250. Li Xiong Zhe won seventh place and $200, while Alvin Salas won eighth place and $150.
A total of 50 players joined Saturday’s golf
open.
“We are glad to see a great turnout at Richard’s event,” CNMI Democratic Party chair Jonathan Cabrera said. “It goes to show how much the CNMI community believes in the Democratic party.”
Lester Manglona, right, was the third place winner with a gross score of 94. Together with Manglona from left are Ray Salas and Anthony Reyes. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
Chairman of the Committee-to-Elect Richard T. Lizama for Mayor, Ray Matsunaga, thanked all the sponsors and individuals who helped host the successful golf open.
“It was great to see that our constituents had a great time at our golf open,” Matsunaga said. “I am so appreciative of the support that we received from the volunteers, staff, and participants of the tournament.”
Matsunaga also thanked Meridian Land Surveyors for their help with the cash
prizes.
To learn how to support the committee and the movement to elect Richard T. Lizama as mayor, please email rtlizama54@gmail.com or call (670) 285-5028. (PR)
