By Roselyn B. Monroyo
Variety News Staff

THE putting and driving skills of local golfers will be put to a test this weekend as they challenge members of the Korean Golfers Association in a Ryder Cup-like tournament at the LaoLao Bay Golf Resort.
Tournament organizer Jess Wabol said the tournament will be played for two days on the west course of the Kagman-based golf facility.
The first day of the tournament is set for this Friday with a two-man best ball and two-man scramble formats. Participants will play the whole day.
The tee time is set for 7:30 a.m., while show time is at 7 a.m.
On Saturday, KGA and local golfers will play one-on-one (match play). Tee time is 12:30 p.m.
The entrance fee is $100 per golfer.
Wabol said they are hoping to hold this Ryder Cup-style tournament three times a year.
In September last year, KGA and local golfers held a similar tournament with the event ending in a deadlock.
KGA won in the first day of the tournament, which had a scramble format. But the local golfers settled the score after dominating the match plays in the second day.
Six groups each from RGA and KGA participated in the first round.
Joe “Kamikaze” Camacho and Charlie Jo gave the local bets their first win in the scramble format thwaring Korean pro Kang Seung Woo and Jung Jae Yeo, 1 up.
Wabol was alone in facing Bae Yong and Kim Kyo Nam, who won the Group 2 match, 9 up.
The local golfers cruised to their second win when Nick Sablan and Adam Hardwicke beat Park Joung Hoon and Jeom Jae Ho, 1 up.
But KGA tied the count at 2-all when Jang Hyu Dok and Kim Jae Hang whipped Tony Satur and Alex Aquiningoc, 2 up.
The Koreans swept the Group 5 and 6 matches to win the scramble format, 4-2.
Seo Keom and Lee Jae Sun downed former Superior Court presiding judge Edward Manibusan and Rick Kautz, 2 up, while Lee Jong Jo and Kang Kim Hyun downed Joji Taguchi and Gus Camacho, 1 up.
RGA recovered in the second day nailing six wins, two ties and four losses in the match play.
Wabol, Hardwicke, Aquiningoc, Jo, Jeff Taylor and Gus Camacho posted separate victories to force a deadlock at the end of the two-day tournament.
Wabol beat Bae, 2 and 1; Hardwicke downed Lee, 4 and 3; Gus Camacho whipped Kang Ki Hyun, 3 and 2; Aquiningoc topped Jeon Jae Ho, 2 and 1, Jo defeated Jung Jae Yeol, 5 and 4, and Taylor tripped Kim Kyo Nam, 9 and 8.
Sablan forced a tie with Jang Hyu Duk, while Taguchi also had a deadlock with Lee Jong Ho.
Park, Kang, Kim and Seo Keon posted four wins for KGA.
Park won over Joe Camacho, 4 and 3; Kang thwarted Satur, 4 and 3; Kim beat Manibusan, 4 and 3; and Keon downed Kautz, 5 and 4.
For more information, contact Wabol at 233-3673.