MANILA, Philippines — The Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines (JGFP) will open the new year with the JGFP Mindanao Open today at Apo Golf and Country Club in Davao City. Johanna Blair Uyking, a finalist in the Philippine Amateur Open, leads the local talents as they go up against Philippine Amateur champion Lisa Sarines and her siblings Mona and Vito, recently-crowned Singapore Island Country Club champion Nicole Gaisano Gan and sister Stephanie, as well as Enzo Cham, Felix Saludar, Venus delos Santos and Seth Koa. Also vying are teams from South Cotabato, led by Thailand Junior World champion Jared Saban, with Brittany Tamayo and Laurence Saban, as well as Regina Chiu, a Filipino based in Singapore, as she aims for glory in this 18-hole, par-72 championship course of Apo golf. JGFP president Oliver Gan said holding the Mindanao Open is part of the JGFP’s mission in discovering new talents, reason why this tournament, supported by Superkit, golfpinoy.com, Golf Tribune, Gaisano and Islandwide Distribution Corp., is now a regular in their annual program. “We’re very excited to again bring the JGFP to Mindanao. This is our third straight year organizing an event that gathers the best talent from the south as they go up against the best from Metro Manila,” he said.
