Philippines as host of the 30th Southeast Asian Games is on hunt for the men's team members of golf that will compete in the mentioned biennial event.
The National Golf Association of the Philippines or NGAP will conduct two tournaments as a qualifying events this coming June.
The first qualifying tournament will be held at the Hacienda Luisita Golf and Country Club on June 4 to 7 while the second one is set on June 10 to 13 at the same venue in Tarlac.
The best three scorers in the stroke play will earn the slots for the national team while NGAP has the right to name the fourth player to join the other three players.
It was during the 2005 SEA Games that the Philippine men's team captured the gold medal that happened in their home soil.
The men's team was composed of Juvic Pagunsan, Jay Bayron, Michael Eric Bibat and Marvin Dumandan.
This year the association is very confident that the men's team will do very well.
As for the women's team members, NGAP will release the format for women’s qualifiers. The last time the Philippine women's squad won gold medal was in 2013 Myanmar SEA Games.
At the recent Asiad held in Indonesia, the women's team ruled the team and individual events led by Asian Games double gold medalist Yuka Saso.
Thailand is the biggest threat for the Philippines as they always dominate the sport in every SEA Games.
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