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Larry Montes
Abundio "Larry" Montes (February 28, 1911 – 1996) was a Filipino professional golfer who is the 13-time Philippine Open champion. Early life and education Montes was born on February 28, 1911, in Santa Maria, Bulacan. Montes has at least two younger brothers and two younger sisters. His family moved to Manila when he was age two where he later attended school. He studied at the Tondo Primary School and Meisic School with him becoming part of the latter's volleyball team. He finished his secondary studies at the old Manila High School in 1927. Career Caddie work and debut Montes started working caddie at Municipal Links golf course in Intramuros. He and his brother Vicente were asked by a police officer to carry bags for American golfers in 1923. Montes observed golfers play and taught himself of the sport. Montes caught the attention of Shanghai-based dentist Norman L. Downs who sponsored his entry fee for the Philippine Open in 1928. He lost his temper, failed to execute a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria, Bulacan
Santa Maria ( , ), officially the Municipality of Santa Maria (), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 289,820 people. representing 7.8% of the population of the province. Located on the banks of the Santa Maria River (Philippines), Santa Maria River, Santa Maria has been a thriving settlement for almost four centuries. It was founded as a ''barrio'' of Bocaue in the early 17th century until it was established as an independent municipality on November 26, 1793, by the Spanish Friars in Colonial Philippines, Spanish friar Francisco Dominguez Javier Franciscan, OFM. Known before as ''Santa Maria de Pandi'' (), it is named under the patronage of the Virgin Mary, Immaculate Conception (also known as La Purisima Concepcion). Its administrative center, the Poblacion, forms the historic core of the municipality. It is surrounded by four rivers and it still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Open Golf Championship
The is Japan's national open golf championship. Founded in 1927, it is one of the oldest professional golf tournaments in Japan. The Japan Open is one of the three richest tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with a prize fund of ¥210 million in 2022. Between 1992 and 2021 it was the tour's designated "Flagship event" for the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, with a minimum winner's points allocation of 32 points. The winner also receives an invitation to the following year's Open Championship. Winners Future venues *2024： Tokyo Golf Club, Sayama City, Saitama *2025： Nikko Country Club, Nikko City, Tochigi *2026： Tarao Country Club (West Course), Kouga City, Shiga *2027： Boso Country Club Boso Golf Course (East Course), Mutsuzawa Town, Chosei District, Chiba Prifecture See also * Open golf tournament Notes References External linksOfficial siteCoverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site {{Coord, 33.7255, 130.4557, type:event, display=title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Canada Cup
The 1959 Canada Cup took place 18–21 November at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the seventh Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 30 teams. These were the same teams that had competed in 1958 but without Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela and with the addition of Indonesia. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson won by 10 strokes over the American team of Cary Middlecoff and Sam Snead. The individual competition was won by Canadian Stan Leonard, who beat Peter Thomson at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. Teams Source Scores Team Source International Trophy Leonard beat Thomson with a par 4 at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. Source References {{Coord, 37.969, S, 145.028, E, type:event, display=title World Cup (men's golf) Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Canada Cup
The 1955 Canada Cup took place June 9–12 at the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C., United States. It was the third Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 teams; the same teams that had contested the 1954 event. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The American team of Ed Furgol and Chick Harbert won by nine strokes over the Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson. For the first time there was an official competition for the leading individual score. This was won by Ed Furgol, who beat Peter Thomson and Flory Van Donck in a sudden-death playoff. Teams The Scandinavian team consisted of a Dane, Carl Paulsen, and a Swede, Arne Werkell. Source Scores Team Source International Trophy Furgol, Thomson and Van Donck contested a sudden-death playoff. Van Donck dropped out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Canada Cup
The 1954 Canada Cup took place August 20–22 at the Laval-sur-le-Lac Golf Club in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was the second Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup (men's golf), World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. 18 holes were played on the first two days with 36 holes played on the final day. The Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson (golfer), Peter Thomson won by four strokes over the Argentine team of Antonio Cerdá and Roberto De Vicenzo. Canadian Stan Leonard had the lowest individual score with 275, two strokes ahead of Peter Thomson. Teams The Scandinavian team consisted of a Dane, Carl Paulsen, and a Swede, Arne Werkell. Source Scores Source The leading individual scores were 275 by Stan Leonard and 277 by Peter Thomson (golfer), Peter Thomson. References {{Coord, 45.529, N, 73.879, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Cup (men's Golf)
The World Cup of Golf is a men's golf tournament contested by teams of two representing their country. Only one team is allowed from each country. The players are selected on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking, although not all of the first choice players choose to compete. The equivalent event for women was the Women's World Cup of Golf, played from 2005 to 2008. History The tournament was founded by industrialist John Jay Hopkins, who hoped it would promote international goodwill through golf. It began in 1953 as the Canada Cup and changed its name to the World Cup in 1967. With Fred Corcoran as the Tournament Director and the International Golf Association behind it (1955–1977), the World Cup traveled the globe and grew to be one of golf's most prestigious tournaments throughout the 1960s and 1970s, but interest in the event faded to the point that the event was not held in 1981 or 1986. The tournament was incorporated into the World Golf Championships series from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Sportswriters Association
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in Island groups of the Philippines, three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. With a population of over 110 million, it is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, twelfth-most-populous country. The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the south. It shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east and southeast, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest. It has Ethnic groups in the Philippines, diverse ethnicities and Culture o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Arda
Ben Arda (13 June 1929 – 20 December 2006) was a Filipino professional golfer. Professional career Arda, known as ''Bantam Ben'' and ''the Toy Tiger'' because of his small stature, was one of Asia's leading golfers during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the first Filipino to qualify for the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship. He won nine tournaments on the Asia Golf Circuit, including the Philippine Open three times, and headed the points list in 1970. He also won four times on the Japan Golf Tour and played in the World Cup 16 times, recording a best finish of 2nd place in 1977 with playing partner Rudy Lavares. Professional wins (15) PGA of Japan Tour wins (4) 1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit Asia Golf Circuit wins (8) 1Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (3–1) Other wins (5) ''This list may be incomplete'' *1961 Philippine Open *1969 Indian Open *1976 Philippine Masters *1977 Philippine Masters *1979 Philip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1847, it was formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper", a slogan from which its once integrated WGN (AM), WGN radio and WGN-TV, WGN television received their call letters. It is the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region, and the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States. In the 1850s, under Joseph Medill, the ''Chicago Tribune'' became closely associated with the Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln, and the then new Republican Party (United States), Republican Party's progressive wing. In the 20th century, under Medill's grandson 'Colonel' Robert R. McCormick, its reputation was that of a crusading newspaper with an outlook that promoted Conservatism in the United States, American conservatism and opposed the New Deal. Its reporting and commenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celestino Tugot
Celestino "Tino" Mancao Tugot (6 April 1910 – 18 January 2010) was a Filipino professional golfer. Tugot is widely regarded as one of the best, if not the best golfers the Philippines has produced, and the first Filipino athlete to step into the White House and shake hands with US President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954. Career Tugot won his national open title six times between 1949 and 1962, including four consecutively from 1955 and represented the Philippines in the World Cup on ten occasions. Del Monte Golf Course The final 9 holes of Del Monte Golf Course which is located in the Del Monte Plantation was designed by Tugot. Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church Upon surviving the sinking of S.S Corregidor in 1941, Tugot and his wife Obdulia built a Catholic church beside their home at Manolo Fortich in the late 1960s. The church continues to spread and inspire devotees and has since become one of the pilgrimage sites of the people of Northern Mindanao and its surround ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Cup (golf)
The World Cup of Golf is a men's golf tournament contested by teams of two representing their country. Only one team is allowed from each country. The players are selected on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking, although not all of the first choice players choose to compete. The equivalent event for women was the Women's World Cup of Golf, played from 2005 to 2008. History The tournament was founded by industrialist John Jay Hopkins, who hoped it would promote international goodwill through golf. It began in 1953 as the Canada Cup and changed its name to the World Cup in 1967. With Fred Corcoran as the Tournament Director and the International Golf Association behind it (1955–1977), the World Cup traveled the globe and grew to be one of golf's most prestigious tournaments throughout the 1960s and 1970s, but interest in the event faded to the point that the event was not held in 1981 or 1986. The tournament was incorporated into the World Golf Championships series fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
''The Daily Telegraph'', also nicknamed ''The Tele'', is an Australian tabloid newspaper published by Nationwide News Pty Limited (NWN), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. It is published Monday through Saturday and is available throughout Sydney, across most of regional and remote New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. A 2013 poll conducted by Essential Research found that the ''Telegraph'' was Australia's least-trusted major newspaper, with 49% of respondents citing "a lot of" or "some" trust in the paper. Amongst those ranked by Nielsen, the ''Telegraph'' website is the sixth most popular Australian news website with a unique monthly audience of 2,841,381 readers. History ''The Daily Telegraph'' was founded in 1879, by John Mooyart Lynch, a former printer, editor and journalist who had once worked on the ''Melbourne Daily Telegraph''. Lynch had failed in an attempt to become a politician and was loo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
