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

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and shake hands with US President

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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

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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 surrounding areas. Our Mother of Perpetual Help Cawayanon

Professional wins (6)

Far East Circuit wins (1)

Other wins (5)

''This list is incomplete'' *1949 Philippine Open *1955 Philippine Open *1956 Philippine Open *1957 Philippine Open *1958 Philippine Open

Team appearances

(representing the Philippines):

1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

, 1955,

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

, 1958,

1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tugot, Celestino Filipino male golfers Asian Tour golfers Sportspeople from Bukidnon 1910 births 2010 deaths