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The Manila Southwoods Golf & Country Club, Inc. is a
golf club A golf club is a club used to hit a golf ball in a game of golf. Each club is composed of a shaft with a grip and a club head. Woods are mainly used for long-distance fairway or tee shots; irons, the most versatile class, are used for a variety o ...
golf course in Carmona,
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History

The Fil-Estate Group of Companies of Robert Sobrepeña has been sponsoring basketball, lawn tennis and softball. By 1990, they have been supporting amateur golf and there were already ongoing plans to set a golf facility in Carmona,
Cavite Cavite, officially the Province of Cavite (; Chavacano: ''Provincia de Cavite''), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region. On the southern shores of Manila Bay and southwest of Manila, i ...
. The venue later named Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club was meant to complement the Manila Southwoods Residential Estates development of Fil-Estate Properties. Sobrepeña also becamechairman of the golf club. The Legends course opened for play on July 26, 1992; the Masters course opened the following year.


Courses

Manila Southwoods has two golf courses – Masters and Legends both of which was designed by
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. Each course has 18 holes and 72- par.


Notable golfers

* Aguri Iwasaki *
Angelo Que Angelo Que (born 3 December 1978) is a Filipino professional golfer. Que won the Philippine Amateur twice before turning professional in 2003. He has played on the Asian Tour since 2003 and has won thrice: the 2004 Carlsberg Masters Vietnam, th ...


Tournaments

Manila Southwoods has hosted the
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and the Philippine Open.


External links

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References

{{Reflist 1992 establishments in the Philippines Golf clubs and courses in the Philippines Buildings and structures in Cavite