Tuesday, July 03, 2007
$275K at stake in 2007 TOC
By Mark Rabago
Assistant Editor
Saipan Tribune
Over $275,000 will be at stake in the 12th Tournament of Champions set for Aug. 4 and 5 at the Laolao Bay
Golf Resort.
The year's biggest golf competition in the CNMI will have three divisions-Men's, Ladies Low Gross, and
Ladies Low Net.
First place in the Men's Open will take home a trophy and $600 in cash, second place gets a trophy and
$500, third place wins a trophy and $400, while fourth and fifth places walks away with a DVD player and a
$100 gift certificate.
The Top 3 in the Ladies Low Gross will each win trophies and cash prizes amounting to $600, $500, and
$400. Ladies Low Net winners, for their part, will earn first, second, and third place trophies.
In addition to the cash prizes and trophies awarded to the top golfers of the three divisions, a 2007 Honda
Civic from Joeten Motors, a 2007 Mitsubishi Lancer from Triple J Motors, and two $50,000 cash prizes will
be among the come-ons in the tournament's hole-in-one challenges.
Showtime for the two-day 12th Tournament of Champions is set at 6am with shotgun start scheduled an
hour later at 7pm.
Multi-lingual 12th Tournament of Champions registration forms are available online at www.tocsaipan.org
or by stopping by the executive offices of DFS Galleria or at Laolao Bay Golf Resort.
The TOC will only be able to allow a maximum of 288 players, and with a little over a month to go before the
opening drives, organizers are encouraging local and off-island golfers to register as soon as possible.
Since its inception, TOC has given over $450,000 to the CNMI Beautification Fund which has gone directly to
the improvements of the tree-lined traffic medians that stretch from Garapan to the Saipan Nikko Hotel, as
well as the recent revitalization of the Garapan special district. In addition to the pair of eye-pleasing
projects, the TOC also contributed funds for the Paseo de Marianas, the lighting of the Saipan Beach
Pathway, and a number of other beautification projects.
Golfers can make payments with cash, check, or credit cards and credit card payments must be made in
person at the DFS Galleria administration offices on the second floor of the DFS Galleria. All checks should
be made payable to the Saipan Beautification Fund.
For more information about the 2007 TOC, contact Andy Tidwell of Couture Marketing by calling 234-1305.
The platinum sponsors for the 12th Tournament of Champions are DFS Galleria, Johnny Walker, Marianas
Visitors Authority, and Laolao Bay Golf Resort. The gold sponsors are Tan Holdings, Aon Insurance, Pepsi,
Miler Lite, Triple J Motors, Joeten Motors, and Coutere Marketing.
Hyatt Regency Saipan, Capricciosa, Tony Roma's, Louis Vuitton, Pacific Telecoms, Inc., and Bank of Hawaii
are the silver sponsors, while the bronze sponsors include Triple B Freight Forwarders, Aqua Resort Club,
Bank of Saipan, Dial Rent-to-Own, Saipan Shipping, and Western Union.
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