The sun shined over Santa Elena Golf & Country Club for the 12th Annual Mercedes Trophy hosted by Auto Nation Group, Inc. Considered one of the biggest invitational golf events of the year, loyal patrons who are also golf enthusiasts played on the greens from morning to afternoon for a friendly game of nine holes. Adones Baluyut, Edward Salvador, Christopher James Tan and Tiffany Copok where victorious in their respective classes, and were given the opportunity to represent the Philippines at the Asian Final in Australia this coming August. As the cocktails were served and the sun was kinder, tired but contented members of the Mercedes Trophy gathered on the fairways to give a charitable donation to the Cardinal Medical Charities Foundation, a non-profit organization that awards financial support to patients at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center.
Participants of this year’s Mercedes Cup
Ambassadors at the fairways: MercedesTrophy 2016 champion Joseph Sy, Thai Ambassador Thanatip Upatising, Indonesian Ambassador Johnny Lumintang, ANG President Felix Ang, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industries President George Barcelon, Laos Ambassador Phoxay Khaykhamphithoune, and Pakistan Ambassador Safdar Hayat
ANG Chairman Greg Yu and ANG President Felix Ang hand a symbolic cheque—representing donation to the Cardinal Medical Charities Foundation, Inc—to the NGO’s Executive Director Jenny Laxamana and Assistant Medical Director Dr. Ofelia Javellana.
Javi Toledo, Al Panlilio, Ric Medalla, Augie Palisoc
Ricardo Garcia, Vic Sotto, Senator Tito Sotto, Dindo Manhit
ANG President Felix Ang, Jason Barcelon, CJ Tan, Adones Baluyut, Tiffany Copok, Mario Oreta, Edward Salvador, Marcelo Fernando, and ANG Chairman Greg Yu
Mercedes Trophy Tournament Director Marvin Caparros (fourth from left) poses with this year’s champion Adones Baluyut (rightmost) and other players (from left) Neil Ong, Rodel Mangulabnum, and Danilo Santos
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