The best junior golfers in the region see action in Bacolod City starting Saturday when the Visayas leg of the DHL National Age-Group Championships tees off at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club in Barangay Bata.

A total of eight titles will be disputed in the two-day tournament with the winners gaining slots to the national finals in Manila, Joemarie Limjap, president of the organizing Negros Occidental Junior Golf Foundation Inc., told the DAILY STAR.

At stake are the crowns in the boys and girls' Class A for ages 15-17, Class B (13-14), Class C (11-12) and Class D (9-10).

The sons and daughters of caddies in the three golf clubs in Negros Occidental have also been invited to join the event that is expected to draw the top players from Cebu, Iloilo, Samar, Bohol and Dumaguete City.

Generoso Mamaril, president of the National Junior Golf Foundation Inc., will grace the tournament sponsored by DHL WWW Express chairman Rod Feliciano. Among the NOJGFI standouts playing in the tournament are Chepe Dulay, Paolo de Leon and Gio de Leon, who will vie for the Class' B crowns, as well as Juan Carlos Torre, Alonzo Reyes and Jae Yang, who will contend in the Class A division. *CPT

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