With a total score of 148, Chepe Dulay bagged the title in the Cagayan de Oro leg of the 4th Vis-Min Youth Golf Circuit held last week at the CDO’s Pueblo Golf Course.

A lone ranger of the Negros Jungolf Foundation playing for Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club, Dulay scored 3 on the first day and 2 on the final day to clinch the title and consign to second place Cebu’s Franz Olea, who finished with 154. Bukidnon’s Louie Mariano came in third with 155.

Dulay, 16, surged ahead of the pack after gaining momentum in the Bukidnon leg of the tournament where he placed second.

The incoming senior student of University of St. La Salle is priming himself for next month’s Philippine Amateur Golf Championships to be hosted by his home club, Marapara.

Last year, Dulay led the NOGCC charge in the Bacolod leg of the  Vis-Min Circuit by ruling the Class A division, carding 77 and 76 to win by four strokes over second placer Dingdong Woo of Del Monte Golf.

The Vismin Youth Golf Circuit, a three-leg circuit which opened at the Del Monte Golf Country Club in Cagayan De Oro four years ago, was conceived by sportsman Tommy Manotoc and Negrense Alex Montelibano under the auspices of the Philippine Amateur Golf Development Foundation.

The competition aims to fill in the vacuum of youth golf programs particularly for Visayas and Mindanao areas, and get more children to love the game, harness their potential and give them opportunities that are lacking in this part of the country compared to their Luzon counterparts.*NAB

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