CEBU—Manila Southwoods more or less shut down another Philippine Airlines Interclub men’s championship despite a mediocre third-round effort at Club Filipino in Danao on Friday.
But more than winning, non-competitive captain Thirdy Escaño has criticized his young, talented team as he believes Carmona-based bets are still performing far below their capabilities. .
“We want to raise the bar here,” emotional Escaño told the Inquirer as he commended the 127-point result to a 19-point lead over Eastridge to advance to the final 18 holes of the unofficial tag team championship. consciousness of the country. “We missed the target for the second day in a row even though we had a stronger team.”
Masaichi Otake, from last scorer in the second round, recovered with a 34-point winning streak of 74, Ryan Monsalve with 33 and Shinichi Suzuki 32 to lead the Southwoods, Lanz’s 28-point team. Uy while throwing away Kristoffer Arevalo’s 27.
With a total score of 401 to reach the final round at the well-groomed Alta Vista and with Gabriel Manotoc coming to the field, the Southwoods appear to have closed another title.
But Escaño doesn’t have that at the moment, scheduling a team dinner on Friday to keep his players more focused.
They have a round to redeem themselves and prove to Escaño that they have what it takes to take their career to the next level.
“Some of them have told me they will become pro later [the Interclub], but with the way they’re playing, I told them they’ve got nothing to do with it,” Escaño said. “I’ve been here longer than most of them are alive, and I know what I’m talking about.”
Eastridge got 31 points from Tonton Asistio and 30 points from Ronel Tagaan and Tim Co, along with 29 from Loyd Labrador with a combined score of 120 and 382, six more than Cebu Country Club, which also has 120 built circa the 34s by Carl Almario and Jacob Cajita.
“Winning comes with a lot of discipline, I always tell my boys that,” Escaño continued. “Sometimes you give them a lot of time, these things happen.”
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