By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Senior Reporter

PART of its 10th year celebration and commitment to promoting sports tourism in the country, Resorts World Manila (RWM) announced a new exciting golfing tournament happening later this year.

The 1st Asia Pacific Golf Challenge (APGC), happening from Oct. 21-26, boasts of tournaments at some of the finest golf courses in and out of Metro Manila.

The challenge takes golfers through four rounds of fun and exciting golf at the Manila Southwoods, Sherwood Hills Golf and Wack Wack Golf Club as well as Manila Golf Club and The Orchard Golf and Country Club.

The APGC is open to all international amateur golfers aged 35-70, with certified handicap indexes from their home clubs.

Competition is divided to team and individual events.

Organizers said 30% of the playing field will be open to local players provided they stay in any of the hotels in the Resorts World Manila property during the run of the APGC.

Resorts World Manila partnered with Regent Travel in the staging of the event which it hopes to build on the gains and stature of the RWM Masters, which ran for five straight years until last year.

For the golf challenge, RWM is offering packages which include six nights of hotel accommodations with breakfast at select RWM hotels, four rounds of golf, caddie and golf buggy sharing fees, daily round-trip transfers between the hotel and golf courses, welcome dinner, a ticket to the Awards Dinner, three cocktail coupons at select RWM bars, tournament giveaways, and a P5,000 gift certificate from Srixon Philippines.

The packages also include round-trip airport transfers.

Package rates start at $1,240 per person on twin sharing for stays at Holiday Inn Express Manila Newport City. Packages are also available for RWM 4-star properties Belmont Hotel Manila and Savoy Hotel Manila, as well as for global 5-star hotel Hilton Manila.

“One of the things we learned from staging the RWM Masters is championing the Filipinos. And with the APGC we want to champion what the Philippines can offer,” said Jeff Evora of Travellers International Hotel Group, owner and operator of the RWM, during the APGC press conference on Wednesday.

For more inquiries on the APGC, email marketing@regenttravelmanila.com or www.rwmanila.com.

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