Singer-actor Rivera and Varga, known as The Vamp in the entertainment scene, joined hands with Vernie’s husband Ric Oledan, Kathy Tangco-Ong, Archie Castillo and Ryan Chan to assemble a five-under-par 67 under a Modified Scrambled format to beat two other teams for the title.
For their feat, each of the six members of the team won a 21-inch television set plus a trophy Johnnie Walker Green label and a Robert Trent Jones Jr. book.
The 18-hole event which had Ayala Greenfield, The Bellevue Manila, Smart and Sony Ericsson as presentors and in part by Petron Phils., PLDT and San Miguel Corporation afforded about 108 invited guests the chance to sample the newly-opened Ayala Greenfield Estates course and be among the first to use the facilities of the AGE clubhouse.
The Invitational was also supported by Diamond Motors Corp., Fridays Boracay, Palms Country Club, Escada, Titania Wine Cellar, The French Baker, Pearl Farm Beach Resort, PCSO, Taal Vista Hotel, HSBC, Johnnie Walker, Breadtalk, Fairways & Bluewater, Franck Provost, Essenses, Jewelmer, Oriental Spa, The Farm at San Benito, Silk Cocoon, Travel Club, Northwest Airlines, Boracay Regency, and BMW, and media partners Philippine Daily Inquirer and Manila Bulletin
Two teams tied for second place at 68 and it was the team of Mac Panuncialman, Chuck Reyes, Carlos Tuason, Delfin Vivar, Alejandro Gaston Sr. and Rene Joven which claimed the runner-up trophy after a countback.
Eric Tensuan, Lourdes Guerrero, Joseph Larrazabal, Alejandro Gaston Jr., Rene Almendras and Lino Magpantay settled for third place.
While nobody won the Mitsubishi Lancer GLX which was at stake as a hole-in-one prize, several lucky invitees went home with tickets given away as raffle prizes by Lufthansa, Northwest, Philippine Airlines and Asian Spirit during the awarding ceremonies at The Bellevue Manila, the finest business hotel south of Metro Manila.
Among those who played were PAL president Jimmy Bautista, Bellevue owner Johnny Chan, Sony Ericsson general manager Dennis Manzano, and other business bigwigs as well as members of the diplomatic corps.
