The SEA Games gold medal winning team of Chihiro Ikeda and Dottie Ardina will lead the chase for top honors in the 47th Southern Ladies golf tournament, which fires off February 4 at the Iloilo Golf and Country Club in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo.

Ikeda and Ardina, along with US-based Mia Piccio bested the field regional rivals to capture the team gold in the last SEA Games in Laos with Ikeda completing the romp by winning the individual gold.

Although Ikeda and Ardina were foiled by ICTSI teammate Cyna Rodriguez in the recent Philippine Ladies Amateur Championship, the duo remains the players to beat in the three-day tournament, which will also feature the other top lady golfers from various golf clubs in the country.

Registration ends on January 30 with fee pegged at P2,000, according to the organizing National Golf Association of the Philippines.

Alice Andrada, NGAP treasurer and chairperson of the NGAP Ladies Committee, NGAP directors Frankie Locsin and Pablo Soon, Butch Jamerlan, IGCCI club manager, and Maggie Rivera, president of Iloilo Golf Ladies Chapter, will hit the ceremonial drive to kick off the tournament.