THE ladies of the Philippine Golf Tour steel themselves up for another restart of the circuit forced to go on a second respite due to the spike of coronavirus late July with a two-tournament swing at Eagle Ridge and Tagaytay Highlands next month.
Princess Superal swept the two-leg resumption of the Ladies PGT at Sherwood Hills and at Eagle Ridge’s Norman course three months ago before the organizing Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc. suspended play again due to the spike of COVID infections in NCR Plus, which includes Cavite and Batangas, regular hosts of the various legs of the LPGT.
The Eagle Ridge Ladies Classic on Nov. 2-5 at the Aoki layout will mark LPGT’s third restart while Tagaytay Highlands will host the next stop on Nov. 8-11.
The government, with its mass vaccination program in full throttle, recently downgraded the alert level system in 14 provinces and five cities, paving the way for the resumption of the ladies pro circuit, among other sporting events.
The PGTI has reiterated its commitment to enforce strict guidelines and protocols to ensure the health and safety of all those involved.
“We’re very happy and grateful for the tour resumption,” said Superal, who held off Chanelle Avaricio by one at Sherwood then beat her again by three at Eagle Ridge last July.
“We have all been safe inside the ‘bubble.’ We follow the health protocols so the tournaments staged during the pandemic have all been successful,” added Superal, referring to the two tournaments at Riviera that marked the first restart late last year.
