For those who are thinking of taking up the sport of golfing, here’s one tip (or incentive actually)-golfing might actually help you stock-up your kitchen or family room. Most non-competition golfing events have raffle prizes in lieu of hard cash and prizes can range from microwave ovens to the latest double-door refrigerators.
“I think this is a clever way of making “consuelo” to the wife who has to put up with the hubby being at the golf-course all day”, says Michelle Lioanag, newly appointed Dagupan City Tourism Officer who is in charge of “rallying” together local golfers from the city and the region for the Bangus Festival 2008 Golf Tournament which auspiciously closes the nearly two-week run of this year’s Bangus Festival.
Tee off time for the May 4 tourney is around 6 AM at the Dagupan Golf and Beach Club with event chairperson Councilor Chito Samson doing the ceremonial honors.
Lioanag who incidentally is a golfer’s wife, says that “rallying” is a more appropriate term for getting the local golfing community together because it is such a tightly-knit group. But Lioanag dismisses perceptions that it is an elitist sport- anyone can invest in a good set of clubs or even buy one second-hand and small, community clubs like Dagupan Golf don’t charge the kind of fees you’d find in Wack-Wack or Canlubang.
And before you know it, you’d be bringing home a plasma television set- if you’re lucky!
The event is sponsored in part by Smart and CSI.
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