Reyes-Stehmeier tandem in pole position in 51st Manila Golf Golden Tee

By Adrian Flores

The tandem of JP Reyes and Ace Stehmeier are currently leading the way in Division I in the 51 st Golden Tee, the premier member-guest tournament of Manila Golf.

Reyes and Stehmeier combined for 113 and 108 for two-day net points of 221, five ahead from JJ Lim and Ray Jacinto, who made 102 and 114 for 216.

Nicky de Buncio, grandson of the late ultra bilyonaryo George S.K. Ty, and Jacinto Ng III, Bryan Cockrell and Sofia Arena are still in contention after assembling 123 points on Wednesday.

In Division II, Dan and Jay Laurel are in the driver’s seat with 239 (122-117) followed by Francis Ngo’s 233 and Lorenzo Yap’s 112-121.

May Lim and Masumi Tago 226 (111-115) are leading Division III. However, their lead is not safe as Ramon Cojuangco Jr. and Yuko Yahiro could make a run for it after scoring 120 on their first round.

51 st Golden Tee – Manila Golf

Leading Scores after Day 3

Day 1 score-Day 2 score-Total

Division I

JP Reyes/Ace Stehmeier 113 108 221

JJ Lim/Ray Jacinto 102 114 216

Matt Lim/Jerry Limbonhai 112 102 214

Basti Lorenzo/Jet Mathay 100 111 211

Fred Te/Paul Yap 106 104 210

Division II

Dan Laurel/Jay Laurel 122 117 239

Francis Ngo/Lorenzo Yap 112 121 233

Naoki Ando/Yoshifumi Mishima 119 98 217

John Tiu/Makoto Kinoshita 103 107 210

Steven Tiu/Pablo Teodoro 105 103 208

Division III

May Lim/Masumi Tago 111 115 226

Jun Roque/Ariel Ong 111 106 217

Wilson Tan/Martin Guantes 113 98 211

Robert Colombo/Michael Kho 100 110 210

Bobby Lee/Kian Yang 102 105 207

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