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MANILA, Philippines–For the primary time in eight years, the National Golf Association of the Philippines (NGAP) will increase its fees for the handicapping system, not for bloated income, but to principally make every golfer within the country a stakeholder, with the funds collected to assist finance the National Team and host of world-class events, amongst others.
Members of the NGAP board of trustees passed this measure in a resolution recently, with the brand new rate, P100 a month, to be collected starting this month.
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It’s indeed a far departure from the P500 annually the golf body charged before, but under the leadership of latest president Al Panlilio, all stakeholders might be assured that collections from hereon will go on to all the NGAP’s undertakings, foremost of them the PH squads and the elite tournaments.
The brand new leadership can also be encouraging all golfers to make use of the NGAP app, which can even see constant improvements moving forward with the assistance of the stakeholders because the country’s governing agency for the game continues to upgrade NGAP services to be consistent with the fashionable times for all the country’s golfers.
Panlilio, the previous Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president, and his board have buckled all the way down to work, appointing people tasked to steer key committees, like Miko Alejandro, who was given the responsibility of overseeing the National Team compositions and the way the squads are prepared for major international events.
“We’re answerable to the golfing community every time our national team performs,” Panlilio said. “So we’re going to be sure that–with the assistance of each golfer within the country–that they’re equipped well and prepped in the very best solution to represent our country.”
Teaching and training can even get a lift from the NGAP, as it should help fund courses that can improve the techniques of those that teach the sport, whilst the mixing of technology into the local golf landscape can even get a shot within the arm, as this can enable golfers without club affiliations to have legitimate handicaps.
“(Your) NGAP is committed to aligning Philippine golf with global standards,” Panlilio wrote in his letter to the PH golfing community. “At the center of every thing we do is an easy goal: to grow the sport of golf within the Philippines.”