Golf in the Philippines

At first, British railway workers played on a three-way golf course that they built in the paddy fields located south of Intramuros, Manila.

By 1901, when the Philippines was already a territory of the United States, a nine-hole golf course adjacent to the site of the railway station became available for golfers.

[3] As customary during the time, any winner of the Philippine Open was entitled to be seated at his or her place presidential table while the awards dinner was being held.

Montes was temporarily allowed to sit at the presidential table, but was later requested to leave from his seat during the middle of the awarding ceremony.

[2][3] In 1977, Spaniards Seve Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido won during that year's World Cup tournament that was held in the Philippines.

[2] The names of golfers such as Fred Couples and Kyi Hla Han also participated in the several golf tournaments that were held in the Philippines.

Among them were Casiano Decena (1934), Guillermo Narvaja (1935), Celestino Tugot (1956), Ben Arda (1956), Luis "Golem" Silverio (1966), Ernesto "Moyo" Toleco (1974), Quintin Mancao (1976), Rudy Labares (1984), Mario Manubay (1986), Robert Pactolerin (1990), Frankie Miñoza (1998), Gerald Rosales (2000), Felix Casas (2001) and Juvic Pagunsan (2004).

[3] In relation to the so-called Asian Tour in golf competition, the Filipinos who became prominent were Frankie Minoza, Angelo Que, Artemio Murakami and Juvic Pagunsan.

The logo of the WGAP (an image composed of green and gold coloration) was designed by Filipino female golfer Cora Suntay.

The WGAP, through its then president Gina Tuason, later held the 1993 Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao Tournament (abbreviated as LuzViMin Tournament; Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are the three main islands of the Philippine archipelago) with the goal of unifying the country and the nation's female golfers.