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a big boost to the host-city The PAL Interclub – the country's longest-running team golf tournament – enshrines not just the deep commitment of Asia's first airline to sports development but also to stimulating economic growth and progress in the countryside.
Caddies and umbrella girls meanwhile earn from P400 to P500 a day, or an aggregate income of P6.4 million for two weeks. Another P3.1 million is expected to be spent on golf carts and vans. The 65th edition of the PAL Interclub will start with the Seniors event on February 16 while the Regular Men's Division gets underway February 22 after a two-day break.
For the last 65 years, the PAL Interclub has catalyzed in no small measure the overall economic activity of the host city where the tournament is held, generating job opportunities and revenues for various tourism and hospitality-related businesses as well as to the coffers of the local government. In fact, local officials and business leaders of Davao, Bacolod and Cagayan de Oro – rotating venues of the Interclub – look forward to their city's hosting of the tournament by regularly sprucing golf courses and various leisure spots. va
Interclub flies to Davao This year, the PAL Interclub stands to infuse at least P60 million into Davao's economy, representing the expense allocation of more than 150 participating golf teams as well as PAL's budget for the two-week golf extravaganza set at the Apo and Rancho Palos Verdes golf courses. More than a thousand golfers, many flying in from various Filipino communities abroad, are expected to pump in P53 million for hotel accommodations, transportation, meals, caddy and other golfing fees and many more. PAL’s direct contribution reaches more than P7 million for the lodging, meals and other related expenses of tournament working committee members. The two golf courses – Apo Golf and Ranchos Palos Verdes – will generate P4 million from registration fees alone from the event. The Interclub's P29,000 registration fee per team goes directly to the ev golf courses.
Additional Economic Boost for Davao In the run-up to the tournament proper, PAL calls for a meeting of the Team Captains at Davao. This plus a couple of working committee coordination meetings bring to Davao almost a million pesos in revenues. Meanwhile, the players' spouses, companions and alternates are expected to contribute approximately P1.3 million also for meals, hotels, taxis, souvenirs and city night-outs.
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Beyond the 65th PAL Interclub Last November 2011, PAL revived the Ladies Interclub which was held also at the two golf courses in Davao, signaling the return of another much-anticipated golfing event. In 1948, PAL started the Interclub to encourage domestic travel in the years following the war. Through the next six and a half decades, it has attracted golfers from around the country and the globe not just for the prizes but more for the bragging rights as the best golfers among peers. In the very near future, PAL hopes to bring the Interclub back to Cebu, one of the original host cities. Aside from Manila and Cebu, Davao is one of PAL's major domestic hubs. PAL operates four flights a day to Davao from Manila using the wide-body B747-400s and the twin-engine A320s. www.philippineairlines.com I 95