1,500 to join 75th Januarius Fil-Am Golf Tourney

A record breaking one thousand five hundred golfers are expected to participate in the 75th edition of the prestigious Fil-Am Invitational Golf Tournament that will run from November 25 to December 13, 2025 at the Baguio Country Club (BCC) and Camp John Hay (CJH) fairways.

Aside from this number of golfers who will be comprising the staggering 301 teams that were enlisted for this year’s tournament, BCC general manager and Fil-Am Golf Co-Chairman Anthony de Leon said that there will also be a significant improvement in the raffle prizes and giveaways for the participating golfers during the two-week competition.

Some 129 teams composed of more than 634 golfers will be joining the various categories in the seniors division while some 179 teams composed of nearly 800 golfers will be enlisted for the different categories under the regular division.

The annual Fil-Am Invitational Golf Tournament is the longest running amateur golf competition in the Asia Pacific region having reached its 75th year of high-level competition in the said sport.

De Leon claimed that 25 percent of the participating teams come from the different parts of the Asia-Pacific region and the United States that speaks well of the tournament’s reputation among local and foreign golfers who have been actively joining the annual staging of the competition.

The 75th edition of the Fil-Am Invitational Golf Tournament is being jointly initiated by both the BCC and the John Hay Golf under the State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA).

The BCC official pointed out that the new format for this year will be the four to play, four to count that will enable the organizers to accommodate some 40 additional teams compared to the number of teams that joined last year’s tournament.

Last year’s 74th Januarius Fil-Am Golf Tournament saw the participation of some 1,430 golfers who composed the 260 teams that were enlisted for the tournament. – Dexter A. See