🏆 Champion (and Survivor of the Day) JOEY MAGCALYAO

Joey Magcalyao, fresh from winning the 2025 Bernhard Langer Trophy, added another title to his collection by winning the Payreto Cup on countback over Steve Lawrence. Both posted an impressive 36 Stableford points, proving that even Canlubang North has its limits. Joey also claimed Low Gross honors with a superb 81—a score that earned quiet respect, loud applause, and more than a few shaken heads.

Conditions: Not Easy - Very Canlubang.

The weather behaved… mostly. Light drizzles came and went, while steady easterly winds made club selection an ongoing philosophical debate. The course won most of the arguments, and not a single player managed to play below handicap.

The season opener attracted an excellent field of 42 players, all fully committed to golf, good company, and the belief that the next shot would surely be better.

 

Chasing the Champion:

• 2nd Runner-Up: Joe Sullivan with 35 STP, holding off Nico Punzalan on countback

• Closest to the Pin: Joe Arenas and our generous host Tschangiz Scheybani

• Most Accurate Drive: Nico Punzalan (proving accuracy still matters)

• Ladies Champion & Longest Drive: April Rose Manese, our newest member, making an immediate and powerful impression

• Guest Champion: Efren Alvez

 

Awards, Applause & Recovery

Trophies were presented during a luncheon on the clubhouse terrace, where stories improved, swings got shorter, and scores became increasingly “explainable.”

 

PAYRETO CUP - A Certified Classic

Now played for the 5th time, the Payreto Cup has officially earned its status as a classic on the German Club Golf Circuit calendar—challenging, competitive, and always worth coming back for.

 

With Thanks

A very big THANK YOU to Dr. Tschangiz Scheybani, CEO and Co-Founder of Payreto, for being a generous host and for once again supporting a tournament that perfectly combines great golf, great company and lots of fun!