Canlubang and Luisita, clubs with the most storied rivalry in the rich history of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) Interclub, will be honored by leading three other clubs into
enshrinement in the tournament's Hall of Fame, in time for the 76th staging of what is known as the country's unofficial team golf championship.
Cangolf and Luisita will earn their places in both the Men's and Seniors divisions, a deserved citation for having put color in the tournament because of a heated – yet
camaraderie-filled – rivalry that dates back to the PAL Interclub's early years.
The Sugar Barons are the winningest Men’s titlists with 17 PAL Interclub victories and the first club to win it five (2006 to 2010) and four straight years (2000 to 2003), with
their Seniors team earning its place in the Hall for winning it 11 times highlighted by a streak of four straight from 2006 to 2009.
Luisita, meanwhile, owns the most wins by any Senior team in history, winning it a total of 18 times while owning an eye-popping streak of six wins from 2000 to 2005.
The regular Luisita team, meanwhile, is an eight-time winner and has a three-peat to its record carved out from 1991 to 1993.
The other clubs who made the Hall of Fame in the Regular Men's championship are Bacolod Gold and Country Club, Camp Aguinaldo and the recent power of the Interclub,
Manila Southwoods.
Southwoods has dominated men's play in the recent past, with seven of its nine titles coming from 2015, where it won four straight, and then three consecutive from 2020 to
2024, not counting the two years the event was shelved because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bacolod is a 10-time winner and was the first team to rule the event three straight years, doing it from 1963 to 1965; Aguinaldo, meanwhile, won all of its three titles in a string
starting with the 1988 edition.
PAL Interclub Seniors play kicks off hostilities this year in Bacolod from Feb. 10 with Del Monte as the defending champion, while Men's action starts on Feb. 18 with
Southwoods looking for a third straight title.
