Golf in the Philippines Philippine Open in other golf courses in the Philippines, such as golfing locations in Camp John Hay in Baguio City, in the Apo Golf Club in Davao in Mindanao, in the Riviera in Cavite in Luzon, and in the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club in Metro Manila. By the end of the 1990s, the Asian Professional Tour was replaced by the Asia PGA Tour (also became known as Asian Tour, the nickname of its predecessor). Country Club Philippines Golf in the Philippines History of Golf in the Philippines is the history of golf in the Philippines as a pastime
Mount Apo is said to be named after a nobleman named Apong, who was killed while mediating the battle between two suitors of his daughter Saribu. Apo is various local languages mean "grandfather", "master", "grandson", and "wise elder". On May 9, 1936, Mount Apo was declared a national park with "Proclamation No. 59" by President Manuel L. Quezon, followed by "Proclamation No. 35" of May 8, 1966, then "Proclamation No. 882" of September 24, 1996. On February 3, 2004, the approval of "Republic Act No. 9237" established Mount Apo as a protected area under the category of "natural park" with an area