Br. Ben holding trophy during 1999 Ateneo - La Salle Golf

Ateneo de Manila University won back-to-backs titles against archrival De La Salle University in the 30th Ateneo-La Salle Golf Classic on September 18.

The Blue Eagles soared high at the Forest Hills Golf and Country Club in Antipolo garnering a total of 82 points against the Green Archers’ 44 points.

It was the second straight triumph of the Katipunan-based golfers, who also beat their chief rivals, 80-45, last year.

Ateneo ends La Salle's reign

After two frustrating years, Ateneo finally found ways to beat La Salle in the 2016 LaSalle-Ateneo Golf Classic recently at the Canlubang Golf and Country Club.

In the final count, the Blue Eagles edged the Green Archers by a whopping 35 points, 80-45. While La Salle took some Class A of the Decades, Ateneo ran away with the Ladies division and most of Class B and C in all the Decades.

Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:12 AM | Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

LA SALLE won seven titles in four different batches to post 79 points and a whopping 32-point victory over Ateneo in the La Salle-Ateneo Alumni Golf Classic held in three courses at Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club recently.

Edgardo Bautista scored 62 to rule Class C in Batch 1969-and-below while Jose Arnel Agustin made 64 in Class A and Wendy Go had a 67 in Class B to prevail in Batch 1970-79.

The Philippine Star | Updated April 2, 2015 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - La Salle pooled 79 points behind seven victories in four different batches as it posted a whopping 32-point romp over Ateneo to keep the Classic Cup crown in the La Salle-Ateneo Alumni Golf Classic held at three courses at the Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club in Gen. Trias, Cavite recently.

Golfing for education since 2006, BRAFE 9 Golf once again teed off with 244 participants at  Malarayat Golf & Country Club in Lipa City, Batangas last October 6 to continue its annual fundraising to benefit the Foundation for Sharing LaSallian Education (FSLE).  The annual golf tourney is held every first Monday of October in memory of Br. Rafael “Brafe” S. Donato FSC, who established and actively promoted FSLE which provides scholarships for deserving students to acquire a LaSallian education at DLSU-LIPA.

The Ateneo – La Salle Golf Classic was held last July 31, 2009 at the North and South Courses of the Canlubang Golf and Country Club. This annual event, which is open to all alumni/alumnae and students (who have had at least one term of completed studies) from any Jesuit and La Salle Christian Brothers schools, was first launched in 1984. The Lasallian contingent was made up of 120 golfers compared to Ateneo’s 138. Though somewhat outnumbered, the Lasallian golfers fought gallantly.

Truly, Golf is a sport where success is never a matter of opinion. There are no cases of referees making controversial calls or judges asserting their respective personal biases. Here, the only determinant is the score that each player or team posts. There is no gray area as to who is the clear winner or loser. To win a Golf tournament means to irrefutably be considered as the best for the duration of the competition. It is in such an environment where De La Salle University- Manila has continually proven to be successful.

Three months after their thrilling showdown for the UAAP cage championship, La Salle and Ateneo go at it again, this time, for golf supremacy when the fifth La Salle-Ateneo Match Play is held on December 18-21, 2008 at the Tagaytay Midlands in Tagaytay City.

The Lasallian parbusters have ruled the last three staging of the annual Ryder Cup-style event, including last year’s masterful 24-18 victory, also at Tagaytay Midlands, in a match they dominated from the start behind the hot-starting crew of its youth brigade.

Not unlike the intense rivalry in the recent UAAP basketball finals, Ateneo and La Salle alumni and students alike battled it out in the North and South Courses of the Canlubang Golf and Country Club last November 21 for bragging rights on the fairways. However, unlike the UAAP finals where the Ateneo Blue Eagles swept the La Salle Green Archers, competition last Friday was so tight among the almost 200 participants that it took some time for the results to be announced later that day.