DOTTIE Ardina is indeed ripe for the pro ranks. Ardina blitzed the back nine and shot a final-round seven-under-par 65 to complete a come-from-behind win in the ICTSI Philippine Ladies Tour’s first leg at the windswept The Country Club in Laguna.
Tiger Woods shook off a double bogey at the 14th hole Sunday and held on to win the US PGA Tour Players Championship, setting another career milestone in the process.
ANTONIO Lascuña, bucking nagging back pains, closed out with a flawless three-under-par 69 yesterday to win the ICTSI Calatagan Challenge by four shots over Jonel Ababa at the heavily wooded layout in Batangas.
Antonio Lascuña fired an eagle-spiked five-under-par 67 yesterday and took a one-shot lead over the fancied Juvic Pagunsan after the first 18 holes of the P1 million ICTSI Calatagan Challenge in Calatagan, Batangas.
THE ICTSI Calatagan Challenge in Batangas that tees off today has drawn a star-studded field after Jay Bayron, Antonio Lascuña and Elmer Salvador ditched plans to play overseas this week.
MALAYSIAN Ervin Chang shot an eagle-spiked 2-under-par 70 yesterday and was left alone at the top with a two-shot lead in the Philippine Amateur Junior Open championship after Gabriel Manotoc and Rupert Zaragosa disqualified themselves after unintentionally breaking a rule yesterday.
GABRIEL Manotoc moved closer to a breakthrough individual triumph yesterday, shooting an eagle-spiked 2-under-par 70 to widen his Philippine Amateur Junior Open championship lead to four over Rupert Zaragosa at Sherwood Hills in Trece Martirez, Cavite.
JAY BAYRON snapped a long winless spell in style yesterday, shooting a final round nine-under-par 59 before nipping three-day leader Miguel Tabuena in the second playoff hole to capture the P2.5 million ICTSI Camp John Hay championship title in Baguio.
“IF THE prize is right, they will come,” gushed my friend Joaquin “Jake” Ayson, a former national golf official, while ticking off the dueling golf Opens that have turned or will turn PH into a tantalizing stop for the world’s touring pros this year.
MIGUEL Tabuena turned Camp John Hay upside down for the third straight round yesterday, firing a six-under-par 62 to zoom ahead by three shots over Jonel Ababa heading into the final day of the P2.5-million ICTSI leg in Baguio.
Juvic Pagunsan, who carded an 81 to miss the cut in his last Japan Golf Tour stint last week, bounced back with a 5-under-par 66 in the first round of the Tsuruya Open in Hyogo, Japan yesterday. The 2011 Asian Tour Order of Merit winner had nines of 33-33 to trail Japanese Masashi Ozaki, who grabbed the lead with a 62. Meanwhile, Angelo Que was 2 over after 15 holes at the Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea. JGTO.org
Tiger Woods still has a chance to win the Masters.
Most of his fellow players seem OK with that.
WITH Frankie Miñoza bowing out in the second round, Juvic Pagunsan withdrawing and Angelo Que struggling, it’s now up to Elmer Salvador to assume the role of Filipino hero the $300,000 Solaire Open desperately needs.
