THE NORTH—aided in part by another celebrated pullout by Juvic Pagunsan—ripped the South in the centrepiece singles matches yesterday to complete a come-from-behind 14½-13½ victory for The Duel title at Alabang Golf Club.
The North squad now have all the stars they need to get back at the South when the two sides clash in the Ryder Cup-style The Duel unfolding June 5 at exclusive Ayala Alabang in Muntinlupa.
Juvic Pagunsan continued to grope for form for the third straight week, carding a 3-over-par 75 to trail leader Daisuke Maruyama of Japan, who fired a 67 for the first-round lead in the Diamond Cup Golf 2013 at Oarai Golf Club in Ibaraki, Japan.
JUVIC Pagunsan returns to the ICTSI Tour this week as part of the Calatagan Challenge where he will be the logical man to beat after impressive finishes in the Japan Tour the last two weeks.
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
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.
THE PHILIPPINES’ finest will try to hold off a crack foreign contingent starting Thursday when the $300,000 Solaire Open tees off at Wack Wack’s fabled East layout.
Juvic Pagunsan matched the 5-under-par 67 of former British Open champion Padraig Harrington as they trailed Koumi Oda of Japan who took the lead with a 64 yesterday at the start of the Thailand Open 2013, the opening tournament of the OneAsia Tour at Thanin City Golf and Country Club.
Conquering the winds and the length of the well-manicured layout are the main worries of the elite field as the 11th staging of the P5 million The Country Club Invitational gets off the ground here today.
THE COUNTRY Club Invitational, regarded as the second major championship in the country next to the Philippine Open, tees off Feb. 7 with a record P5-million pot at the exclusive, windswept layout in Laguna.
REIGNING Asian Tour No. 1 Juvic Pagunsan signed up for the ICTSI Wack Wack Championship, completing a stellar cast in the P2.5 million event firing off Dec. 19 at Wack Wack’s East course.
Antonio Lascuña rallied to match par 70 and tie compatriot Juvic Pagunsan for 60th place after three rounds of the Hong Kong Open where New Zealand’s Michael Campbell and Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain shared the lead Saturday.
JUVIC Pagunsan shot a two-under 68 to move to even par for the tournament yesterday in the UBS Hong Kong Open Championship, which New Zealand’s Mike Campbell led at the halfway mark.
