Marvin Dumandan birdied the last two holes for a two-under-par 70 yesterday to complete a come-from-behind victory in the ICTSI-Mimosa Challenge at the Mimosa Golf and Country Club in Clark Field, Pampanga.
Dumandan, who had earlier rounds of 72-72, easily overhauled Ramil Bisera’s two-shot lead overnight with steady play and became the circuit’s first back-to-back winner.
“It’s nice to win again,” said Dumandan, who finished with a 214 total for 54 holes in clinching the P200,000 top prize in the tournament organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc., said in Filipino.
Dumandan, already the winner at Royal Northwoods last month, was installed as the solid pick here after Juvic Pagunsan and four other crack pros opted to play in the Barclay’s Singapore Open.
Bisera opened with three straight bogeys, submitted a 76, and settled for a tie for second at 218 with Anthony Fernando and amateur Carl Santos-Ocampo, who both had 71s.
Bisera and Fernando went home with P92,500 each.
Cassius Casas and the long-hitting Orlan Sumcad also churned out 70s and finished in a fifth-place tie with Antonio Asistio II and Benjie Magada at 220.
Asistio, the former national team mainstay who is in his rookie year as a pro, double-bogeyed the par-3 14th for a 74, the same card turned in by Magada, the Orchard leg champ.
Ferdie Aunzo ballooned to a 79 and fell into a share of 15th, nine strokes behind at 223. He teed off tied for second with Dumandan.
Reigning Philippine Open champion Elmer Salvador tied Aunzo with a 76.
The final-round scores:
214—M. Dumandan 72-72-70; 218—C. Santos-Ocampo (Am) 76-71-71, A. Fernando 74-73-71, R. Bisera 73-69-76; 220—O. Sumcad 78-72-70, C. Casas 76-74-70, B. Magada 73-73-74, A. Asistio II 72-74-74; 221—J. Lam 79-70-72, J. Balasabas (Am) 74-74-73, R. Sangil 74-71-76; 222—R. Sinfuego 75-72-75, R. Pagunsan 73-74-75, R. Bayron 72-75-75; 223—E. Salvador 77-70-76, J. Opaco 75-72-76, F. Aunzo 73-71-79; 224—M. Tabuena (Am) 74-76-74, Rob Pactolerin 73-75-76, P. Villaber (Am) 75-72-77; 225—J. Laput 81-72-72, C. Hong (Am) 72-80-73, J. Bernis 76-73-76, Z. Salvador 71-75-79, G. Bondoc 72-73-80.
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