Park wins Canlubang-Petron Amateur Open

CANLUBANG, Laguna—Korean expat Park Ming-ung carded a one-under-par 71 on Friday to complete a final-round comeback and win the 14th Canlubang-Petron Amateur Open at the South course here.

The teener out of Riviera in Cavite made the most out of Rupert Zaragosa’s collapse, parring the final four holes while Zaragosa was four over on the same stretch to finish with a 76.

Counting rounds of 68 and 74, Ung tallied 211 over the up-and-down layout that Zaragosa calls home and will lead 15 other bets into the National Golf Association of the Philippines  Match Play championship starting tomorrow.

Zaragosa finished third at 213, one shot behind another young Korean, Jung Tea-yang, who fired a 72.

Cangolf will also host the match play championship presented by the MVP Sports Foundation as part of the PLDT Amateur Tour.

Also advancing to the match play proper were eight ladies, led by Daniella Uy, who topped the distaff side with a closing 70 for 138, four strokes ahead of young Bernice Olivares-Ilas.

Gen Nagai, a mainstay of PAL Interclub champion Cebu Country Club, fired a 70 to finish fourth with former match play champion John Kier Abdon, who shot a 73.

Three more Koreans finished inside the Top 10, while Gabriel Manotoc wound up alone in eighth spot at 223 after a 77.