PSA to fete top golfer, booter, jin

Miguel Tabuena, Misagh Bahadoran and Jeordan Dominguez are among the top athletes to be recognized by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) during its Annual Awards Night presented by Milo and San Miguel on Feb. 13 at Le Pavillon in Pasay City.

Tabuena will be named Mr. Golf, Dominguez, Mr. Taekwondo, and Bahadoran, Mr. Football in the awarding program also copresented by Cignal/Hyper HD.

The trio will join big man June Mar Fajardo and spiker Mika Reyes, who were earlier named by the country’s oldest media organization Mr. Basketball and Ms. Volleyball.

Rio de Janeiro Olympic silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz is the recipient of the coveted Athlete of the Year trophy and leads the long list of awardees to be honored during the formal rite backed by MVP Sports Foundation, Smart, ICTSI, Foton, Rain or Shine, Mighty Sports, GlobalPort, PBA, SM Prime Holdings, Accel, Gold Toe and Phoenix.

The 22-year-old Tabuena was the first Filipino golfer to represent the country in the Olympics after earning a berth in the 2016 Summer Games for being among the top 60 players in the world.

Dominguez, the 25-year-old jin who hails from Baguio City, stamped his class in two major international tournaments that feature the world’s top poomsae athletes.

Bahadoran made an impact as one of the most reliable players of the Philippine Azkals in various international campaigns.