Jahns hopes to get it done this time at Villamor

Keanu Jahns is on the comeback trail and hopes that having some relative success at tough-as-nail Villamor finally gives him the chance to score a breakthrough win as a professional.

Injury free for the first time in months—and five months removed from finishing second in the ICTSI Match Play—Jahns returns to Villamor for the Philippine Masters where he hopes to go all the way with most of the top guns having commitments to play abroad.

“I’ve always felt comfortable playing at Villamor, so hopefully I can have another good finish this year,” said Jahns, who finished second to Antonio Lascuña in the Match Play.

The P2 million event gets off the ground on Wednesday with Jahns and Rupert Zaragosa among those listed as favorites with the likes of Lascuña, Miguel Tabuena, Angelo Que and other veterans absent this week.”My length is definitely an advantage but I feel what it would come down to is approach and short game,” Jahns said. “If I am able to get closer to the hole with my wedges and short irons, I’ll have a better chance making birdies.”

Jessie Balasabas, who won the last staging of this event in 2018, is also fancied like Dutchman Guido Van Der Valk, the back-to-back The Country Club champion.—MUSONG R. CASTILLO