MANILA, Philippines — The men of the PGT (Philippine Golf Tour) Asia step up their respective title drive in two spillover tournaments from the circuit's milestone third season, all aiming for a strong start coming off a long break at the Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club in Gen. Trias, Cavite. A power-packed cast from at least 15 countries gears up for a pair of four-day battles of shotmaking and wits beginning Tuesday (Jan. 14) for the ICTSI Eagle Ridge Invitational with Jhonnel Ababa seeking to keep the crown he won in emphatic fashion in 2018 at the Aoki course and extend his run of luck in the circuit. The $100,000 event serves as the eighth leg of the region’s emerging circuit put up by ICTSI, which staged two tournaments in Taiwan last year to highlight its third season. Action then heats up next week for the ICTSI Eagle Ridge Championship on Jan. 21-24 at the Faldo layout to be spiked by the race for the Order of Merit honors. A select number of pros, meanwhile, test the Aoki layout in today’s (Sunday) pro-am tournament where they will be paired with officials and guests of the event’s chief backers, including ICTSI, PLDT Enterprise, Meralco, BDO and PGT Asia official apparel Pin High.

Source: Philippine Star January 11, 2020 03:33 UTC