TAINAN, Taiwan – Hounded by two Thai top guns and a young Taiwanese in a flight ahead and bedeviled by a swing that went haywire on the last two holes, Tony Lascuña kept his composure and produced two clutch shots that win big-time championships – closing out with scrambling pars to salvage a bogey-free 70 and claim the Nan Pao TPGA (PGA of Taiwan) Open crown by one here yesterday. Those bailout shots bucked the Filipino ace’s errant driving on Nos. But Lascuña showed what championship poise is all about, producing a near-perfect lob shot from 45 yards on No. Another hooked Lascuña drive on the par-5 18th that rolled under a tree gave the long-hitting Thai – and Liu, who closed out with a 68 ahead of the final group – another shot at the lead. But Lascuña pulled off another spectacular shot – drawing a 9-iron shot from 120 yards that rolled from the front of the green to the right edge then raised his arms in triumph after completing a two-putt par in the $100,000 event which served as the fifth leg of Philippine Golf Tour Asia and sixth stop of TPGA.

Source: Philippine Star September 29, 2019 15:38 UTC