Though Miguel Tabuena won’t be shooting for another Philippine Golf Tour crown, a scramble of a finish still looms when the crack international field slugs it out for the second straight week in the $60,000 ICTSI Orchard Golf Championship beginning Wednesday at the Orchard’s Player course in Dasmariñas, Cavite. Tabuena rallied from seven strokes down in a wild final round with a solid 66 then nipped South African Mathiam Keyser in sudden death to snatch the ICTSI Luisita Championship diadem in Tarlac last Sunday. But the former Philippine Open champion and PGT Order of Merit winner has begged off this week to honor a previous commitment. Focus will also be on Rufino Bayron, who bested a tough international field to win the Orchard Championship in 2014. Meanwhile, Southwoods will host the third of a four-week PGT swing next week (May 17-20) for another $60,000 ICTSI Manila Southwoods Championship before the revival of the ICTSI Philippine Masters at the Villamor Golf Club on May 24-27.

Source: Manila Times May 08, 2017 15:11 UTC