Star-studded field begins chase in PGT Asia S’woods

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 20:00:40 +0000

A select pro cast tested the bunker-laden layout in the heat and rain in yesterday’s pro-am tournament, most hinting at a run of under-par scores, some intimating of a tougher, challenging outing and others remaining wary of what lies ahead in the next four days of this $100,000 championship.

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Dutch nails PGT Cebu crown

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2019 20:00:26 +0000

With Gleeson sustaining his course record-setting third round rally and pulling to within one with five holes left in a flight ahead, Van der Valk kept his poise and birdied No. 14 from six feet to regain a two-shot cushion then parred the rest to save a 34-36 card and snap a 14-month spell with a 10-under 274 total for his second victory on the Philippine Golf Tour.

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Go makes pro debut

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 20:00:39 +0000

The former national champion actually dominated and topped the 72-hole PGT Qualifying School at Taal Splendido in 2018 but deferred moving to the pro ranks to help power Team Asia-Pacific past Team Europe in the Bonnalack Trophy in Doha, Qatar, thus forfeiting his PGT playing rights.

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3rd PGT Asia begins Monday

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 16:00:58 +0000

The Philippine Golf Tour Asia ushers in its third season tomorrow with a power-packed cast from at least 19 countries gearing up for four days of battle of shotmaking and wits in the $100,000 event at the Luisita Golf and Country Club in Tarlac.

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More challenging TCC

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:58 +0000

“Kept in championship form all year-round, the TCC will be doubly tough at this time of the year with the heat and the wind to add to the severe challenges the course will pose to all the bidders,” – TCC general manager Colo Ventosa #golf

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Thais seek end to Solaire Phl Open jinx

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:56:14 +0000

Prom Meesawat nearly pulled off the feat in the event’s Centennial staging last year when he stormed to the lead after three rounds of play in brutal conditions. But the veteran Thai campaigner took a heartbreaker of a defeat to local ace Miguel Tabuena, losing in sudden death and extending the country’s perennial regional rivals’ woes in Asia’s oldest National Open.

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