Forty-two foreign aces dominate the early roster of players bracing for a four-day battle of shot-making and wits when the Philippine Golf Tour Asia resumes Wednesday at the Forest Hills Golf and Country Club in Antipolo.

Veteran campaigner Wisut Artjanawat and former PGT Sherwood leg winner Ittiphat Buranatanyarat along with Aussies Andrew Campbell and Damien Jordan, South African Mathiam Keyser, Finland’s Janne Kaske and Americans Nicolas Paez, John Michael O’Toole, Brett Munson, Lexus Keoninh and Eliott Hume are tipped to slug it out with their Filipino counterparts for top honors in the $100,000 ICTSI Forest Hills Championship serving as the fourth leg of the second season of the region’s newest circuit.

David Gleeson of Australia ruled the PGTA’s kickoff leg at Luisita last April, nipping obscure Erwin Arcillas in a playoff.

But the local top guns topped the next two with Jobim Carlos edging Tony Lascuña by two to claim his maiden victory at Riviera and Jay Bayron rallying to snare the Southwoods crown from O’Toole last month.

Another down-to-the-wire finish looms in the upcoming event sponsored by ICTSI with Forest Hill’s Nicklaus layout providing a tougher challenge for the men of the PGTA with its rolling layout, ravines, hazards and the wind that come into play in most holes.

“The course and the condition vary and one has to mind not only his game but also try to better his rivals,” said Lascuña, actually back-to-back winner of the PGT Forest Hills leg from 2016-17.