Winners of the inaugural ICTSI Junior PGT Series display their medals. They are (from left) Jiwon Lee (15-18), Isabella Tabanas (13-14), Precious Zaragosa (11-12), Quincy Pilac (9-10), Jared Saban (9-10), Ralph Batican (11-12), Patrick Tambalque (13-14) and Zeus Sara (15-18). Joining them are ICTSI’s Public Relations officers Joop Kalambakal (back row, left) and Bambi Marfil.(PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF JPGT)
Patrick Tambalque and Korean Ji Won Lee snatched victories from the clutches of defeat as they captured the boys' 13-14 and girls' 15-18 crowns, respectively, in a pair of sudden-deaths highlighting the ICTSI Junior PGT national finals at The Country Club in Laguna Tuesday.
Tambalque parred the last three holes to log 49 points under the Modified Stableford scoring system from a gross 77 as he forced a playoff with Vis-Min series topnotcher Clement Ordeneza, who blew a huge lead with a closing five-over card in the last four holes.
Lee, on the other hand, bogeyed the tricky par-3 17th and finished with 50 points from a gross 76, enabling Cagayan de Oro's Alethea Gaccion, who closed out with three pars, to force a sudden death in the ICTSI event.
Joining Tambalque and Lee in the podium are Jared Saban and Quincy Pilac (9-10), Ralph Batican and Precious Zaragosa (11-12), Isabella Tabanas (girls' 13-14) and Zeus Sara (boys' 15-18).
Tambalque parred the last three holes to log 49 points under the Modified Stableford scoring system from a gross 77 as he forced a playoff with Vis-Min series topnotcher Clement Ordeneza, who blew a huge lead with a closing five-over card in the last four holes.
Luzon elims topnotcher Pilac and No. 2 Zaragosa captured the girls' 9-10 and 11-12 trophies, respectively, with the former posting 42 points from a gross 84 for a three-point romp over Rafella Batican, who scored 39 points.
Zaragosa, on the other hand, matched par 72 worth 54 as she turned back sisters Lisa and Mona Sarines, who finished with 52 and 46 points from grosses of 74 and 80, respectively.
Sara, from Davao, produced 50 points from a gross 76 and nipped David Serdenia and Zachary Villaroman by two points to secure the boys' 15-18 age group championship.
Tabanas put up an impressive frontside 37 then bucked a triple-bogey on TCC's tough finishing hole as she assembled 43 points from a gross 83 and beat Levonne Talion by two for the girls' 13-14 diadem.
Talion wound up with 41 points from a gross 85 while Rafa Anciano placed third with 38 points from a gross 88.
Saban birdied the last hole and ran way with the boys' 9-10 title with 52 points from a gross 74, besting Vito Sarines, who scored 49 points from a gross 77. Batican ripped the boys' 11-12 field.
