2019 ICTSI Del Monte Championship: Pagunsan returns as ICTSI Del Monte unwraps
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Juvic Pagunsan back as the hunted, shoots for another Tour record
Pagunsan became the first player to rack up four straight wins by dominating the Bacolod, Negros, Iloilo and Riviera stops of the 10th season of the country’s premier circuit before returning to his base in Japan PGA Tour where he posted a runner-up finish and a ninth-place effort in Hokkaido and Fukuoka, respectively, last month.
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Reymon Jaraula upbeat of another crack at the crown at home
Tony Lascuña also won four legs to reign as PGT Order of Merit champion in 2016 but Pagunsan made it a record feat by winning four straight with another championship looming large given his form, confidence and skills that continued to be the envy of the other pros aiming to make it big someday.
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Clyde Mondilla vows to deliver with his power game
Pagunsan is expected to come up with a strong start after drawing an early tee time with Elmer Salvador and Rufino Bayron at 7:20 a.m. on the first hole while to start six flights behind at 8:30 a.m. in the company of Richard Sinfuego and Rene Menor.
But a host of others are also raring to go and foil the fancied Negrense, including the homegrown bets ready to cash in on their familiarity with the tight, tree-lined mountaintop layout and fuel their respective title drive in the event backed by Custom Clubmakers, Meralco, Champion, Summit Mineral Water, K&G Golf Apparel, BDO, Sharp, KZG, PLDT and M.Y. Shokai Technology, Inc.
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After a playoff setback at Pueblo, Tony Lascuna hopes to finally emerge on top at Del Monte
“I’m so excited to get going and Juvic’s presence adds up to the challenge,” said Mondilla, who vowed to use an attacking kind of game on a course he’s too familiar with. “I’ll attack even the tight par-4s since I know where to place my shots here.”
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Young Ira Alido aims to finally hit paydirt after a string of top 5 finishes
Thai Kammalas Namuangruk, the lone foreign entry to finish in the Top 10 at Pueblo, is also back for a shot at the crown won by American Nicolas Paez last year with compatriots Tawan Phongpun and Pachara Sakulyong boosting the cast that also drew the likes of American Lexus Keoninh, Peter Stojanovski of Macedonia, South African Luke Trocada, American Sean Talmadge, Park Jun Sung of Korea and Dutch Guido Van der Valk, winner of this year’s PGT kickoff leg in Cebu.
James Ryan Lam, who ended a nine-year chase for a crown with a victory at PGT Asia at Luisita last year, won the pro-am tournament for the second straight week but unlike at Pueblo, where he missed the cut, he hopes not only to advance but contend for the crown this time.