2019 ICTSI Riviera Classic: Que joins PGT Riviera title hunt
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Angelo Que will need more than power to reign at Langer
The power hitting former Philippine Open champion actually nailed one last month while on a break from the region’s most lucrative circuit when he ran away with a five-stroke romp in the ICTSI Manila Southwoods stop of PGT Asia.
But he expects a tougher challenge in the sixth leg of the 10th season of the country’s premier circuit with the dreaded par-71 layout, where dangers lurk in every corner, requiring not just length but also precision and mental toughness.
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Jobim Carlos and Jay Bayron seek to rekindle old glory at Riviera
Pagunsan, for one, is aiming for a record fourth win-in-row after the region’s former No. 1, who also campaigns in Japan, swept the last three legs of the four-stage Visayas swing last June. He also dominated the Riviera stop of PGT Asia last month.
Carlos, on the other hand, is out to snap a string of forgettable finishes in the circuit he dominated on his way to clinching the 2018 Order of Merit title, seeking a victory on a course where he also reigned as PGT Asia leg champion last year.
Also eyeing to regain his winning ways at the hazard-laden layout is Bayron, who nipped Clyde Mondilla in sudden death when Riviera last played host to a PGT event in 2016.
But the local top guns will also be going up against a slew of foreign aces, led by Korean-American Micah Shin, a former PGT leg champion at Luisita and the first non-Filipino winner of The Country Club Invitational, Thais Kammalas Namuangruk and Tawan Phongpun, and recent PGT Cebu leg titlist Manila-based Guido Van der Valk.
Meanwhile, a select number of pros get the chance to test the course in today’s (Tuesday) pro-am where they will team up with officials and guests of the event’s chief backers, including ICTSI, Custom Clubmakers, Meralco, Champion, Summit Mineral Water, K&G Golf Apparel, BDO, Sharp, KZG, PLDT and M.Y. Shokai Technology, Inc.