MANILA, Philippines - Tony Lascuña vows to atone for a pair of poor performances that cost him a fourth Order of Merit title as he heads the field in the season-ending ICTSI Tournament Players’ Championship beginning tomorrow at Sherwood Hills Golf Club in Trece Martirez, Cavite.
While his ball-striking and iron game remain solid, Lascuña rues the loss of his putting touch that has anchored his domination of the ICTSI Philippine Golf Tour the last three years but ruined his drive for a fourth straight plum in the money race.
“I just couldn’t seem to putt right in the last two tournaments, especially at Luisita where I finished outside of Top 10 in a long while,” said the ace Davaoeños shotmaker, who ended up 12th in the inaugural Central Azucarera de Tarlac and yielded the OOM title to young gun Miguel Tabuena.
“But Miguel is playing exceptionally well. He’s good but I could’ve salvaged my season had my putting clicked last week,” said Lascuña, who nevertheless vowed to get back on track in the P3.5 million TPC marking the end of the local golfing season sponsored by International Container Terminal Services, Inc.
Tabuena, who has secured the OOM title with back-to-back victories at ICTSI Open at Wack Wack and at Luisita, and Angelo Que won’t be around for the PGT final tournament but Lascuña still faces a slew of talented rivals, headed by Jay Bayron, Elmer Salvador, Orlan Sumcad, Clyde Mondilla, Cassius Casas, Zanieboy Gialon and Jhonnel Ababa.