Pagdanganan-Dy wins by 7

MANILA, Philippines — Bracing for a tight finish, Bianca Pagdanganan and Jed Dy ended up romping off with a seven-shot victory as they closed out with an eagle-aided 66 to outclass the field in the National Doubles Amateur Golf Championship at the Camp Aguinaldo Golf Club in Quezon City.

Just one-stroke ahead of Jet Hernandez and Josh Jorge at the start of the final round, Pagdanganan and Dy hung tough with a birdie-bogey stint at the front then broke a run of pars with an eagle on the par-5 18th, their closing 31 in the rain capping a triumphant first-ever team-up between an Asian Games bronze medalist and a former Junior World champion.

With their 63 in four-ball and 140 in aggregate formats, Pagdanganan and Dy finished with a 269 total, beating the Hernandez-Jorge pair by seven for the overall crown in the season-ending tournament of the National Golf Association of the Philippines and sponsored by the MVP Sports Foundation.

“It was a team effort and we just complemented with each other. But Ate Bianca is really a good player,” said Dy, who drilled in the closing putt from six feet off the recent Asian Games bronze medalist’s superb second shot from 180 yards.

The victory also augured well for the winning tandem heading to the 2019 Philippine Amateur Open Golf Championship beginning Jan. 3 at Riviera’s Langer course in Silang, Cavite.