SINGAPOREAN golfer Quincy Quek came all the way back from seven strokes down to capture the title in the ICTSI Orchard Golf Championship yesterday in Cavite.<\/p>\n\n
Quek fired in an incredible seven-under par 65 to win by two over Tony Lascuna. He simply had a remarkable day at the green where he shot in six birdies against a single bogey in the first 15 holes.<\/p>\n\n
Then, he hit an incredible hole-in-one on the 16th hole to finish off the win and bag the crown in the $60,000 tournament.<\/p>\n\n
He wound up with a 12-under 276 at Orchard’s Palmer Course, beating erstwhile solo leader Lascuna, Scott Barr of Australia and Taiwanese Lam Zhi Qun by two for the top $10,465 purse in the 72-hole championship capping a two-week swing of the Asian Development Tour in the country.<\/p>\n\n
It was another sorry setback for Lascuna, who surged ahead in the third round with a fiery 67 and fended off Barr\u2019s charge in the early going until Quek, also a former winner of the WWWExpress-DHL crown at Canlubang, caught fire two flights ahead.<\/p>\n\n
Lascuna, who led Quek by six after 54 holes and padded it to seven with a birdie on the first hole, bogeyed No. 15, enabling Quek to draw level before the 25-year-old Singaporean came through with an ace to seize the lead for good.<\/p>\n\n
The Filipino ace bet went for broke in the last two holes but failed to set up birdie chances and hobbled with a one-over 73 for a 278, settling for another runner-up finish after losing by six to Elmer Salvador in last week\u2019s Aboitiz Invitational Presented by ICTSI in Cebu.<\/p>\n\n
But this time, he had to share it with Barr, who holed out with a birdie for a 72, and Qun, whose third round 63 tied the course record set by Juvic Pagunsan last year. He eagled the par-5 18th for a four-under 68. \/Correspondent Jonas Panerio<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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