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Flawless Thursday gives Lascuña two-shot lead at Splendido

Antonio Lascuña—FILE PHOTO LAUREL, BATANGAS—Antonio Lascuña sustained his unrelenting assault on a first PGT (Philippine Golf Tour) leg victory this season, littering a bogey-free 24 holes on a rainy, chilly Thursday with six birdies, with a third round five-under-par 67 giving him a two-shot lead over LJ Go heading into the final 18 holes of…

Lascuña holds provisional lead as rain halts play

Antonio Lascuña—FILE PHOTO LAUREL, BATANGAS—Heavy midday rains forced suspension of second round play in the ICTSI Splendido Taal Championship on Wednesday, but not after Antonio Lascuña engineered a shakeup in the leaderboard to grab the provisional lead with still six holes left in his round. Finally getting his groove after failing to turn in practice…

Lascuña, Arbole share halfway lead at Lakewood

Antonio Lascuna.—CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The seasoned Antonio Lascuña gunned down seven birdies in returning a five-under-par 67 on Wednesday before settling for a share of the 36-hole lead in the P2.5-million ICTSI Lakewood Championship in Nueva Ecija where Harmie Constantino moved closer to a record fourth straight victory in the ladies event. Starting the day three…

Lascuña, Del Rosario open repeat quests at Caliraya

Antonio Lascuña goes for back-to-back titles. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO A stacked, foreign-flavored men’s field and undoubtedly the best ladies cast assembled in years in the Philippine Golf Tour tee off on Tuesday in the ICTSI Caliraya Springs Championships with the defending men’s champion, Antonio Lascuña, emphasizing the importance of blasting out of the gates hard. “I…

Lascuña, Del Rosario set out for repeat Caliraya titles

Antonio Lascuna.—CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The Caliraya Springs stop of the ICTSI golf tour will have champions of the men’s and ladies’ divisions defending their titles as the circuit, after unpredictable endings to its first two legs of the season, is still in search for its first repeat winner. Antonio Lascuña will banner the men’s field and…

Ageless Lascuña rules Country Club Invt’l by three

Antonio Lascuña (left) is congratulated by Miguel Tabuena. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Twenty years from his first The Country Club win—when the course was a lot shorter and he was one of the young guns on tour—Antonio Lascuña became a two-time champion by being one of the oldest in the field and beating the modern-day face of…

Lascuña new Country Club leader after gutsy 72

Antonio Lascuña —FILE PHOTO Antonio Lascuña drained a 12-foot putt for birdie on the 18th hole on Thursday, capping a demanding test in the third round of the rich The Country Club (TCC) Invitational, which toasted a new leader in the 53-year-old veteran at the wind-buffeted layout in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. The brutal 7,735-yard layout…

Tabuena seals title match with Lascuña

Miguel Tabuena of the Philippines. –Paul Lakatos/ Asian Tour Antonio Lascuña was in control of his two matches on Thursday and kept his surprising repeat bid going, while Miguel Tabuena rallied against two Asian Tour peers as the duo set up an interesting match for the ICTSI The Country Club (TCC) Match Play Invitational title…

Tabuena, Que battle for semis slot; Ababa, Lascuña also advances

Miguel Tabuena —ASIAN TOUR PHOTO Miguel Tabuena and Angelo Que, the most successful internationalists in the ICTSI The Country Club (TCC) Match Play field, will be trying to advance to the quarterfinals at each other’s expense after both coasted to round-of-16 victories Wednesday. Tabuena, who owns an Asian Tour win this year, and Que, a…

Lascuña, Ababa lead advance of top seeds; Jahns bombs out

Antonio Lascuña: Five birdies, one bogey. —FILE PHOTO Antonio Lascuña, the relatively short-hitting defending champion who isn’t giving himself much of a chance to repeat, on Tuesday demolished young Gab Manotoc, 5&4, to advance to the second round of the ICTSI The Country Club Match Play Invitational that was stirred up by Elmer Salvador’s upset…