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Philippine Masters

The Philippine Masters is a professional golf tournament in the Philippines. First played as the Philippine Masters Invitational in 1976 over the golf course at Nichols Air Base (now Villamor Air Base) in Pasay, to the south of Manila, it was scheduled the week before the first event of the Asia Golf Circuit calendar, and as such was considered an unofficial season opener or warm-up event for the tour.[1][2]

ICTSI Villamor Philippine Masters
Tournament information
LocationPasay, Philippines
Established1976
Course(s)Villamor Air Base Golf Club
Par72
Tour(s)Asia Golf Circuit
Philippine Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund₱2,500,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate277 Ben Arda (1976)
To par−11 as above
Current champion
Philippines Jhonnel Ababa
Location map
Villamor Air Base GC is located in Philippines
Villamor Air Base GC
Villamor Air Base GC
Location in the Philippines

In the late 1990s, it became a full event on the Asia Golf Circuit but when the tour ended, the Philippine Masters soon followed. After 2000, it was not staged again until it was revived in 2017 as an event on the local Philippine Golf Tour.[3]

Winners edit

Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up Ref.
ICTSI Villamor Philippine Masters
2023 PHI   Jhonnel Ababa 285 −3 1 stroke   Joenard Rates
  Guido van der Valk
2019–2022: No tournament
2018 PHI   Jerson Balasabas 285 −3 Playoff[b]   Guido van der Valk [4]
2017 PHI   Clyde Mondilla 282 −6 1 stroke   Jhonnel Ababa
  Antonio Lascuña
  Nicolas Paez 		[5]
Philippine Masters
2001–2016: No tournament [6]
2000   Cassius Casas Playoff   Robert Pactolerin [6]
1999: No tournament
Ericsson Philippine Masters
1998 AGC   Frankie Miñoza (2) 278 −10 Playoff[c]   Rodrigo Cuello [7]
1996–97: No tournament [8]
San Miguel Beer Philippine Masters
1995 AGC[d]   Olle Nordberg 281 −7 [3][9]
1994 AGC[d]   Rodrigo Cuello 279 −9 Playoff[e]   Frankie Miñoza
  Robert Pactolerin 		[10]
San Miguel/Coca-Cola Philippine Masters
1993 AGC[d]   Frankie Miñoza 279 −9 6 strokes   Ernie Rellon
  Danny Zarate 		[11]
Calsberg Philippine Masters
1992   Robert Pactolerin (2) [8]
1991 AGC[d]   Robert Pactolerin [8]
1990 AGC[d]   E. J. Pfister 285 −3 5 strokes   Don Klenk [12]
1989 AGC[d]   George Olaybar [12]
Philippine Masters
1981–1988: No tournament
1980 AGC[d]   Hsieh Min-Nan 283 −5 2 strokes   Lu Hsi-chuen
  Rick Mallicoat 		[13]
1979 AGC[d]   Mya Aye 280 −8 2 strokes   Ho Ming-chung [14]
1978 AGC[d]   Hsu Chi-san 284 −4 1 stroke   Rudy Lavares
  Tom Purtzer
  Mario Siodini 		[15]
1977 AGC[d]   Ben Arda (2) 279 −9 2 strokes   Gaylord Burrows [16]
1976 AGC[d]   Ben Arda 277 −11 6 strokes   Kim Seung-hack [17]

Notes edit

  1. ^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit; PHI − Philippine Golf Tour.
  2. ^ Balasabas won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. ^ Miñoza won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Between 1976 and 1995, the event was sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit, however it was an unofficial money event; therefore the win is considered unofficial on that tour.
  5. ^ Cuello won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References edit

  1. ^ "77 for PI Masters". New Nation. Singapore. 11 February 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 22 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  2. ^ "'Mighty Mouse' seeks hattrick". New Nation. Singapore. 9 February 1978. p. 17. Retrieved 22 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ a b Besa, Mike (20 May 2017). "Home of the Philippine Masters". Business Mirror. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Balasabas nails breakthru win in Philippines Masters". The Philippine Star. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  5. ^ "2017 ICTSI- Villamor Philippine Masters: Mondilla Master of 'em all". Philippine Golf Tour. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Philippine Masters gets under way at Villamor Golf Club". spin.ph. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Steady Miñoza in sudden death win". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. 16 February 1998. p. 16. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  8. ^ a b c "Miñoza top pick in RP Masters". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. 12 February 1998. p. 12. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  9. ^ "Philippine Masters". Where2golf. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  10. ^ Amigo, Ismael (31 January 1994). "It's Cuello by a playoff". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. p. 24. Retrieved 22 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  11. ^ Nazareno, Rocky (31 January 1993). "Miñoza fires 66; overruns rivals". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. p. 24. Retrieved 22 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  12. ^ a b "Pfister runaway". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. 12 February 1990. p. 29. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  13. ^ "Lu flops on back nine to lose out". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 February 1980. p. 17. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  14. ^ "Sporting details | Golf | Philippine Masters". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 February 1979. p. 39. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  15. ^ "Masters title to Chi-san". The Straits Times. Singapore. 14 February 1978. p. Page 29. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  16. ^ "Arda wins S$25,000". The Straits Times. Singapore. 14 February 1977. p. 23. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  17. ^ "Filipino golfer wins in Manila". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. 16 February 1976. p. 65. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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