THEY all had fun and soaked up the experience but what these band of youngsters relished more while playing on the ICTSI Junior PGT were the valuable lessons learned during the course of their campaign in the pioneering series.
“Throughout the JPGT Series, I learned that even if you had one bad round, you can always bounce back in the next. There’s a lot of chances and I turned those (chances) into results,” said Zeus Sara, who topped the boys’ 15-18 age group category in the JPGT national finals at The Country Club in Laguna last Tuesday.
“Winning this tournament also boosted my confidence because winning on this course (TCC) is very hard because it’s long and very challenging,” he added.
The JPGT experience also impressed the Davao star who has vied in a number of junior golf tournaments, saying: “The JPGT is very different from other junior golf tournaments, including the live scoring.”
Korean Jiwon Lee, winner of the girls’ 15-18 plum who has campaigned on the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour, described her JPGT stint as exceptional.
“It’s very competitive and I was very honored to have won the championship. I learned and improved a lot in this journey,
not just in JPGT but in every tournament. But this JPGT Series is very special to me.
“The biggest thing that I gained throughout this series is that I got better every tournament,” said Lee. “I experienced a lot of things I never could’ve gotten and I’m very thankful. But most of all, I had fun. This win will surely boost my confidence.”
Patrick Gene Tambalque and Isabella Tabanas, who shared the 13-14 trophies, also enjoyed the JPGT journey and expect to come out better and stronger for their future campaigns.
