GEN. TRIAS, Cavite. – Despite the forecast of rains, the men of the Philippine Golf Tour look to pound the Aoki course and provide some stellar play given their form and class as the ICTSI Eagle Ridge at Aoki Invitational unfolds Tuesday here.
Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club general manager Antonio Ocampo said that while the Isao Aoki-designed course, one of the championship courses inside the expansive golf complex, has been prepared and set up to challenge the country’s leading pros, he expects a shootout in a field made more formidable by the presence of two Japan Tour campaigners.
“Rain is forecast for the week. The greens are sleek but are rolling well and we expect excellent low scores because of the caliber of these pros,” said Ocampo, adding the roughs aren’t too high, virtually making it negligible, although the course remains as challenging with many levels of difficulty present.
As it stands, Juvic Pagunsan is the marked player, particularly after the former Asian Tour No. 1, who has not played on the Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc.-organized circuit since posting a record four-leg sweep in 2019, put himself in pre-tournament conversation with a runaway victory in a pro-am event last week.
Angelo Que is the other multi-titled player tipped to contend for the crown in the P2 million tournament put up by ICTSI, with the former three-time Asian Tour champion also raring to mark his Tour return with a top podium finish after a tie for 11th effort in his last PGT event, also here last year.
