LAUREL, Batangas. – Miguel Tabuena sets out for another title run on an exacting course where he has reigned twice, leading a stellar 60-player field in the ICTSI Splendido Taal Championship which reels off Tuesday here.
Tabuena hopes to come out strong coming off a long break after edging Clyde Mondilla in sudden death to snare the ICTSI Luisita Championship last March. He vied in Thailand then skipped the next Philippine Golf Tour stop at Caliraya to campaign abroad but a travel snafu to Korea left him out of competitive play the last few weeks.
But he remains one of the fancied players in the P2 million championship given his talent and skills that have marked his rise to elite status since he nailed his first pro career victory here in 2012.
He repeated the feat in 2015 with the two-time Philippine Open winner racking up eight more victories, including the Queen’s Cup of the Asian Tour in 2018 and the Idaho Open for his first title in the US last year.
“The game is there but I just have to be more patient because I’ve not been playing as many tournaments as I want to,” said Tabuena during yesterday’s pro-am. “I’m excited to be playing again here. This is where I won my first pro event, so this (course) is very close to me. It’s just nice to be back here.”
