Malaysian sets pace in PGT Q-School with 69

Malaysian U Minn

Woon marked his first foray in the Philippine Golf Tour Q-School in style, putting up an impressive three-under 69 to lead Nilo Salahog by two at the start of the 72-hole eliminations at Splendido Taal Golf Club.

Woon banked on his superb all-around game to dominate the rolling, challenging layout that he had little knowledge of. He birdied two of the first three holes at the back where he teed off and gained more strokes on Nos. 2 and 3 before holing out with a bogey on the par-5 No. 9.

Still, his 35-34 card proved enough to give him the early lead over Salahog, who birdied the first two holes at the front but scrambled with three bogeys against two more birdies in hot conditions for a 71.

Carlos Packing, a veteran inter-club campaigner, bounced back from a flawed backside 38 with birdies on Nos. 1 and 8 as he rescued a 72 for solo third, while Russell Bautista missed gaining solo second as he blew a two-under card on birdies on Nos. 2 and 3 with three bogeys in the last five holes at the front.

But the Cebuano bet still emerged the top amateur with a 73 despite dropping to joint fourth with Korean Kim Seong Guk, Japanese Toru Nakaji- with a low blow. Fabricio probably knows that ‘this is nothing for me, even if we go into a rematch.’”

Andrade, whom Pacatiw lost to at ONE: Full Circle in February 2022, had Lineker on the defensive for much of their first meeting in October 2022. The 25-year-old repeatedly tagged “Hands of Stone” throughout the three rounds that the fight lasted.

After folding Lineker with a cracking knee strike, Andrade moved in for the finish but his second knee strike inadvertently landed FPACATIW, P10