Veteran Asian Tour campaigners Mardan Mamat and Marcus Both seek to become the first repeat winner in the Solaire Philippine Open in the last decade when the 99th staging of the fabled event is held on March 2 to 5 at The Country Club in Laguna.
No player has ruled the country’s premier championship and Asia’s oldest National Open twice since 1988 winner Frankie Miñoza nailed his second Philippine Open crown in 2007. But with their experience and talent needed in tough, challenging courses as the TCC, Singapore’s Mamat and Both of Australia hope to figure prominently right in Day One of the $350,000 event.