David Gleeson ended a long title spell in thrilling fashion, battling back from two down with four holes to go in regulation then edging Erwin Arcillas on the third playoff hole to snare the hotly-disputed ICTSI Luisita Championship crown at the Luisita Golf and Country Club in Tarlac on Friday.

On the verge of extending a fruitless campaign in various fronts the last seven years, Gleeson toughened himself up in a pressure-packed duel of 40-year-olds and birdied the difficult No. 15 then watched Arcillas crack in mounting pressure and bogeyed the 17th to force a playoff at 11-under 277.

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