Jobim Carlos and DJ Padilla checked their skid in time with a tap-in par on the final hole to foil the Jet Mathay-Alex Etter and Jelbert Gamolo-Rupert Zaragosa pairs in a thriller of a finish and claim the Delimondo National Pro-am crown at Splendido Taal Golf Club in Laurel, Batangas on Saturday.
Carlos and Padilla blew an early three-stroke lead and a two-shot edge over Mathay and Etter with two holes to go on a wild, wobbly windup, enabling the two teams, including Gamolo-Zaragosa, to pull even at three-over card overall heading to the 18th. But they proved steadier in the end with Carlos tapping in Padilla’s muffed birdie-putt from 10 feet on the closing par-4 hole for a 76 to complete a wire-to-wire triumph in the 54-hole championship sponsored by Delimondo with a 219.
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