Jay Bayron came charging back from nine strokes down with a brilliant backside 32 then watched younger brother Rufino Bayron flub a playoff-clinching putt on the 72nd hole to snatch the ICTSI Splendido Classic crown with a 69 in a windy, topsy-turvy final round at Splendido Taal Golf Club in Tagaytay on Saturday.

As Rufino cracked under pressure and skied to a 79 after a string of under-par cards, and Tony Lascuna failed to check his early skid and hobbled with a 73, Jay put on a strong finishing kick in a flight ahead of the championship group, closing out with a four-under 32, spiked by an eagle on the par-5 11th and capped by a five-foot birdie putt on the 18th, another par-5 hole.

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