Tabuena rallies, edges Keyser in playoff

Miguel Tabuena pulled off one of the most stirring comebacks in local golf history, battling from seven strokes down with a brilliant 66 then pouncing on South African Mathiam Keyser’s errant drive in sudden death to snatch the ICTSI Luisita Championship at the Luisita Golf and Country Club in Tarlac on Saturday.

Though Tabuena needed to churn out a spectacular bogey-free six-under card to get a shot at the crown, the $60,000 event lived up to its pre-tournament hype – the championship decided on the last shot – with Keyser, who closed out with a 71 to tie Tabuena at 277, finding the water off the 18th mound and ending up with a double-bogey.