Obscure Salahog upstages big guns

Nilo Salahog, who could not seem to get past the cutoff line the last two months, now got past the top guns and took the coveted spot on top, wresting a one-stroke lead over Justin Quiban with a five-under 65 in the opener of the ICTSI Bacolod Golf Challenge at the Bacolod Golf and Country Club in Bacolod on Wednesday.

Three birdies at his closing nine at the front capped an impressive start for a journeyman who had missed the cut in the first three tournaments of this year’s Philippine Golf Tour Asia and failed to advance at PGT’s Del Monte and Pueblo de Oro stops last month.