Del Rosario makes it 2 in row, tops BLC by 4
Pauline del Rosario
BAGUIO , Philippines – Pauline del Rosario held sway with clutch putts at the back then pounced on Chihiro Ikeda’s late-hole mishaps to fashion out a four-stroke victory with a 64 in the ICTSI Baguio Ladies Classic at the Baguio Country Club here yesterday.
Del Rosario kept an overnight four-shot lead up to No. 10 but dropped two strokes on the lone par-4 at the back on No. 11, enabling Ikeda to threaten within two. But she matched her Fil-Japanese rival’s birdie on the next and cruised to another win despite a bogey on No. 16 as Ikeda faded with double-bogey-bogey miscues on Nos. 16 and 17 to likewise finish with a three-over card.
“I never doubted myself even when the others were catching up. I knew some of them would make a charge. But I just told myself to match their intensity,” said the 19-year-old Del Rosario, whose seven-over 190 winning total completed a back-to-back feat following her breakthrough five-shot triumph over amateur Eagle Ace Superal at Orchard three weeks ago.
The victory, worth another P250,000, is also expected to boost the former Philippine Ladies Open champion’s confidence as she primes up for the rich Ladies European Thailand Championship next week against the region’s and Ladies European Tour’s leading players.
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