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    Chihiro Ikeda can't be denied at Eagle Ridge despite closing 77

    I played bad but still won, says relieved Ikeda
    Jul 7, 2022
    Chihiro Ikeda gets a victory shower from Harmie Constantino and amateur Mikha Fortuna.
    Chihiro Ikeda gets a victory shower from Harmie Constantino and amateur Mikha Fortuna.

    GEN. TRIAS, Cavite – Chihiro Ikeda survived a horrendous final round to claim her second championship in the last four legs of the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour, beating Sarah Ababa by two shots despite a five-over 77 on Thursday.

    Ikeda had built a six-shot cushion over Harmie Constantino and amateur Mikha Fortuna after 36 holes of the P1.5 million championship but went through some anxious moments before pulling through in the ICTSI Eagle Ridge at Aoki Invitational.

    “I played bad but still won,” said Ikeda, who banked P202,500 in a victory that was her first since winning at Mt. Malarayat last May.

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    “I was a little bit tired and failed to play steady. But I just kept on fighting” added the Manila Southwoods and AsiaGlobal Technologies-backed pro, who honed her skills under swing coach Bong Lopez.

    She birdied the opening hole to pad her lead but bogeyed three of the next four for a 38. She yielded two more strokes on the daunting par-4 No. 13, bogeyed the next before wrapping up her 38-39 in a birdie-bogey fashion for a 216 total.

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      But her rivals failed to pounce on her struggles, with Ababa, who started the last 18 holes seven shots off Ikeda, coming the closest with a birdie on No. 13 for a running two-under card against Ikeda’s four-over output.

      But Ababa, winner at Sherwood Hills in 2016, failed to get up-and-down on No. 14, matching Ikeda’s hiccup, then dropped another stroke on the 18th to finish second at 218.

      Fortuna pulled to within two with two birdies in the first six holes, only to fade with four bogeys in the last 12 for a 74. She ended up third at 219 while running away with the low amateur honors in the 54-hole championship organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc.

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      Constantino’s bid for a third straight victory at Aoki ended with a woeful 78 as she tumbled to fourth at 223 while Chanelle Avaricio finally snapped a pair of over-par rounds of 77 and 78 but her 72 could only net her a share of fifth at 227 after winning three of the last five tournaments of the LPGT, including the last at Pradera Verde.

      Other 227 scorers were Lovelynn Guioguio and Apple Fudolin, who limped with 77 and 78, respectively, while Marvi Monsalve rallied with a 73 to tie Pamela Mariano, who skied to a 77, at eighth at 228

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      Chihiro Ikeda gets a victory shower from Harmie Constantino and amateur Mikha Fortuna.
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