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    Harmie Constantino beats Daniella Uy in playoff for LPGT Luisita title

    Ladies Philippine Golf Tour: Harmie Constantino tops Luisita
    May 11, 2023
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    HARMIE Constantino battled back from six shots down in regulation with a scorching back-nine rally for a 68 then drained a 12-foot birdie putt in sudden death to beat Daniella Uy and snare the ICTSI Luisita Championship crown on Thursday in Tarlac.

    Constantino had a 79 in the second round, entered the final day four shots off Uy and slid further with bogeys in the first two holes on Thursday.

    But she birdied No. 5 and gained another stroke on the ninth to match Uy’s frontside 36 then made things happen in the last seven holes, coming through with a flurry of birdies, including three straight from No. 12 before holing out with another for a 218 total.

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    Uy birdied the 10th to pad her lead to five but bogeyed Nos. 12 and 13 in a costly four-shot swing and though she birdied the difficult 17th to regain the lead, the former Junior World champion failed to match Constantino’s closing birdie and signed for a 72 and a two-over overall total.

    Daniella Uy

    Constantino birdied the first playoff hole from an uphill lie as Uy flubbed a downhill putt from just about the same distance.

    “No idea I could still come back from four shots down and go into a playoff … not until I reached No. 18 and had a birdie putt. I told myself that this is my last chance of making something,” said Constantino, who bagged P93,750 from the P750,000 pot.

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    The former national amateur champion annexed her fifth career victory, including two at Eagle Ridge-Aoki where she marked her pro debut in 2021 and wins at Pradera Verde and Villamor last year.

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      Sarah Ababa carded a 73 to place third at 219 while Florence Bisera turned in a second straight 74 for fourth at 224.

      Korea’s Kim Seoyun, who moved into contention with a second round 70, faded with five bogeys in the first seven holes, limping with a 78 for fifth at 225 while Gretchen Villacencio and Pamela Mariano matched 226s after a 74 and 75, respectively.

      Chihiro Ikeda shot a 76 for eighth at 232 while Apple Fudolin and Korean Yang Ju Young assembled identical 235s after a pair of 78s.

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