Philippine Masters

The Philippine Masters is a professional golf tournament in the Philippines. First played as the Philippine Masters Invitational in 1976 over the golf course at Nichols Air Base (now Villamor Air Base) in Pasay, to the south of Manila, it was scheduled the week before the first event of the Asia Golf Circuit calendar, and as such was considered an unofficial season opener or warm-up event for the tour.[1][2]

Philippine Masters
Tournament information
LocationPasay, Philippines
Established1976
Course(s)Villamor Air Base Golf Club
Par72
Tour(s)Asia Golf Circuit
Philippine Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund₱3,000,000
Month playedMay
Final year2018
Tournament record score
Aggregate277 Ben Arda (1976)
To par−11 as above
Final champion
Jerson Balasabas
Location Map
Villamor Air Base GC
Location in the Philippines

In the late 1990s, it became a full event on the Asia Golf Circuit but when the tour ended, the Philippine Masters soon followed. After 2000, it was not staged again until it was revived in 2017 as an event on the local Philippine Golf Tour.[3]

Winners
Year Tour[lower-alpha 1] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
ICTSI Villamor Philippine Masters
2018 PHI Jerson Balasabas 285 −3 Playoff[lower-alpha 2] Guido van der Valk [4]
2017 PHI Clyde Mondilla 282 −6 1 stroke Jhonnel Ababa
Antonio Lascuña
Nicolas Paez		 [5]
Philippine Masters
2001–2016: No tournament [6]
2000 Cassius Casas Playoff Robert Pactolerin [6]
1999: No tournament
Ericsson Philippine Masters
1998 AGC Frankie Miñoza (2) 278 −10 Playoff[lower-alpha 3] Rodrigo Cuello [7]
Philippine Masters
1996–97: No tournament [8]
1995 Olle Nordberg 281 −7 [3][9]
1994 Rodrigo Cuello 279 −9 Playoff[lower-alpha 4] Frankie Miñoza
Robert Pactolerin		 [10]
1993 Frankie Miñoza 279 −9 6 strokes Ernie Rellon
Danny Zarate		 [11]
1992 Robert Pactolerin (2) [8]
1991 Robert Pactolerin [8]
1990 E. J. Pfister 285 −3 5 strokes Don Klenk [12]
1989 George Olaybar [12]
1981–1988: No tournament
1980 AGC Hsieh Min-Nan 283 −5 2 strokes Lu Hsi-chuen
Rick Mallicoat		 [13]
1979 AGC Mya Aye 280 −8 2 strokes Ho Ming-chung [14]
1978 AGC Hsu Chi-san 284 −4 1 stroke Rudy Lavares
Tom Purtzer
Mario Siodini		 [15]
1977 AGC Ben Arda (2) 279 −9 2 strokes Gaylord Burrows [16]
1976 AGC Ben Arda 277 −11 6 strokes Kim Seung-hack [17]

Notes
  1. AGC − Asia Golf Circuit; PHI − Philippine Golf Tour.
  2. Balasabas won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. Miñoza won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. Cuello won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References
  1. "77 for PI Masters". New Nation. Singapore. 11 February 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 22 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  2. "'Mighty Mouse' seeks hattrick". New Nation. Singapore. 9 February 1978. p. 17. Retrieved 22 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. Besa, Mike (20 May 2017). "Home of the Philippine Masters". Business Mirror. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. "Balasabas nails breakthru win in Philippines Masters". The Philippine Star. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  5. "2017 ICTSI- Villamor Philippine Masters: Mondilla Master of 'em all". Philippine Golf Tour. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  6. "Philippine Masters gets under way at Villamor Golf Club". spin.ph. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  7. "Steady Miñoza in sudden death win". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. 16 February 1998. p. 16. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  8. "Miñoza top pick in RP Masters". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. 12 February 1998. p. 12. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  9. "Philippine Masters". Where2golf. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  10. Amigo, Ismael (31 January 1994). "It's Cuello by a playoff". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. p. 24. Retrieved 22 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  11. Nazareno, Rocky (31 January 1993). "Miñoza fires 66; overruns rivals". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. p. 24. Retrieved 22 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  12. "Pfister runaway". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. 12 February 1990. p. 29. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  13. "Lu flops on back nine to lose out". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 February 1980. p. 17. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  14. "Sporting details | Golf | Philippine Masters". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 February 1979. p. 39. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  15. "Masters title to Chi-san". The Straits Times. Singapore. 14 February 1978. p. Page 29. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  16. "Arda wins S$25,000". The Straits Times. Singapore. 14 February 1977. p. 23. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  17. "Filipino golfer wins in Manila". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. 16 February 1976. p. 65. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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