Van der Valk hangs on, prevails via a stroke

Dutchman Guido van der Valk performed the 72nd hollow smartly sufficient on a pressure-laden Friday to fend off two hard-charging pursuers and pocket the ICTSI Forest Hills Classic identify for his first win of the Philippine Golf Tour season.

The 45-year-old in reality averted an implosion with a snatch par in law at the 18th that sealed a one-under-par 70 for a one-shot win over Keanu Jahns and Angelo Que, who in reality held the clubhouse lead after checking in with a 66 and 64, respectively.

“No. 18 isn’t the easiest hole—there’s a lot of trouble out there,” Van der Valk stated after tallying 272. “I hit a good drive and followed it up with a really nice second shot. That helped me settle down a bit and close it out.”

What used to be meant to be a three-man race for the crown within the ultimate spherical amongst Van der Valk and Reymon Jaraula—who began the day sharing a three-shot lead over younger Aidric Chan—changed into a wide-open race as Van der Valk had all 3 of his bogeys within the again 9.

Que used to be flawless in carving out a 30-34 effort, whilst Jahns had 5 of his seven birdies coming house, with the remaining of his two bogeys that got here at the par-3 15th fighting him for forging a playoff with Van der Valk.

“For some reason, I got a little defensive at the back nine,” Van der Valk stated. “That’s once I began entering bother. I struggled to shake it off and ended up making some bogeys, which no doubt made issues more difficult for me towards the end.

“Still, I hung in there,” he stated.