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]

ICTSI Villamor 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₱2,500,000
Month playedMay
Final year2018
Tournament record score
Aggregate277 Ben Arda (1976)
To par−11 as above
Current champion
Philippines Jhonnel Ababa
Location Map
Villamor Air Base GC is located in Philippines
Villamor Air Base GC
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
2023PHIPhilippines Jhonnel Ababa285−31 strokePhilippines Joenard Rates
Netherlands Guido van der Valk
2019–2022: No tournament
2018 PHI Philippines Jerson Balasabas 285 −3 Playoff[lower-alpha 2] Netherlands Guido van der Valk [4]
2017 PHI Philippines Clyde Mondilla 282 −6 1 stroke Philippines Jhonnel Ababa
Philippines Antonio Lascuña
United States Nicolas Paez		 [5]
Philippine Masters
2001–2016: No tournament [6]
2000 Philippines Cassius Casas Playoff Philippines Robert Pactolerin [6]
1999: No tournament
Ericsson Philippine Masters
1998 AGC Philippines Frankie Miñoza (2) 278 −10 Playoff[lower-alpha 3] Philippines Rodrigo Cuello [7]
Philippine Masters
1996–97: No tournament [8]
1995 Sweden Olle Nordberg 281 −7 [3][9]
1994 Philippines Rodrigo Cuello 279 −9 Playoff[lower-alpha 4] Philippines Frankie Miñoza
Philippines Robert Pactolerin		 [10]
1993 Philippines Frankie Miñoza 279 −9 6 strokes Philippines Ernie Rellon
Philippines Danny Zarate		 [11]
1992 Philippines Robert Pactolerin (2) [8]
1991 Philippines Robert Pactolerin [8]
1990 United States E. J. Pfister 285 −3 5 strokes United States Don Klenk [12]
1989 Philippines George Olaybar [12]
1981–1988: No tournament
1980 AGC Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan 283 −5 2 strokes Taiwan Lu Hsi-chuen
United States Rick Mallicoat		 [13]
1979 AGC Myanmar Mya Aye 280 −8 2 strokes Taiwan Ho Ming-chung [14]
1978 AGC Taiwan Hsu Chi-san 284 −4 1 stroke Philippines Rudy Lavares
United States Tom Purtzer
Philippines Mario Siodini		 [15]
1977 AGC Philippines Ben Arda (2) 279 −9 2 strokes United States Gaylord Burrows [16]
1976 AGC Philippines Ben Arda 277 −11 6 strokes South Korea 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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