Local aces seek redemption
MANILA - Symetra Tour campaigners Dottie Ardina, Cyna Rodriguez and Princess Superal set out for the ICTSI Beverly Place Ladies Classic beginning today, all fired-up for a victory that has eluded the country’s leading players in the last two legs of the 2017 Ladies Philippine Golf Tour and in the kickoff stage of this year’s circuit at Ayala Greenfield last week.
For one, Ardina has stressed the need for a strong finishing kick as she leads the locals’ bid against the expected charge of a crack Thailand contingent that swept the last two legs of last year’s edition of the country’s premier ladies circuit sponsored by ICTSI.
The Thais also took the top prize in last week’s Ayala Greenfield event ruled by FilJapanese amateur Yuka Saso as Ploychompoo Wilairrungrueng beat LPGT Order of Merit winner Pauline del Rosario by five.
Wilairrungrueng won’t be around this week as she and del Rosario will play in the Taiwan LPGA opening leg also slated this week. But the Thais remain a tough bunch to beat with South Forbes leg winner Yupaporn Kawinpakorn and Tiranan Yoopan bannering the squad that also includes Alisara Wedchakama, Ananya Vitayakonkomol, Aunchisa Utama, Chitawadee Duangchan, Hathaikarn Wongwaikijphaisal, Jaruporn P Na Ayutthaya, Pimpadsorn Sangkagaro and Sarinee Thitiratanakorn.
But Ardina, Superal and company are all ready to get back at their perennial regional rivals and stamp their class at the short, flat but tight, bunkerladen Beverly Place layout in Mexico, Pampanga.