Manila, Philippines (SportsNetwork.com) – Marcus Both carded a 2-under 70 on Sunday to claim the title of the ICTSA Philippine Open.<\/p>\n
Both, who was playing on a sponsor’s invite after losing his Asian Tour card last season, finished the tournament at 6-under-par 282. It was his third career win on the Asian Tour and first since the 2009 Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open.<\/p>\n
“Words can’t describe how it feels from being an invite to a winner this week. I have to thank ICTSI and the Asian Tour for giving me the invite. To come away with the trophy is amazing. I’m a bit lost for words,” Both said.<\/p>\n
Siddikur Rahman (69), Nathan Holman (70), Antonio Lascuna (70), Arnond Vongvanij (70) and Jay Bayron (72) shared second place at 4-under.<\/p>\n
Tung-shu Hsieh (70) finished in seventh at 3-under 285.<\/p>\n
Both birdied the second, fifth and seventh before tripping to a bogey at the eighth to make the turn at 6-under.<\/p>\n
He later rolled in back-to-back birdies at the 15th and 16th to reach 8-under and stretch his lead to three strokes.<\/p>\n
He would bogey the 17th and 18th to fall back to minus-6, but no one was able to take advantage as he hung on for the win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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