Philippine Masters

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ICTSI Villamor Philippine Masters
Tournament information
Location Pasay, Philippines
Established1976
Course(s)Villamor Air Base Golf Club
Par72
Tour(s) Asia Golf Circuit
Philippine Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund ₱2,000,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate277 Ben Arda (1976)
To par−11 as above
Current champion
Flag of the Philippines.svg Angelo Que
Location map
Philippines relief location map (square).svg
Icona golf.svg
Villamor Air Base GC
Location in the Philippines

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]

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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

YearTour [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
ICTSI Villamor Philippine Masters
2024 PHI Flag of the Philippines.svg Angelo Que 278−104 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Rho Hyun-ho
2023 PHI Flag of the Philippines.svg Jhonnel Ababa 285−31 stroke Flag of the Philippines.svg Joenard Rates
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Guido van der Valk
2019–2022: No tournament
2018 PHI Flag of the Philippines.svg Jerson Balasabas 285−3Playoff [lower-alpha 2] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Guido van der Valk [4]
2017 PHI Flag of the Philippines.svg Clyde Mondilla 282−61 stroke Flag of the Philippines.svg Jhonnel Ababa
Flag of the Philippines.svg Antonio Lascuña
Flag of the United States.svg Nicolas Paez 		[5]
Philippine Masters
2001–2016: No tournament [6]
2000 Flag of the Philippines.svg Cassius Casas Playoff Flag of the Philippines.svg Robert Pactolerin [6]
1999: No tournament
Ericsson Philippine Masters
1998 AGC Flag of the Philippines.svg Frankie Miñoza (2)278−10Playoff [lower-alpha 3] Flag of the Philippines.svg Rodrigo Cuello [7]
1996–97: No tournament [8]
San Miguel Beer Philippine Masters
1995 AGC [lower-alpha 4] Flag of Sweden.svg Olle Nordberg 281−7 [3] [9]
1994 AGC [lower-alpha 4] Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Rodrigo Cuello 279−9Playoff [lower-alpha 5] Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Frankie Miñoza
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Robert Pactolerin 		[10]
San Miguel/Coca-Cola Philippine Masters
1993 AGC [lower-alpha 4] Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Frankie Miñoza 279−96 strokes Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Ernie Rellon
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Danny Zarate 		[11]
Calsberg Philippine Masters
1992 Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Robert Pactolerin (2) [8]
1991 AGC [lower-alpha 4] Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Robert Pactolerin [8]
1990 AGC [lower-alpha 4] Flag of the United States.svg E. J. Pfister 285−35 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Don Klenk [12]
1989 AGC [lower-alpha 4] Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg George Olaybar [12]
Philippine Masters
1981–1988: No tournament
1980 AGC [lower-alpha 4] Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsieh Min-Nan 283−52 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lu Hsi-chuen
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Mallicoat 		[13]
1979 AGC [lower-alpha 4] Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg Mya Aye 280−82 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ho Ming-chung [14]
1978 AGC [lower-alpha 4] Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsu Chi-san 284−41 stroke Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Rudy Lavares
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Purtzer
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Mario Siodini 		[15]
1977 AGC [lower-alpha 4] Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Ben Arda (2)279−92 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Gaylord Burrows [16]
1976 AGC [lower-alpha 4] Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Ben Arda 277−116 strokes Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Between 1976 and 1995, the event was sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit, however it was an unofficial money event; therefore the win is considered unofficial on that tour.
  5. ↑ Cuello won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

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  5. ↑ "2017 ICTSI- Villamor Philippine Masters: Mondilla Master of 'em all". Philippine Golf Tour. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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  8. 1 2 3 "Miñoza top pick in RP Masters". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. 12 February 1998. p. 12. Retrieved 21 May 2020– via Google News Archive.
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  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. 1 2 "Pfister runaway". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. 12 February 1990. p. 29. Retrieved 21 May 2020– via Google News Archive.
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