Lascuna secures Wack Wack title

TONY LASCUNA raced all the way to the finish line unchallenged as he captured the crown in the ICTSI Wack Wack Championship with a nine-stroke win over Elmer Salvador at the Wack Wack East Course yesterday.

The win also allowed Lascuna to claim the coveted Order of Merit award. With the title virtually bagged after posting a huge seven-point lead over Salvador and Que after three rounds, Lascuna just went through the motions and settled for two birdies and the same number of bogeys, his closing even-par card capping not only a brilliant campaign in the richest leg of the ICTSI Philippine Golf but also in the entire season.

He wound up with an eight-under 280 total, pocketed the top P450,000 purse and wrapped up the OOM crown with a total earnings of P2.25 million, emerging the lone three-leg winner in the 15-stage circuit organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc.

Salvador, who had hoped for a victory to get a crack at the second OOM title, ended up with a birdie-less 74 after matching Lascuna’s opening 37 but still finished solo second at 289 as Que hobbled with a closing 40 for a 78 and tumbled down to joint sixth at 293. Salvador, the Order of Merit winner in 2009, took home P320,000 and finished second in the OOM race with total winnings of P1.6 million. /Correspondent Jonas Panerio