On a roll

Frankie Minoza’s resurgence continues as he captured his second title in a row after he shot in a bogey-free 67 to post a five-shot win over Elmer Salvador in the ICTSI Pueblo de Oro Championship at the Pueblo de Oro layout in Cagayan de Oro City yesterday.

The performance was reminiscent of his final-round performance in the Del Monte leg last week, where he fired in a nine-under 63 to win the championship there.

Yesterday, he calmly sank five birdie putts to quell Angelo Que’s eagle-spiked 33 charge at front, before cruising to victory with two more birdies for a five-under card.

With his earlier 67 and 64, Minoza wound up with a 198 total and pocketed another P200,000, his 18-under feat easily his best in a 54-hole tournament in years and one of the lowest on the five-year ICTSI Philippine Golf Tour.

Minoza, who battled Que in a classic backside shootout in the second round where they both shot 29s before finishing with a 64 as against Que’s 66, hit three birdies in the first nine holes to keep his overnight four-shot lead intact at the turn.

Five behind Minoza after 36 holes, Salvador tried to put the pressure with back-to-back birdies from No. 10. But Minoza birdied No. 12 and Salvador wobbled with two bogeys against a birdie in the next five holes before holing out with two birdies for a 67.

Salvador took home P120,000 while Que, the runaway winner at ICTSI Orchard last May, ended up third at 204 worth P90,000.