BACOLOD City – Rupert Zaragosa claimed his second career Philippine Golf Tour crown in a weather-affected tournament, as torrential rain brought by Typhoon Kristine forced the cancellation of the third and final round at the ICTSI Negros Occidental Classic here on Friday, Oct. 25.
The relentless downpour turned the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club into an unplayable landscape, forcing the tournament to be cut down to 36 holes. This followed an earlier decision to shorten the season-ending 72-hole event to 54 holes on Wednesday, Oct. 23, due to already adverse conditions.
The tournament thus concluded after 36 holes, with Zaragosa's second-round score of 66, completed before the storm hit, securing him a commanding six-stroke victory over Tony Lascuña and Reymon Jaraula. Zaragosa’s winnings of ₱450,000 capped off his 2024 PGT season, with his focus now shifting toward the upcoming ICTSI Match Play Championship at The Country Club next month.
While it’s not unusual for golf events to be shortened due to weather concerns, cutting a PGT event down to 36 holes is rare, the last instance happening in 2012 at the same venue when Zanieboy Gialon edged Lascuña in a sudden-death playoff after the tournament was shortened to 54 holes.
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