Philippine Golf Tour

Philippine Golf Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 Philippine Golf Tour
SportGolf
Founded2009
First season2009
CountryBased in the Philippines
Most titlesOrder of Merit titles:
Philippines Antonio Lascuña (4)
Tournament wins:
Philippines Antonio Lascuña (26)
Official websitehttps://pgt.ph/

The Philippine Golf Tour, currently titled as the ICTSI Philippine Golf Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the main professional golf tour in the Philippines.

The tour was founded in 2009 and was created in order to further advance professional golf in the Philippines.[1][2] Many players from the Philippine Golf Tour have progressed through the tour, eventually playing and winning on the Asian Tour. Notable players include Antonio Lascuña, Juvic Pagunsan, Angelo Que and Miguel Tabuena.[3] Korean-born Tom Kim, a multiple PGA Tour winner, also started his career on the Philippine Golf Tour.[4][5]

Since its inauguration, the tour has been title sponsored by Manila-based global port management company International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI). They have also title sponsored the majority of tournaments played on the tour.[6]

Order of Merit winners

Year Winner Prize money (₱)
2023 Philippines Jhonnel Ababa 1,499,825
2022 No Order of Merit awarded
2021
2020
2019 Philippines Juvic Pagunsan (2) 2,070,000
2018 Philippines Jobim Carlos 2,487,083
2017 Philippines Clyde Mondilla 3,156,409
2016 Philippines Antonio Lascuña (4) 3,695,949
2015 Philippines Miguel Tabuena 3,051,918
2014 Philippines Antonio Lascuña (3) 3,181,565
2013 Philippines Antonio Lascuña (2) 1,682,332
2012 Philippines Antonio Lascuña 2,247,640
2011 Philippines Juvic Pagunsan 1,474,604
2010 Philippines Jay Bayron 1,030,817
2009 Philippines Elmer Salvador 784,562

PGT Asia

In August 2017, the Philippine Golf Tour launched a new circuit labelled as the PGT Asia, aimed at offering Asian players more playing opportunities in the region.[7] The circuit ran until 2019.

PGT Asia Order of Merit winners

Year Winner Prize money (US$)
2019 Philippines Antonio Lascuña 46,075
2018 Philippines Clyde Mondilla 102,790
2017 Philippines Miguel Tabuena 125,500

References

  1. ^ "About PGT". Philippine Golf Tour. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ "ICTSI Classic kicks off 10-leg Tour". The Philippine Star. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. ^ Mendoza, Al (23 December 2015). "Tabuena has come a long way, indeed". SunStar Baguio. Retrieved 4 February 2023 – via Pressreader.
  4. ^ "Kim posts record win, edges Carlos by one". The Manila Times. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2023 – via Pressreader.
  5. ^ Yadav, Ankita (27 December 2022). "Was Tom Kim the best young star of 2022? A look at the golfer's year". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  6. ^ "List of Sponsors and Partners". Philippine Golf Tour. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  7. ^ "8 legs to kick off inaugural PGT Asia Tour". Manila Standard. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2023.