Tabuena rules International Series Phl

The golf gods couldn’t have written this storybook triumph any better.

- OLMIN LEYBA

Miguel Tabuena, the face of local golf, basked in glory as the Alpha Male in the uber-tough International Series Philippines presented by BingoPlus after playing the best 18 holes of his life yesterday.

And it happened right at home, the Sta. Elena Golf Club, surrounded by his parents Luigi and Lorna, wife Sandra and daughter Paloma, friends, clubmates and hundreds of fans who endured the midday heat and late afternoon drizzle to join him in his date with destiny.

Firing a third-straight seven-under 65 spiked by yes, another eagle, his fifth of the tournament, Tabuena completed the greatest triumph of his career and by extension, Philippine golf’s, too, as a whole.

Assembling a 264 after four amazing days highlighted by a rare hole in one on No. 14 in Round 2, Tabuena sealed the deal with a three-shot victory in the $2-million event, besting a stacked field headlined by major champions such as Dustin Johnson and Patrick Reed.