Native golfers face world’s greatest in historic Worldwide Collection Philippines 

Former world No. 1 Dustin Johnson headlines the Worldwide Collection Philippines, the largest golf event the nation has hosted since 1995

LAGUNA, Philippines – Because the nation hosts its largest golf event in 30 years, the worldwide professional golfers led by former world No. 1 Dustin Johnson hopes it will additionally assist spur the game’s development within the Philippines.

The LIV Golf-backed Worldwide Collection (IS) Philippines tees off on Thursday, October 23, on the Sta. Elena Golf Membership, with three-time Asian Tour champion Miguel Tabuena and veteran Angelo Que main the Philippine forged in opposition to the world’s prime golfers

“I feel rising the sport is essential,” stated Johnson, the 2016 US Open winner and 2020 Masters champion. 

“The Worldwide Collection and the Asian Tour proceed to increase golf’s attain by taking part in all around the world, bringing golf to components of the world that I’ve by no means been to, and that a variety of golfers have by no means been to.”

The Philippines final hosted a golf occasion of this magnitude in January 1995 with the Johnnie Walker Traditional. 

“I feel that is nice for the sport,” Johnson added. “The sport of golf is rising loads, and taking part in in locations like this actually helps.”

Australian professional golfer Marc Leishman hopes the event would additionally encourage a variety of younger athletes to take up the game. 

“It’s good as a participant to have the ability to put a smile on a child’s face and make it a constructive expertise for them and make them need to come again to the golf course, so personally, that’s what I sit up for,” Leishman stated 

The Worldwide Collection Philippines, certainly one of 9 elevated occasions on the Asian Tour this season, gives precious rating factors — a pathway to LIV Golf, one of many world’s professional males’s excursions.

A US$2 million prize pool will even be up for grabs among the many star-studded forged that additionally consists of 2018 Masters winner Patrick Reed, 2024 Asian Tour Order of Benefit champion John Caitlin, 2011 Masters king Charl Schwartzel, and former US Ryder Cup star Anthony Kim. 

Tabuena stated he was capable of discuss to a few of the opponents, joking that his opponents should go “by way of him” to win. 

With a supportive house crowd behind him, on prime of his familiarity with the golf course, Tabuena admits he feels strain to ship a very good efficiency. 

“I need to do properly, not just for myself however for everybody right here, for everybody in my household, my workforce,” stated Tabuena. 

“It’s additionally one other golf event and I may deal with it like some other event. It could be good to have the ability to win this week, but it surely additionally wouldn’t be the tip of the world [if I didn’t],” he added. 

“I’ve a variety of tournaments and I can use this as a profitable expertise it doesn’t matter what. Win or lose.” – Rappler.com