Que easily holds off charging cavalry to seal Summit Point triumph  

Angelo Que gets a kiss from wife Tracy. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

LIPA—Angelo Que has quietly started a teaching career and has taken in some of the most promising pros and top amateurs who want to learn the art of winning.

Aidric Chan, one of the very first students Que accepted, got a first-hand lesson on how to finish off a tournament on Friday, when the coach closed out with a two-under-par 70 to win the ICTSI Summit Point Championship over the student who gave chase the entire final round here.

After three straight 66s to enter the final day ahead by five over Justin Quiban, Que played with the same brilliance that had him coming into their inward trip still ahead by four that not even a double-bogey 5 on the 17th could change the outcome.

“I managed it by thinking that the pressure is on them,” Que said after tallying a 72-hole 268 that gave him a second win for the season, which speaks well of his defense of his first Order of Merit title. “There was really no pressure out there today, because I have known Aidric and Justin for a long time.

“It was like we were all pushing each other (to play our best),” added Que as he did push Chan, who turned in a 66 with Quiban, the first-round leader who opened with a 65, returning a 69 to check in another two shots back.

Big-hitting Keanu Jahns shot a 68 to tie Reymon Jaraula, who carded a 70, for fourth at 278, with Kristoffer Arevalo firing a 70 to be another shot back. Fidel Concepcion, Jeff Lumbo and Sean Ramos tied at 280 after closing out with a 66, 68 and 70, in that order.

Chan was working on an eight-under card after 14 holes, only to bogey the bunker-filled par-5 16th—his only bogey of the day—that effectively snuffed out his chances.

It was a low-scoring week over the Robert Trent Jones-created gem that was battered by heavy rains weeks leading into the tournament. But the layout held its playability and rewarded players who took risks.

A total of 23 players finished with sub-par cards with another five matching par 288 with the field made to play lift-clean-and-place.

Carl Corpus, a member of the Asian Games squad in Nagoya next week, closed out with a second straight 74 for 284 and out of the top 10. After rounds of 70 and 66, Corpus had started the third round in second spot, just four strokes off Que, only to have just three more birdies in his last 36 holes.

Corpus will join Miguel Tabuena and Japan Tour regular Justin delos Santos in Nagoya as they hunt for the country’s first gold medal in golf after Yuka Saso won the individual title and the women’s squad the team gold in the 2018 edition in Jakarta.