The Philippine Star
August 21, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Ronee Dungca barged into the ICTSI Elite Junior Finals by sharing the highest spot within the ladies’ 7-10 age-group class with a 71 on the shut of a rain-disrupted John Hay JPGT Championship in Baguio yesterday.
Regardless of lacking the primary 4 legs of the seven-stage regional tour, Dungca made a shocking late-season cost. The nine-year-old swept the final three legs, matching Mavis Espedido’s three-leg sweep price 45 factors every to advance to the finals of the season-long, course-hopping collection that goals to find younger expertise from throughout the nation.
Dungca, Espedido and two others will now sq. off with the highest qualifiers from the Visayas-Mindanao swing in a Ryder Cup-style showdown set for Oct. 7-10 at The Nation Membership in Laguna.
Dungca’s closing two-over card gave her a 36-hole whole of 143 for a 12-shot victory over Tyra Garingalao of Carmona, Cavite, who posted a 75 for a 155. Amiya Tablac of Baguio Metropolis completed third with a 163 after an 80.