DAVAO CITY – Micah Shin returned to familiar ground at Apo Golf and Country Club here and made it look like his own playground, carding a 66 to seize the first-round lead in the ICTSI Apo Golf Classic and threaten to turn another Philippine Golf Tour nail-biter into a runaway. Armed with intimate knowledge of the tight, exacting layout and a game honed by campaigns abroad, Shin made the most of his home-course advantage, stringing together birdies with precision and purpose to establish a commanding cushion over a field loaded with the circuit’s top guns. He held a three-shot lead over last week’s South Pacific leg winner Clyde Mondilla, who bounced back from a frontside 36 with four birdies, including one on the 18th, against a lone bogey at the back for a 69. A slew of pursuers shared third place with 70s, including Sean Ramos, Russell Bautista, local journeyman Ramil Bisera, Paul Echavez, Jeremy Tandoy, Dino Villanueva and Korean Kim Tae Soo. The local top guns, who gave Mondilla a spirited challenge at South Pacific, found the Apo layout far more challenging. Jeffren Lumbo, Elee Bisera and James Ryan Lam and American Collin Wheeler matched 71s, while Justin Quiban, Angelo Que and...
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Oct 31, 2026
Oct 31, 2026