Philippine Masters

The Philippine Masters is a professional golf tournament in the Philippines. First played as the Philippine Masters Invitational in 1976 over the golf course at Nichols Air Base (now Villamor Air Base) in Pasay, to the south of Manila, it was scheduled the week before the first event of the Asia Golf Circuit calendar, and as such was considered an unofficial season opener or warm-up event for the tour.^[1][2]

ICTSI Villamor Philippine Masters

Tournament information
Location	Pasay, Philippines
Established	1976
Course(s)	Villamor Air Base Golf Club
Par	72
Tour(s)	Asia Golf Circuit Philippine Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	₱2,000,000
Month played	May
Tournament record score
Aggregate	277 Ben Arda (1976)
To par	−11 as above
Current champion
Angelo Que
Location map
Villamor Air Base GC Location in the Philippines

In the late 1990s, it became a full event on the Asia Golf Circuit but when the tour ended, the Philippine Masters soon followed. After 2000, it was not staged again until it was revived in 2017 as an event on the local Philippine Golf Tour.^[3]

Winners

Year	Tour[lower-alpha 1]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
ICTSI Villamor Philippine Masters
2024	PHI	Angelo Que	278	−10	4 strokes	Rho Hyun-ho
2023	PHI	Jhonnel Ababa	285	−3	1 stroke	Joenard Rates Guido van der Valk
2019–2022: No tournament
2018	PHI	Jerson Balasabas	285	−3	Playoff[lower-alpha 2]	Guido van der Valk	[4]
2017	PHI	Clyde Mondilla	282	−6	1 stroke	Jhonnel Ababa Antonio Lascuña Nicolas Paez	[5]
Philippine Masters
2001–2016: No tournament							[6]
2000		Cassius Casas			Playoff	Robert Pactolerin	[6]
1999: No tournament
Ericsson Philippine Masters
1998	AGC	Frankie Miñoza (2)	278	−10	Playoff[lower-alpha 3]	Rodrigo Cuello	[7]
1996–97: No tournament							[8]
San Miguel Beer Philippine Masters
1995	AGC[lower-alpha 4]	Olle Nordberg	281	−7			[3][9]
1994	AGC[lower-alpha 4]	Rodrigo Cuello	279	−9	Playoff[lower-alpha 5]	Frankie Miñoza Robert Pactolerin	[10]
San Miguel/Coca-Cola Philippine Masters
1993	AGC[lower-alpha 4]	Frankie Miñoza	279	−9	6 strokes	Ernie Rellon Danny Zarate	[11]
Calsberg Philippine Masters
1992		Robert Pactolerin (2)					[8]
1991	AGC[lower-alpha 4]	Robert Pactolerin					[8]
1990	AGC[lower-alpha 4]	E. J. Pfister	285	−3	5 strokes	Don Klenk	[12]
1989	AGC[lower-alpha 4]	George Olaybar					[12]
Philippine Masters
1981–1988: No tournament
1980	AGC[lower-alpha 4]	Hsieh Min-Nan	283	−5	2 strokes	Lu Hsi-chuen Rick Mallicoat	[13]
1979	AGC[lower-alpha 4]	Mya Aye	280	−8	2 strokes	Ho Ming-chung	[14]
1978	AGC[lower-alpha 4]	Hsu Chi-san	284	−4	1 stroke	Rudy Lavares Tom Purtzer Mario Siodini	[15]
1977	AGC[lower-alpha 4]	Ben Arda (2)	279	−9	2 strokes	Gaylord Burrows	[16]
1976	AGC[lower-alpha 4]	Ben Arda	277	−11	6 strokes	Kim Seung-hack	[17]

Notes

1. AGC − Asia Golf Circuit; PHI − Philippine Golf Tour.
2. Balasabas won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
3. Miñoza won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
4. Between 1976 and 1995, the event was sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit, however it was an unofficial money event; therefore the win is considered unofficial on that tour.
5. Cuello won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

1. "77 for PI Masters". New Nation. Singapore. 11 February 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 22 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
2. "'Mighty Mouse' seeks hattrick". New Nation. Singapore. 9 February 1978. p. 17. Retrieved 22 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
3. Besa, Mike (20 May 2017). "Home of the Philippine Masters". Business Mirror. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
4. "Balasabas nails breakthru win in Philippines Masters". The Philippine Star. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
5. "2017 ICTSI- Villamor Philippine Masters: Mondilla Master of 'em all". Philippine Golf Tour. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
6. "Philippine Masters gets under way at Villamor Golf Club". spin.ph. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
7. "Steady Miñoza in sudden death win". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. 16 February 1998. p. 16. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
8. "Miñoza top pick in RP Masters". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. 12 February 1998. p. 12. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
9. "Philippine Masters". Where2golf. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
10. Amigo, Ismael (31 January 1994). "It's Cuello by a playoff". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. p. 24. Retrieved 22 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
11. Nazareno, Rocky (31 January 1993). "Miñoza fires 66; overruns rivals". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. p. 24. Retrieved 22 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
12. "Pfister runaway". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. 12 February 1990. p. 29. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
13. "Lu flops on back nine to lose out". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 February 1980. p. 17. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
14. "Sporting details | Golf | Philippine Masters". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 February 1979. p. 39. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
15. "Masters title to Chi-san". The Straits Times. Singapore. 14 February 1978. p. Page 29. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
16. "Arda wins S$25,000". The Straits Times. Singapore. 14 February 1977. p. 23. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
17. "Filipino golfer wins in Manila". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. 16 February 1976. p. 65. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.