Davao—Amateur standout Aidrid Chan marked his transition to the professional ranks with a remarkable victory in the Philippine Golf Tour Q-School, overhauling a four-stroke deficit with a 68 and securing the low medal honors by three at the South Pacific Golf and Leisure Estates here Friday.
Kuresh Samanodi initially hiked his lead to five strokes with a birdie-birdie feat against Chan’s bogey-eagle start. But the tides shifted as Chan, displaying resilience and skill, recorded four birdies against two bogeys in the next 14 holes.
In contrast, the two-day leader struggled with six bogeys in the same stretch and wound up with a 75, enabling Chan to wrest the lead.
Chan held sway to the finish, matching Samanodi’s birdie on No. 17 to spike a pair of 34s for a four-day total of four-under 284, clinching the top spot and leading 29 others, who earned their spots in this year’s PGT.
The 10-leg circuit kicks off with a two-leg Davao swing on March 12 for the ICTSI Apo Golf Classic, followed by the Palos Verdes Championship on March 19-22, alongside the 54-hole Ladies PGT.
