Korean Kim Tae Soo and Leandro Bagtas toughened up in afternoon play and hacked out a pair of reversal over their top seeded rivals yesterday to arrange a showdown for the Philippine Amateur Open Match Play Championships crown at the Luisita Golf and Country Club in Tarlac.
Kim, who placed 13th in the 16-player match play cast, built a two-hole cushion after nine holes then thwarted top ranked and last year’s champion Carl Corpus’ late charge to pound out a 2-1 triumph in their semifinal clash.
Bagtas, on the other hand, hit a clutch par on No. 15 to break an all-square duel with Sean Ramos then matched the second seeded bet’s bogey-par-par windup to snatch a 1-up victory in their side of the Last 4 face-off.
They dispute the crown in another grueling 36-hole finale today.