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Ikeda played injured in Open
NOT a
lot of people know that 2008 Philippine Ladies Amateur
Open champion Chihiro Ikeda injured her left wrist
during practice a day before the tournament started.
A real
trouper, Ikeda just played through and never really let
herself be bothered by it. And the result was her second
major victory following her win at the Hong Kong Jockey
Golf Club Open last November.
Ikeda,
16, has undergone acupuncture therapy yesterday in
Greenhills. She was accompanied by her ICTSI assistant
coach Chris Guerero who suspects that her player must be
gripping her clubs the wrong way.
After
the visit to the physical therapist, Ikeda felt very
relieved from the pain that has been bugging her for
three days after her victory on Friday at the Manila
Southwoods.
“Ang
sarap po ng feeling. Masakit siya kapag pumapalo ako.
Bukas, papalo ako ulit para malaman ko kung sasakit pa o
hindi,” Ikeda told Greenside Chip.
“We’ll
check her grip and correct it at once if necessary. We
do not want to aggravate the injury,” Guerero said.
Guerero
also said that the ICTSI physical training coaches will
have to act double time on Ikeda because she will play
in the 13th DHL WWW-Express Open beginning January 29 at
the Canlubang Golf Club.
“It is a
good thing she’s still young and could recuperate
faster. She is hoping to get the DHL Open crown as
well,” added Guerero.
‘We
know what to do and what not to’
BECAUSE
of a miscommunication between the Women’s Golf
Association of the Philippines (WGAP) and Indonesian
Lydia Ivana Jaya, the golfer was forced to take a cab
from the airport in Parañaque to the Manila Southwoods
Manor in Carmona, Cavite?
Jaya and
her mom had no choice at the time because it is about
seven in the evening and nobody from the WGAP would
reach them as fast as possible.
Jaya
said she and her mom spent about half an hour hailing a
cab that would charge them reasonably.
And mom
and daughter had no qualms traveling all the way to
Carmona without a guide. “This is not our first time
here in the Philippines. So we know what to do and not
what to do,” Jaya said. “Except for the traffic, the
Philippines is like Singapore in many ways, especially
the weather. We had fun with the ride.”
Asistio
running third in KL tilt
Tonlits
Asistio birdied No. 17 and settled with a one-over par
73 for third place, five strokes off Hilmi Abdul Rahman
at the start of the Kuala Lumpur Amateur Open at the
Bukit Jalil Golf Club in Malaysia yesterday.
Back in
the ICTSI golf stable after a year-long absence, Asistio
drove out of bounds in the opening hole but still saved
a bogey then made two more bogeys against two birdies on
Nos. 9 and17 for that 73 card.
That was
five shots off Rahman, who sizzled with a four-under 68
as he flashed his familiarity with the par-72 layout
that played longer than its 6,800-yardage due to
overnight rains.
Nicholas
Fung, also of Malaysia., matched par 72 to place second
in the 54-hole tournament serving as part of the
Filipino bets’ international exposure.
Low Khai
Loon and Tan Chen Hau tied Asistio in third with their
own versions of 73s.
But
while Asistio stayed within striking distance, the other
RP bets struggled on the soft fairways and unpredictable
putting surface with Gino Bunyi shooting a five-over 77,
Tonton Saban limping with a 79, Sonny Villaber and
Bernard Salvador hobbling with a pair of 80s, and JR
Quiachon carding a 95. |
