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Malixi glides to 13-shot romp vs Ikeda

Amateur Rianne Malixi turned the final round of the ICTSI Valley Golf Challenge into a victory walk on Friday in Antipolo, completing a dominant 13-stroke triumph over Chihiro Ikeda while playing pressure-free after virtually sealing it all with a decisive second round 70 Thursday.

Malixi's bogeys in the first two holes hardly flustered the 15-year-old rising star as her pro rivals all continued to struggle on the challenging Valley South and the national team spearhead buckled down to work and gunned down birdies on Nos. 5 and 12 before closing out with two more bogeys for a 74.