Rianne Malixi pulled off another victory so unlike in her Valley leg romp that had kept her in the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour conversation, blowing a three-stroke lead in the heat and wind but rebounding with a solid backside charge to foil Kim Seoyun with yet another 73 and remain the talking point of the ICTSI Riviera Championship on Thursday in Silang, Cavite.
Malixi spiked her two-stroke victory with back-to-back birdies from No. 10 and a pair of clutch par-saving bids on Nos. 16 and 18, the last from long range on Langer's tough finishing par-4 hole after stroking her first putt from the fringe two-and-a-half pin past the cup. But she returned it with great resolve, dashing whatever hopes the hot-finishing Kim had had for a playoff after the Korean rolled in her own par-bid from 16 feet to cap a tournament-best 68 in a flight ahead.
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