Guido Van der Valk threatened to turn what had been a furious battle into a blowout round but floundered at the finish, barely holding on to a two-stroke lead over Zanieboy Gialon with a 74 in brutal conditions in The Country Club Invitational Thursday in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
The Dutchman looked headed to surviving the toughest of tests at the TCC in three days, staying steady and in control of his game and of the field in howling winds and keeping a five-shot lead after 15 holes over his nearest pursuer. But he made a couple of what he termed as "silly mistakes" that led to two bogeys in the last three holes and enabled Gialon and a charging Lloyd Go to make a run for the coveted championship staked on every Philippine Golf Tour season.
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