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With Typhoon Quiel bearing down on Luzon, the weather at the 2011 ICTSI Sherwood Hills Classic took a sudden turn for the worse. The sunny, benign conditions were gone and the wind blew harder than it had all week. The scores went up, everyone struggled. Everyone except Elmer Salvador.

Salvador took hold of the ICTSI Sherwood Hills Classic by the scruff of the neck under the most trying conditions of the week and lapped the field beating runners-up Mars Pucay and Artemio Murakami by a whopping 12-stokes. It was a massacre.

Salvador started like a house on fire with birdies on the first three holes, making a mockery of what is one of the hardest opening corners in local golf. He cooled off slightly with a bogey on the par 4 5th, his first in 41-holes. He offset that with a pair of closing birdies on 8 and the 1-handicap 9th and pretty much snuffed out any hopes his pursuers had of catching him. With such a huge lead, he played smart on the back nine, making sure the win was in the bag. He recorded his second bogey of the week on 13 but got it right back with a birdie on the very next hole.

Not that he needed to worry.

Cassius Casas hopes were dashed with a 9 on the par 5 4th. Artemio Murakami never got his round going and was lucky to wind up in a share for second when Mars Pucay bogeyed the finishing hole. Cookie La’O and Ferdie Aunzo recorded the only other sub-par rounds besides Salvador.

The back nine was basically a victory lap for the former lake boy from Apo Golf Club who found new life when he switched to a Bettinardi Signature 2 putter after the Aboitiz Invitational in Cebu City. Salvador’s confidence seemed to soar after his playoff loss in Singapore a month ago and he hasn’t come down since. He made golf look easy in tough conditions on a hard golf course.

When he plays like this, there’s no stopping him. It was a magnificent display.

Cassius Casas came undone with a 9 on the par 5 4th

Murakami teeing off on 15

Elmer Salvador teeing off on 15

Artemio Murakami never got his round going

Cassius Casas chipping on the 15th green

Salvador with his new weapon, a Bettinardi Signature 2 putter

Miguel Ochoa was the low amateur and the only one to make the cut

A beaming Salvador accepts the trophy from Sherwood Hills GM Raymond Bunquin

1 SALVADOR, ELMER 68 67 135 -9 3 2 3 5 5 3 4 4 3 32 4 3 5 5 3 5 3 4 4 36 68 203 -13
2 PUCAY, MARS 68 74 142 -2 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 36 3 3 4 5 4 5 3 5 5 37 73 215 -1
MURAKAMI, ARTEMIO 75 66 141 -3 4 3 5 6 5 3 4 3 5 38 3 3 4 4 5 6 3 4 4 36 74 215 -1
4 BONDOC, GENE 68 76 144 0 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 36 4 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 36 72 216 0
CASAS, CASSIUS 70 69 139 -5 4 3 4 9 4 4 5 4 5 42 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 4 35 77 216 0
6 BIBAT, MICHAEL 75 69 144 0 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 36 4 3 6 4 5 4 2 5 4 37 73 217 1
7 SINFUEGO, RICHARD 74 71 145 1 4 4 3 4 5 3 5 5 4 37 4 3 4 4 4 7 3 5 3 37 74 219 3
8 MAGADA, BENJIE 72 75 147 3 5 2 4 5 5 3 3 5 5 37 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 36 73 220 4
ROSALES, GERALD 77 69 146 2 5 2 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 36 4 3 6 4 5 5 3 5 3 38 74 220 4
ZARATE, DANNY 70 74 144 0 5 4 4 6 5 4 4 5 4 41 3 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 35 76 220 4
11 LASCUÑA, TONY 68 75 143 -1 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 39 4 4 4 6 4 6 3 4 4 39 78 221 5
12 RATES, JOENARD 72 74 146 2 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 6 36 4 4 7 5 4 5 3 4 4 40 76 222 6
13 LA O’, COOKIE 74 78 152 8 4 3 4 6 4 2 4 4 4 35 3 3 5 5 4 6 2 4 4 36 71 223 7
AUNZO, FERDINAND 79 73 152 8 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 34 4 4 5 4 5 5 2 4 4 37 71 223 7
VILLAROMAN, CARITO 72 77 149 5 5 3 5 3 5 5 4 4 4 38 4 3 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 36 74 223 7
FERNANDO, ANTHONY 76 72 148 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 35 4 3 6 5 4 7 3 4 4 40 75 223 7
17 SASUTIL, RUBEN 73 77 150 6 4 3 4 6 4 3 4 3 4 35 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 39 74 224 8
BAYRON, JAY 74 75 149 5 4 3 4 5 7 2 4 5 4 38 4 4 5 5 3 6 3 3 4 37 75 224 8
ABABA, JHONNEL 74 75 149 5 5 3 4 5 4 3 3 4 5 36 7 3 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 39 75 224 8
RELLON, ERNIE 73 74 147 3 4 3 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 39 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 5 4 38 77 224 8
SABAN, ELMER 70 75 145 1 4 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 5 37 4 3 5 4 7 7 4 4 4 42 79 224 8
22 CRUZ, DAN 77 74 151 7 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 36 3 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 5 39 75 226 10
PAGUNSAN, REY 73 76 149 5 5 3 5 6 4 2 4 7 4 40 4 3 4 5 3 6 3 4 5 37 77 226 10
GARALDE, RANDY 71 76 147 3 5 3 4 7 4 3 4 5 5 40 4 2 6 3 4 6 5 6 3 39 79 226 10
25 PACTOLERIN, ROBERT 74 74 148 4 6 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 5 38 4 4 5 4 5 7 3 5 4 41 79 227 11
26 DELOS SANTOS, CHRISTOPHER 74 76 150 6 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 36 3 4 5 4 5 7 4 5 5 42 78 228 12
FERNANDO, MHARK 75 73 148 4 4 4 4 5 6 4 4 4 4 39 4 3 5 6 4 5 4 5 5 41 80 228 12
VILLACENCIO, ARNOLD 70 75 145 1 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 6 5 41 4 3 5 4 4 8 5 4 5 42 83 228 12
29 DEPILO, RICO 79 75 154 10 5 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 37 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 5 4 38 75 229 13
ABARING, RICHARD 77 76 153 9 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 38 4 3 5 4 4 7 3 4 4 38 76 229 13
ECHAVEZ, PAUL 73 75 148 4 5 3 6 5 4 3 4 6 6 42 4 3 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 39 81 229 13
DUMANDAN, MARVIN 70 78 148 4 4 3 4 6 5 3 6 4 5 40 4 3 8 5 5 4 3 4 5 41 81 229 13
33 VILLANUEVA, DINO 78 75 153 9 4 4 4 5 4 2 5 4 5 37 5 4 4 5 5 6 4 3 4 40 77 230 14
BAYRON, RUFINO 77 72 149 5 4 4 6 4 5 3 4 6 5 41 6 3 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 40 81 230 14
35 SANTOS, OCAMPO, CARL 75 75 150 6 4 3 4 6 6 4 4 5 4 40 4 2 4 7 5 6 3 4 6 41 81 231 15
36 VILLABER, SONNY 73 78 151 7 5 4 4 5 5 4 3 4 4 38 4 4 6 7 5 5 4 5 4 44 82 233 17
37 MACATANGAY, TERENCE 82 71 153 9 5 3 4 5 4 4 3 5 4 37 3 5 5 5 5 9 3 4 5 44 81 234 18
BECIERRA, DANTE 77 75 152 8 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 37 7 4 5 6 5 6 4 4 4 45 82 234 18
MARABE, ROLANDO 76 78 154 10 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 38 3 4 5 6 4 6 5 5 5 43 81 235 19
BALASABAS, JERSON 77 73 150 6 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 5 5 39 4 4 5 5 5 7 4 6 6 46 85 235 19
41 HONG, CHARLES 77 77 154 10 5 3 5 5 4 4 3 5 5 39 4 4 7 5 5 6 4 3 5 43 82 236 20
FERNANDO, ANTOLIN 75 76 151 7 5 3 4 6 5 3 3 8 5 42 5 4 6 4 5 5 3 4 7 43 85 236 20
43 ASISTIO, ANTONIO II 80 74 154 10 5 2 4 3 6 4 4 6 4 38 4 4 5 4 5 11 3 4 5 45 83 237 21
44 OCHOA, MIGUEL (AM) 76 76 152 8 5 3 4 7 5 4 5 6 5 44 5 3 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 42 86 238 22
45 SUMCAD, ORLAN 81 73 154 10 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 8 4 44 4 4 6 4 6 5 6 5 4 44 88 242 26

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