Constantino, Castro match play top seeds

MANILA, Philippines — Luis Miguel Castro hobbled with a 75 while Harmie Constantino matched par 71 for the second straight time as they shared low medal honors in the Philippine Junior Amateur Match Play Golf Championship eliminations at Riviera’s Langer course in Cavite yesterday.

Castro bogeyed the last two holes for a 37-38 but still topped the 36-hole stroke play elims in the boys’ division with a 149 for a clash with Matthew Abalos in today’s start of the knockout phase of the annual event for 17-and-under players.

Constantino, on the other hand, primed herself up for another shot at the match play crown by dominating the girls’ side with a 142, seven strokes ahead of Tomi Arejola, who had a 149 after a 72.

Constantino, who beat Mikha Fortuna to capture the Phl Am Open match play crown last month, bucked a frontside 37 with three birdies against a last-hole bogey at the back while Arejola rebounded from an opening 77 with a 72 spiked by a 35 start.