YVON Bisera made good on her vow to fight back, closing with a solid five-under 67 to storm into the Top 10 while local ace Yu Chiang Hou held her nerve through a dramatic three-way playoff to capture the Kenda Tires TLPGA Open at the Taichung International Golf Club in Taiwan. Bisera saved her best for last. After a costly 73 in the second round had seemingly derailed her title hopes following an impressive 67 opening round, the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour star returned to the course with renewed purpose and produced her second five-under card in the tournament to vault from joint 16th into ninth at nine-under 207.
She wasted little time announcing her intentions, rattling off three straight birdies from No. 4 to ignite her final-round charge. More birdies at Nos. 13 and 17 completed a gutsy comeback that restored the momentum she had lost a day earlier. Bisera was just one stroke off the lead after the opening round but slipped seven shots behind the pace following her second-round stumble. She vowed to bounce back in the final round, and while her late surge came too late to put her back into contention for the title, it provided a strong finish to a tournament in which she showed she could contend with the region’s leading players.
Several other LPGT regulars also capped off solid performances in the NT$4-million, 54-hole co-sanctioned championship. Seoyun Kim rallied strongly with a bogey-free 68 to emerge as the next-best LPGT finisher, tying for 20th at 212. Sarah Ababa carded a 72 after making two back-nine birdies to offset a pair of bogeys, placing joint 23rd at 213.
