MANILA, Philippines — Golfer Juvic Pagunsan is the 13th Filipino to officially qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
Pagunsan made the cut after finishing inside the 60-player Olympic field at No. 50.
The 43-year-old Pagunsan won’t be the only Filipino golfer to book a ticket to Tokyo with Filipinas Yuka Saso and Bianca Pagdanganan also expected to formally make the Games.
Congratulations golfer Juvic Pagunsan for qualifying to the Tokyo Olympic Games!
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— Philippine Sports Commission (@psc_gov) June 22, 2021
Saso, the reigning US Women’s Open champion, is ninth while Pagdanganan is at No. 42 in the 60-player women’s field.
In the 2016 Rio Olympics, only one golfer in Miguel Tabuena competed for the Philippines. Tabuena finished 53rd overall.
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