Juvic Pagunsan (born 11 May 1978) is a

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from the

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who plays on the

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and the

Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for Wor ...

. He won the 2007 Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational on the Asian Tour and the 2021

Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open The is a professional golf tournament played in Japan. Founded in 1971, it has been a Japan Golf Tour event since 1979. Since 1998, the event has been prefixed , with the top finishers gaining exemptions into The Open Championship. The Mizuno Op ...

on the Japan Golf Tour.

Amateur career

Pagunsan had an illustrious amateur career with numerous victories that included the 2005 Philippine, Thailand and Malaysian Amateurs. Pagunsan nearly won the 2004 Philippine Open as an amateur. He was a co-leader going into the final round, but settled for second place, three strokes behind the winner.

Professional career

Pagunsan turned professional in 2006 at the age of 27 and immediately qualified for the

. He had 4 top-10s in his rookie season, and he made over $290,000 in earnings. This remains his most successful season on Tour financially. He had two wins on smaller venues in Asia in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, Pagunsan won his first title on the Asian Tour at the Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational, where he finished birdie-eagle to defeat

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at the

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. In 2011, Pagunsan won the Asian Tour Order of Merit. Since 2012 Pagunsan has played primarily on the

. His first win on the tour came at the 2021

, having previously had a number of runner-up finishes, including the 2012

Japan Open Golf Championship The is Japan's national open golf championship. Founded in 1927, it is one of the oldest professional golf tournaments in Japan. The Japan Open is one of the three richest tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with a prize fund of ¥210 million i ...

, the 2013 and 2014

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, the 2014 Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open, the 2017

SMBC Singapore Open The Singapore Open was a golf tournament in Singapore that was predominantly part of the Asian Tour schedule. The event was held at Sentosa Golf Club since 2005 and since 2017 had been part of the Open Qualifying Series, giving up to four non-ex ...

, the 2019

Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually at The North Country Golf Club near Chitose, Hokkaido since 2005. The tournament typically took place during the first week of July, but since 2019 it ha ...

and the 2021

Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1969, the event has been hosted at different courses throughout Japan, including on all four major islands. In 2022, the purse was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to ...

. Pagunsan qualified for the

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by making it to the Top 60 of the

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Rankings.

Amateur highlights

*2001 Kuala Lumpur SEA Games *2005 Manila SEA Games individual and team, Philippine Amateur, Thailand Amateur, Malaysian Amateur Open

Professional wins (24)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

''*Note: The 2021 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.''

Asian Tour wins (1)

Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)

Asian Development Tour wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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ASEAN PGA Tour wins (1)

Philippine Golf Tour wins (16)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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PGT Asia wins (2)

Other wins (2)

*2006 The Country Club Invitational (Philippines) *2007 Negeri Masters (Malaysia)

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958, it is named after Dwight D. Eisen ...

(representing the Philippines):

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

* Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2004 (winners)

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pagunsan, Juvic Filipino male golfers Asian Tour golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Olympic golfers of the Philippines Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Golfers at the 2002 Asian Games Southeast Asian Games medalists in golf Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines Asian Games competitors for the Philippines Competitors at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games Sportspeople from Manila 1978 births Living people