Juvic Pagunsan (born 11 May 1978) is a Filipino professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour and the Asian Tour. He won the 2007 Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational on the Asian Tour and the 2021 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open on the Japan Golf Tour.
Amateur career Pagunsan had an 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 Asian Tour. 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 India's Gaganjeet Bhullar by a slim margin. He did not win an event in 2008, but had three top-10s including a second-place finish to Mo Joong-kyung at the Singha Thailand PGA Championship. In 2011, Pagunsan won the Asian Tour Order of Merit.
Since 2012 Pagunsan has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour. His first win on the tour came at the 2021 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open, having previously had a number of runner-up finishes, including the 2012 Japan Open Golf Championship, the 2013 and 2014 Indonesia PGA Championship, the 2014 Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open, the 2017 SMBC Singapore Open, the 2019 Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup and the 2021 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf.
Pagunsan qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by making it to the Top 60 of the International Golf Federation Rankings.
Amateur highlights 2001 Kuala Lumpur SEA Games 2005 Manila SEA Games individual and team, Philippine Amateur, Thailand Amateur, Malaysian Amateur Open
Professional wins (25) Japan Golf Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up130 May 2021Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open−17 (66-65-68=199)3 strokes Ryutaro Nagano221 May 2023Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament−23 (64-63-64-66=257)2 strokes Taihei Sato, Taiga Semikawa
Asian Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up128 Oct 2007Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational−19 (66-67-71-65=269)1 stroke Gaganjeet Bhullar
Asian Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12011Barclays Singapore Open Gonzalo Fernández-CastañoLost to birdie on second extra hole
Asian Development Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up16 Nov 2010Bali Open−15 (72-67-68-66=273)11 strokes Jarmo Sandelin28 Aug 2015Aboitiz Invitational1−20 (69-62-68-65=264)8 strokes Nirun Sae-ueng, Angelo Que, Pijit Petchkasem 1Co-sanctioned by the Philippine Golf Tour
ASEAN PGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up15 Jun 2010Mercedes-Benz Masters Thailand−19 (66-65-65-65=261)7 strokes Udorn Duangdecha
Philippine Golf Tour wins (16) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up13 Jul 2009Apo Classic−10 (66-69-71=206)6 strokes Jerome Delariarte, Artemio Murakami29 Dec 2009ICTSI Canlubang Invitational−9 (68-68-71=207)3 strokes Angelo Que, Elmer Salvador321 May 2010ICTSI Riviera Classic−8 (70-69-69=208)6 strokes Richard Sinfuego, Danny Zarate416 Jul 2010ICTSI Apo Invitational (2)−8 (69-69-70=208)4 strokes Ferdie Aunzo, Elmer Saban51 Apr 2011ICTSI Royal Northwoods Championship−11 (66-70-69=205)1 stroke Jay Bayron620 May 2011ICTSI Orchard Championship−15 (69-69-63=201)5 strokes Elmer Salvador73 Jun 2011ICTSI Eastridge Classic−9 (71-66-67=204)1 stroke Marvin Dumandan, Artemio Murakami812 Aug 2011ICTSI Apo Invitational (3)−14 (66-66-70=202)4 strokes Elmer Salvador929 Jan 2012TCC Invitational−3 (70-69-69-69=277)4 strokes Elmer Salvador108 Aug 2015Aboitiz Invitational1−20 (69-62-68-65=264)8 strokes Nirun Sae-ueng, Angelo Que, Pijit Petchkasem1118 Aug 2018ICTSI Negros Occidental Classic−9 (69-70-65-67=271)Playoff Jobim Carlos1215 Jun 2019ICTSI Bacolod Challenge−20 (68-65-63-64=260)7 strokes Rufino Bayron1322 Jun 2019ICTSI Negros Occidental Classic (2)−11 (66-66-68-69=269)4 strokes James Ryan Lam1429 Jun 2019ICTSI Iloilo Challenge−8 (69-68-68-67=272)Playoff Michael Bibat1510 Aug 2019ICTSI Riviera Classic (2)−7 (68-72-67-70=277)8 strokes Antonio Lascuña167 Oct 2022ICTSI Rivieria Championship (3) +5 (75-71-72-71=289)Playoff Antonio Lascuña 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Development Tour
PGT Asia wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up130 Mar 2019(2018 season)ICTSI Riviera Challenge−6 (71-71-66-70=278)7 strokes Angelo Que226 Oct 2019ICTSI Summit Point World 18 Challenge−18 (71-64-64-71=270)Playoff Antonio Lascuña
Other wins (2) 2006 The Country Club Invitational (Philippines) 2007 Negeri Masters (Malaysia)
Results in major championships Tournament201220132014Masters TournamentU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipT72CUTPGA Championship
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament2012Match PlayChampionshipT35InvitationalChampions
"T" = Tied
Team appearances Amateur Eisenhower Trophy (representing the Philippines): 2000, 2002, 2004 Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2004 (winners)
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