A crucial two-shot swing on No. 7 was all Asistio needed to turn what had promised to be a shootout with Bibat into a final day romp by the youngest player in the fold as the Manila Southwoods mainstay simply rolled to victory with a solid game linking both nines of the water-laced layout.

Asistio, tied with Bibat and one-up over Boyet Saragoza at the start of the round, wound up with a 292, that included another 72 and a pair of 74s, to post the biggest triumph in his young golfing career.

Bibat birdied the opening hole to move up by one shot but spent the rest of the day groping for form that saw him bogey five of the next 10 holes. He birdied the 18th and finished second with a 295.

Saragoza, the halfway leader in this event sponsored by Samsung and featured the championship division winners of the various legs, never recovered from a disastrous start and skied to a 79 and 300 for third place. Erwin Vinluan also limped with an 80 to finish fourth with 306 while Jong Laput wound up with a 309 after a 76.

Boy Blue Ocampo, head of the organizing Professional Sports Management Group, awarded the trophy and a top-of-the-line Samsung cell phone unit to Asistio during the awards rites which coincided the launching of the fifth Samsung tour beginning next month.

Meanwhile, Rodel Mangulabnan rallied with a 72 for a 149 and turned back Shean Bedi, carding a 77-153, for the Class A crown in the men’s side of the event backed by Philippine Airlines as the official carrier, Tokyo Tokyo, KZG, Microtel, Coppertone Sport, Sunbolt, Rudy Project, C-Lium Fiber and Sports Plus. Media partners are Wave 89.1, Jam 88.3, 89.9, 99.5 RT, 103.5 K-Lite and Killer Bee.