Juvic Pagunsan's decision to turn professional in 2006 proved to be the right one.

Having won almost every amateur title in the country, the former caddy from the Bacolod Golf and Country Club in Binitin, Murcia took the Asian Professional Golf Tour by storm, winning the $24 million-circuit's Rookie of the Year award. A two-time Southeast Asian Games champion, Pagunsan finished seventh in the Order of Merit, after earning a total of $291,847 (roughly P14.3 million) in prize money, highlighted by a runner-up finish in the UBS HongKong Open.

He has earned an invitation to the Sony Open, an event in the prestigious PGA Tour set in Hawaii this month.

Pagunsan's explosive year also saw him beat Frankie Minoza, widely considered as the country's top professional player, to rule the P1 million The Country Club Tournament.*

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JOAN TIPON, Amateur Boxing
DLNHS, Senior League Softball
JUVIC PAGUNSAN, Pro Golf
JAMES YAP, Pro Basketball
MIA PICCIO, Amateur Golf
JOEL PIMENTEL, Chess
STEPHEN HINOJALES, Shooting
GODFREY CASTRO & MITCHEL MARTINEZ Amateur Boxing
ARNIEL FERRERA, Hammer Throw