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Rio Olympics: Tabuena tumbles out of medal contention

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/sports/8/13/tabuena-081316.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Miguel Luis Tabuena (PHI) of the Philippines watches his tee shot on the 12th hole during the second round of the men&#x27;s Olympic golf competition. Andrew Boyers, Reuters</div></figcaption></figure></div>Filipino golfer Miguel Tabuena crashed out of medal contention at the Rio Olympics after netting a four-over par 75 on Friday.Tabuena, who was bothered by a bum right shoulder, bogeyed the opening par-5 hole and had difficulties recovering the rest of the way in the second round.His outing on Friday left him in a share of 54th place.&quot;I played with what I had,&quot; he said in <a href="http://www.spin.ph/olympics/news/miguel-tabuena-tumbles-out-of-contention-after-second-day-75#ARv1eqKxDLetAZz5.99">Spin.ph</a>. &quot;(The pain) started on Thursday morning for some reason, it&#x27;s not that painful but it&#x27;s bad enough to make me think about it instead of my golf game.&quot;&quot;If this was not the Olympics and if I wasn&#x27;t playing with the flag on my shirt, I would&#x27;ve pulled out already last night pa.&quot;But Tabuena hopes he can still pull off a miracle in the third round.&quot;We have two more days but anything can happen,&quot; said the Philippine Open champion. &quot;Hopefully, I can go out (and shoot low) tomorrow, that&#x27;s the only chance we can get a medal.(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website.</a>)

Filipino golfer Miguel Tabuena crashed out of contention of the Olympic golf competition after netting a four-over par 75 at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Golf Course on Friday.

Filipino golfer Miguel Tabuena crashed out of contention of the Olympic golf competition after netting a four-over par 75 at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Golf Course on Friday.