CAVINTI, Laguna, Philippines, April 20 ------ Tony Lascuña ripped the course and the field with a solid six-under 66 and pulled ahead by three over a fast-charging Ira Alido and two others halfway through the ICTSI Caliraya Springs Championship here yesterday.
In a four-way tie for the lead with a last-hole birdie for a 68 Tuesday, Lascuña sizzled in a backside start at the Caliraya Springs Golf Club. He produced four birdies then added two more at the front for a 36-hole aggregate of 10-under 134. His 34-32 card, together with that of defending champion Zanieboy Gialon’s eagle-spiked 31-35, also became the new course record at the par-72 layout hosting a pro tournament for only the second time.
Erstwhile co-leaders Lloyd Go, Rupert Zaragosa and Clyde Mondilla slowed down despite near-ideal conditions. Go turned in a 71 on a three-birdie, two-bogey round to slip to joint ninth at 139 while Zaragosa, runaway winner in Iloilo last month, and Mondilla mixed three birdies against the same number of bogeys for identical 72s that dropped them to a share of 12th at 140.
In women’s play, Pauline del Rosario rode on a decisive four-birdie spree from No. 9 on her way to a 68 and a four-shot lead over Kim Seoyun and resurgent Daniella Uy in the second round. Del Rosario knocked down an eagle and shot five birdies to make up for her three-bogey slip for a 35-33 and a 36-hole total of seven-under 137.
Kim bounced back from a two-over card after 12 holes with three birdies in the last five for a 71. The young Korean, however, fell behind by four at 141, which Uy matched by besting del Rosario’s 68.
Source: philstar.com
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