Rupert Zaragosa recovered his touch, kept his poise then produced clutch shots that checked an impending frontside skid for a 68 and a two-stroke lead over an equally gutsy Elee Bisera midway through the ICTSI Iloilo Golf Challenge. Know more:
RUPERT ZARAGOSA recovered his touch, kept his poise then produced clutch shots that checked an impending frontside skid for a 68 and a two-stroke lead over an equally gutsy Elee Bisera midway through the International Container Terminal Services Inc. Iloilo Golf Challenge presented by MORE Power on Thursday.
Breathing down his neck are two unlikely contenders who both missed the cut at Marapara last week but are now in hot pursuit of a maiden victory with back-to-back under-par rounds in the P2.25 million event put up by ICTSI and organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments Inc. After making the backside turn at 32, Zaragosa stepped up his assault on the challenging par-70 layout with a birdie on No. 1. But he lost his putting touch and bogeyed the next two on three putt miscues and scrambled with a birdie-bogey-birdie card in the next three before holding sway with three straight pars.
But Bisera also continued to show flashes of brilliance and resiliency as he rebounded with birdies on Nos. 6 and 14 after blowing a two-birdie feat in the first three holes with back-to-back bogeys from No. 4. He then put himself in strong contention with a slew of scrambling pars at the back. But if there’s one player likely to make a charge in moving day, it is van der Valk, whose blistering 65 anchored on solid iron play put the recent The Country Club Invitational winner within sight of Zaragosa after a so-so 71 Wednesday.
Tony Lascuna, who lost by one to Ira Alido at Marapara, needed to birdie No. 9 to save a 69 as he tied Sean Ramos, who fumbled with a late bogey for a 68, at seventh at 139, while Jay Bayron and Michael Bibat matched 70s and Reymon Jaraula faltered with a 73 for 140s as the rest of the top guns struggled on the layout’s tricky surface for the second straight day and remained way off the pace.
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