Lois Kaye Go during ICTSI Palos Verdes action. –PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Siblings LJ and Lois Kaye Go gutted out superlative rounds Wednesday to stay on top of their respective divisions in the ICTSI Palos Verdes Championship in Davao, with Lois Kaye just 18 good holes away from clinching a first professional championship in her second . to try.
Despite a bogey, Lois Kaye still carded an under-par 71 to open a two-shot lead over seasoned Chihiro Ikeda and vowed to keep her emotions in check as she completed a decisive triumph that will herald her debut. . play-for-pay rankings.
“I’m trying to focus on myself, on how I deal with my emotions,” Go said as she takes a total of 143 for Thursday’s final round where she will try to hold off Ikeda, who got a 72. “There are great players there and anyone can shoot a good shot.
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Laure Duque also scored a 72, four shots ahead even as Mafy Singson, a heartbreaking finalist last week at Apo, signed for the second and final under-par card of the week, a 71, which brought her at one finished in the top 10 at 154.
Meanwhile, LJ made five birdies on a 70 as he opened a two-shot lead over Ira Alido and the dangerous Angelo Que with a total of 137 halfway through the P2.5 million men’s division .
LJ’s three bogeys this week came in the stretch of 10 from No. 9 and that allowed Alido, who shot a 71, and Que, the multi-stop winner on the Asian Tour who shot a 67, to breathe down his neck.
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“My goal is to get into the fairways, but I’ve been hitting it everywhere,” LJ said of his roller coaster ride. “So my short game really saved me, I chipped well and putted well.”
Guido van der Valk of the Netherlands lost a lot of ground. He started the day just three shots behind, but a 74 took him out of the top 10 as some of the big guns struggled to master the well-maintained layout.
Veteran Antonio Lascuña, who missed the playoff by one stroke last week at Apo Golf where Jonel Ababa won, shot a second straight 73 to be nine shots behind heading into the final two rounds of the Mindanao stop .
Sean Ramos, who shared the first-round lead with LJ, slipped with a 73 to find himself three points off the pace, with Michael Bibat also making a move by shooting a 69 to be four behind.
“It’s going to be a back-and-forth battle. Putting will be the key and I hope to have a good finish this week,” said Alido, who hit a superb second 4-iron shot from 230 yards to the edge of the green on No. 1 and contributed for the ‘eagle.
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Ababa opened with a 76 and barely improved, with a second round 74 allowing him to make the cut on point and with plenty of ground to make up in the final 36 holes.
