Younger Sean Ramos fired a flawless six-under-par 66 on Thursday to grab a one-stroke lead within the P2.5-million ICTSI Lakewood Championship in Nueva Ecija, and for him to seal the deal, he’ll should undergo the veritable gold commonplace of the Philippine Golf Tour within the ultimate spherical.
Meaning thwarting essentially the most skilled, winningest participant within the discipline in Antonio Lascuña, the wily veteran in search of a 54th profession title who had a string of three bogeys to open the second 9 and a missed four-footer for birdie which might have given him a share of the lead.
“I’ll deal with hitting fairways and greens and goal to keep away from bogeys. Par is at all times an excellent rating,” the 20-year-old Ramos mentioned of his ultimate spherical plans the place Lascuña, after settling for a 68, has one of the vital glittering information on tour.
“I’ve been in these conditions earlier than,” Lascuña mentioned in Filipino as he put behind what he considers a woeful third spherical. “I’ll simply stick with what I do know works for me.”
Lascuña had an eagle-spiked 32 for his first 9 holes, solely to drop photographs in every of his subsequent three. He steadied the ship with three straight birdies from No. 13 earlier than ruing that brief putt on the closing gap which might have tied it.
Three different gamers are inside 4 photographs of the tempo, with Reymon Jaraula taking pictures a 68 to be two photographs behind and Japan’s Ozeki Kakeru and Albin Engino, who additionally carved out 68s, trailing by three and 4 photographs in that order.
In the meantime, pro-bound South Korean teen Ji Gained Lee turned again Chihiro Ikeda within the second playoff gap to win the 54-hole women championship. Ikeda truly caught Lee on the high on the finish of regulation after a closing 70 for 210. Lee submitted a degree 72.INQ
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