Que joint 2nd in World Amateurs

KUALA LUMPUR — Angelo Que, trying to end his amateur career with a flourish, carded his second straight sub-par round Saturday, firing a 69 to bolt into a share of second place heading into the final round of the World Amateur Team Championship at the Saujana Golf and Country Club here.

Que, the reigning RP amateur champion and a veteran of the Busan Asian Games, eagled the par-five sixth hole and birdied the third, fourth, seventh, 16th and 17th against bogeys on the fifth, 11, 14th and 15th for a three-under card and a three-day total of 211.

Que is tied with Marcus Fraser (67) of Australia and Hunter Mahan (71) of the US. They are all one shot behind Gregory Bourdy of France (71) in the race for top individual honors.

The two other Filipinos in the three-to-play, two-to-count team competition did not do as well with Juvic Pagunsan, the former SEA Games individual champion, firing a 74 for a 227 total and a tie for 64th place and Jerome Delariarte stumbling to a 78 for another 227 total.

Pagunsan bogeyed Nos. 5, 7, 11 and 12 and had birdies on the 14th and 18 while Delariarte had 10 bogeys against four birdies. They are also members of the RP Asian Games squad along with Que and Marlon Dizon who had opted to turn pro this month.

Riding on Que’s superb round, the Philippines also gained ground in the team competition, moving into a tie for fourth place with Austria at 434. On top of the field is France (425) followed by the US (428) and Australia (432). England, Spain and New Zealand share fifth at 435, one shot behind the Philippines.

Delariarte never got his game going after bogeying the first four holes. He settled down with a par on the fifth, a birdie on the sixth, a par on the seventh and a birdie on the eighth before bogeying the ninth. On the back nine, he bogeyed the first three holes on his way to another 39 and the six-over card.