Go seizes lead; Superal remains on top despite 75

CARMONA, Cavite – Cebu-based Lloyd Jefferson Go scored an even par 72 yesterday to seize the lead from Miggy Yee in the boys’ Class A while Princess Superal finished with a 75 and hung on to the top spot in the girls’ Class A after the second round of the national qualifying tournament for the Junior World Championships held at the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club.

Go, one of the stars of the Cebu Country Club’s capture of the PAL Interclub in Davao recently, sizzled with a three-birdie, one-bogey stint in the first nine but wavered with a double bogey and two bogeys that negated his two birdies in the final half on a scorching hot day at the Legends course.

With his opening two-under-par 70, Go tallied a 36-hole aggregate of 142, two ahead of the 144 of erstwhile leader Miggy Yee in the chase for one of the 17 slots in the four-day qualifier, organized by the Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines (JGFP), chiefly sponsored by ICTSI. 

Superal salvaged that 75 on a nice birdie on the 17th, one of only two birdies of the day for the former Asian junior champion.  The ICTSI bet holds a 36-hole total of 146.  Andrea Unson (72) and Marvi Monsalve (78) were next on 149s followed by Daniella Uy’s 149 after a 72.

Yee struggled with a double bogey and three bogeys in the last 11 holes for a terrible 76 in the event backed by Pancake House, Teriyaki Boy, Sizzlin’ Pepper, PAL, Duty Free Phil., McDonald’s, Golf Depot, Pioneer Insurance, PacSports, Julies Bakeshop, Inquirer Golf and Microtel.

Jelbert Gamolo of Aguinaldo scored an eight-over-par 80 on a scorching hot day at the Legends course to catch Gabriel Manotoc atop the leaderboard in the boys’ Class B division. Gamolo wound up with a 155, in a tie with Wack Wack’s Manotoc, who limped with an 82.  Raymart Tolentino fared better with a 78 and was currently on third place with a 156.

Miya Legaspi continued to flash fine form in the Legends layout, which she plays very often, shooting a two-under-par 70 to be on 144 in the girls’ Class B.  Legaspi was four ahead off Pauline del Rosario’s 148 after a 73.  Filipina-Indian Rachita Vasandani was 11 off the pace with a 77 for 155.