Del Monte grabs WGAP Luzvimin lead
ter ways to be a better player and if the results come right away great and if it takes a little while I’m OK with that at this point. I’m taking a more patient approach to peaks and valleys throughout my career.” “It doesn’t matter if it’s the last shot on grind just as hard on each one of them.” Colonial start since 2010 while Rickie DEL MONTE, banking on Pamela Mariano, Martina Miñoza, Sofia Abigail Abarcas and Kia Terese Montebon’s solid games, turned in a superb 187 and dislodged Manila Southwoods Masters from the lead in second round of the 2018 Luzvimin golf tournament at Taal Splendido Golf Club in Laurel, Batangas yesterday.
Mariano improved from 47 to 49 Molave points, Miñoza likewise bettered her opening round output by two with a 47, Abarcas sizzled with a 46 after a 41 and Montebon bounced back from a 35 with a 45 as the Del Monte ladies pooled a 36-hole total of 362 to wrest the lead from the defending champions heading to the final 18 holes of the annual championship organized and conducted by the Women’s Golf Association of the Philippines.
Southwoods-Masters, which shot a 177 to seize a one-point lead over Tagaytay and two ahead of Del Monte late Wednesday, also hiked its output to 181 but had to slip to second at 358 in the face of the 2016 champions’ solid charge in the centerpiece Diamond division of the event sponsored by Champion Infinity, San Miguel Corp., Metro Pacific, Eva Air and Alveo Land.
Yong Mi Kim and Loralie Roberto shot a 49 and 46, respectively, while Claire Ong and Christine Naidoo carded identical 43s for the Carmona-based squad, which lost by 10 to Del Monte in the 2016 edition at Rancho Palos Verdes but dominated last year’s staging at Mimosa with a 42-point romp over Del Monte.
Tagaytay slowed down with a 167 after a 176 in the six-to-play, four-to-count format event and dropped to third at 343 while Villamor-I had a 332 after a 161 followed by Pueblo de Oro (167-330), Camp John Hay (155299) and Rancho Palos Verdes (132-251).
Negros Occidental also jumped from third to
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a control standpoint. And then can be pretty trying.” first in Emerald division with a 325 after a 173 as Gaby Monfort fired 50 points and Cara Golez, Isabel Gomez and Camille Limjap backed her up with 44, 40 and 39 points, respectively.
Forest Hills-Nicklaus, which posted a huge 15-point lead over Valley Golf in the first round, struggled with a 154 and slid to second at 322, now three points behind, while SouthwoodsLegends moved up to third with a 318 after a 168 as Valley faltered with a 156 and tumbled down to fourth at 309 followed by Alabang-I (147-290) and Manila Golf (142-289).
Camp Aguinaldo, on the other hand, turned a shaky one-point lead over Villamor-2 into a whopping 26-point bulge in Ruby category as it shot a 148 for a 283 with Mabel Salivio, Grace Montilla, Ruby Hamis and Janeth Agripa scored 46, 38, 33 and 31 points, respectively.
Villamor-2 wavered with a 123 after a 134 for a 257 while Orchard-1 pooled a 253 after a 126 for third followed by Alabang-2 (122-244), Forest HillsPalmer (130-243) and Bacolod (112-242).
Baguio likewise broke away from a tied match with Negros Occidental-2 in Pearl class with a 212 after a 107 as the latter settled for a 102 and dropped to second at 207 while Victorias and Orchard-2 stood too far behind with 78-169 and 67-129, respectively.
Valley’s Mariel Tee, meanwhile, paced the individual race with a 102, two ahead of Tintin Torralba of Villamor-1 with Mafy Singson and Southwoods’ Kim just behind with identical 99s in Class A. Abarcas paced Class B with an 87 for a one-point edge over Salivio with Tagaytay’s Chesca Imperial at third with 83 while Carol Nielsen of Alabang-2 also grabbed a one-point lead in Class C with a 58 with Forest Hills-Palmer’s Anli Wu at 57 and Jennilyn Floro of Alabang-2 at 56.