CLARK Freeport Zone: Guido van der Valk used an early backside slip to stoke up another searing frontside run, leading to a second straight 66 and a continued hold of the lead halfway through the ICTSI Mimosa Plus Championship here in Pampanga on Wednesday.
The lead actually changed hands a number of times in the early going and late in the round in another scorching day but Jhonnel Ababa came up short by one to match van der Valk's 132 total despite a new course mark of 65 at Mimosa Plus' Acacia for a 133.
The greens were a bit slower at the beginning of the day and they dried up a little bit,' said van der Valk, who birdied the 16th to save a 36, enabling a host of others to take their shots at the top spot.But he turned things around as he made the turn.'I really hit good shots but I just didn't hole anything. It was quite frustrating but I knew that if I keep it hitting it good, the birdies will come,' he added.They did.He birdied the first hole, nearly aced the par-3 No.
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