Chanelle Avaricio
Chanelle Avaricio provided the fireworks that the Philippine Ladies Golf Tournament had been missing recently, recording a tour 8 under par 64 record on Wednesday to take a five-stroke lead after the first 18 holes of the P750,000 ICTSI Pradera Verde Ladies Classic in Lubao, Pampanga.
Playing a wide-open layout to reward bombers off the tees, Avaricio excelled on the turn with 29 and shot down a total of 10 birdies in an impressive performance to lead Pamela Mariano by 5 and veteran Chihiro Ikeda, who shot 71 , equals seven.
Avaricio’s group stage easily surpassed the long-standing record of 67 posted by Thailand’s Princess Superal and Pimpadsorn Sangkagaro, and her previous nine-round performance was the best in the 10-year history of the local tour. .
“I had a steady long game and then my shots just kept dropping,” said Avaricio, a two-time winner and runner-up in the first five legs of the season, after catching three of her last five holes, then bogeys on 11s and 13s. “I’ll try to be consistent [in the last two rounds]. ”
Harmie Constantino has returned to 72 to place behind eight like Sarah Ababa, while Sunshine Baraquiel, another favorite, assembled a 73.
Ikeda, winner at Mt. Malarayat, is making a three under after her first 11 holes and has only lost all three of her next three. She won her 18th par-5 for her third sub-score of the day.
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