Go siblings lead at Palos Verdes
The siblings LJ and Lois Kaye Go gutted out superlative rounds on Wednesday to stay at the top of their respective divisions in the ICTSI Palos Verdes Championship in Davao, with Lois Kaye moving just 18 good holes away from nailing down a maiden pro championship in her second try.Despite closing out with a bogey, Lois Kaye still salvaged a one-under-par 71 to open up a two-shot lead over the seasoned Chihiro Ikeda as she seeks a breakthrough triumph that will announce her play-for-pay arrival.
“I’m trying to focus on myself, how I handle my emotions,” Go said as she takes a 143 aggregate into Thursday’s final round where she will try to hold off Ikeda, who assembled a 72. “There are great players out there and anyone can shoot a good round.”
Meanwhile, LJ had five birdies in a 70 as he opened up a two-stroke lead over Ira Alido and the dangerous Angelo Que with a 137 aggregate at the halfway mark of the P2.5 million men’s division.LJ’s three bogeys for the week came inside the 10-stretch from No. 9 and that allowed Alido, who fired a 71, and Que, the many-time Asian Tour leg winner who shot a 67, to come breathing down his neck.
“My target is to drive into the fairways, but I hit it everywhere,” said LJ of his roller-coaster round. “So my short game really saved me, I chipped and putted well.” INQ
