Que shoots 67, grabs lead going into final round

The Philippines’ Angelo Que put on a flawless game as he overtook defending champion Elmer Salvador to take the lead going into the final day of the Aboitiz Invitational at the Cebu Country Club.

This $65,000 cash-rich event serves as the 8th leg of the Asian Development Tour.

Que, three-time Asian Tour winner, fired a bogey-free five-under-par 67 to post a one-point lead over Salvador, who had his worst game yesterday after carding a 72 for an aggregate of 207 points.

“My driving is a bit off today but I managed to hole a lot of putts,” said Que. “It was quite windy out there, which makes the greens a little bit tougher. Overall, I’m happy with my bogey-free round today.”

Que will start today’s final round alongside Salvador and Netherland’s Guido Van Der Valk.

“Anything can happen. Salvador is a very strong player and I’ve played with him a lot. I will just focus on my game and hopefully, I can do well,” said Que.

Salvador, who has been running a fever since Thursday night, is still hoping to put up a good game today. “I hope I can get well by tomorrow. I will try my best.”

Van Der Valk settled for third place and shares the same aggregate score of 210 with Korea’s Park Il-hwan. He duplicated his 69 at the start of the tournament while Il-hwan had his worst game so far after carding a 72 yesterday.

Another golfer who had a bad round yesterday was England’s Ian Keenan, who lost his grip of the second spot after a 74 for a 211.

Also sporting the same score at the end of round 3 were Anthony Fernando, Antonio Lascuna and Carl Santos-Ocampo, all from the Philippines.

Cebuano professional golfer Charles Hong managed to enter the top 10 at 9th place with a 70. Amateur Lloyd Jefferson “LJ” Go is holding on at 36th place after improving to a 75 from his Day 2 score of 76.

Cebu-based Japanese teener Gen Nagai, on the other hand, is at 20th with his round 3 score of 72 for an aggregate of 215 strokes.