Lascuna secures ICTSI golf lead

TONY LASCUNA finished with a six-under 66 to get past erstwhile joint leaders Juvic Pagunsan and Miguel Tabuena halfway through the ICTSI-Mt. Malarayat Championship at the Mt. Malarayat Golf and Country Club in Lipa City, Batangas yesterday.

Lascuna sank back-to-back birdies from No. 13 and added five more in the last six holes to go ahead of the field.

Pagunsan and Tabuena, who shared the lead with a pair of 68s in the rain-suspended first round, slowed down with another pair of 71s despite improved weather conditions.

Dutch Guido Van der Valk, another perennial contender on the local tour, and Mars Pucay, winner here in 2007, both fired 69s to join Pagunsan and Tabuena in second while four players, led by Jhonnel Ababa, stood at 140, four shots adrift of Lascuna. Correspondent Jonas Panerio