Manila: Philippines\u2019 Charles Hong spearheaded the home charge when he posted a six-under-par 66 to stay two shots back of first round leader Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand in tied-third place at the US$750,000 Resorts World Manila Masters on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The World Cup duo of Angelo Que and Antonio Lascuna also gave the crowd a preview of what to expect for next week\u2019s ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf when they returned with matching 67s to stay closely in the hunt for the inaugural title in tied-eighth place.<\/p>\n
Hong, who plays regularly on the Asian Development Tour which is the Tour\u2019s secondary circuit, took advantage of the opportunity to play on the main Tour this week and is hopeful of continuing his good form into the week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI putted well as the greens were fair today. I guess what you see is what you get and there\u2019re no tricky aspects to it. This is only my third tournament on the Asian Tour and I\u2019m obviously happy to have shot a 66,\u201d said Hong.\n<\/p>\n
Que got off to a shaky start in his opening front-nine where he traded two bogeys against two birdies at the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club.<\/p>\n
The three-time Asian Tour winner, however steadied himself in his homeward run and was duly rewarded when he fired five birdies on holes 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18 to sign for a 67.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy swing tempo was a bit too fast in the early holes and that really caused me to lose my rhythm,\u201d said Que.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I can contend this week. But having said that, I\u2019ll continue to play my own game and not try to exert too much pressure on myself,\u201d added Que.<\/p>\n
Lascuna\u2019s confidence was buoyed by his excellent iron play and he is hopeful of taking advantage of his home course knowledge at the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club to steer him towards his maiden Asian Tour win.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy irons worked today and I\u2019m glad that I\u2019m in a strong position to contend for the title. Hopefully, I can lift the title on Sunday,\u201d said Lascuna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Manila: Philippines\u2019 Charles Hong spearheaded the home charge when he posted a six-under-par 66 to stay two shots back of first round leader Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand in tied-third place at the US$750,000 Resorts World Manila Masters on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The World Cup duo of Angelo Que and Antonio Lascuna also gave the crowd a preview of what to expect for next week\u2019s ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf when they returned with matching 67s to stay closely in the hunt for the inaugural title in tied-eighth place.<\/p>\n
Hong, who plays regularly on the Asian Development Tour which is the Tour\u2019s secondary circuit, took advantage of the opportunity to play on the main Tour this week and is hopeful of continuing his good form into the week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI putted well as the greens were fair today. I guess what you see is what you get and there\u2019re no tricky aspects to it. This is only my third tournament on the Asian Tour and I\u2019m obviously happy to have shot a 66,\u201d said Hong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news"],"yoast_head":"\n