Uy siblings overtake Pagunsan-Chan in Pro-Am

LAUREL, Batangas—Siblings Daniella and Lanz Uy blazed home with three straight birdies and stormed past overnight leaders Rey Pagunsan and Aidric Chan with a 69 for a two-stroke lead after two rounds of the Delimondo National Pro-Am at Taal Splendido Golf Club here Friday.

The Uys bucked a bogey start on No. 7 with a four-birdie binge linking both nines then rebounded from double-bogey and two-bogey mishaps in a six-hole stretch from No. 13 with four birdies in their last five holes that shoved them past Pagunsan and Chan at 141.

“We played good overall; our short game and putting clicked,” said Daniella, the former Junior World champion and now a sophomore on the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour.

In contrast, the veteran Pagunsan and reigning national junior champion Chan wobbled in their closing holes at the back, dropping three straight strokes from No. 12, marred by two three-putt miscues, although they put some semblance of a fight-back with a final hole birdie on No. 15.

They wound up with a 73 and slipped to second at 143 after gallantly staving off their rivals’ charges with a one-under card after No. 11.

“Unlike in the first round, I struggled with my putting,” rued Pagunsan, who accounted for all but one of their six birdies in a 70 on Thursday.