3 forge ahead in windy RW Manila Masters

South African Jbe Kruger came charging back with two birdies in late windy afternoon to shoot a seven-under 65 and force a three-way tie for the lead with Taiwanese Hung Chien-yao and Lee Chieh-po in a crowded leaderboard halfway through the $1 million Resorts World Manila Masters at the Manila Southwoods in Carmona, Cavite on Friday.

Kruger came out unruffled by the wind that blew from all over, all day yesterday, gunning down five birdies in one of the late flights then hit three more at the back, including the last two to negate a lone bogey mishap on No. 16 and post the tournament-best score in another day of torrid scoring.