Amateur Sofia Chabon buried a late birdie from the long range to salvage an even par 71 and snatch a one-stroke lead over fancied Cyna Rodriguez at the start of the ICTSI Splendido Ladies Invitational at Splendido Taal Golf Club in Tagaytay on Wednesday.

Chabon, one of the five mainstays of Team ICTSI in the event, bucked a bogey opening, a missed green miscue and a three-putt mishap with superb iron play to gun down birdies, the last from around 20 feet on No. 16 that got her past Rodriguez, who needed to birdie Nos. 15 and 16 to save a 72 on the rolling 6,050-yard layout.

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