Amateur upstages Cyna with 71, leads by 3 in Gen. Trias

Amateur Pauline del Rosario recovered from an early struggle on the unpredictable putting surface of Eagle Ridge’s Aoki course, birdying four of the last seven holes to fire a one-under 71 in the rain and seize a three-shot lead over Cyna Rodriguez and Lucy Landicho at the start of the P500,000 ICTSI Eagle Ridge Ladies Invitational in Gen. Trias, Cavite on Tuesday.

Del Rosario, who just arrived over the weekend after teaming up with Princess Superal and Miya Legaspi in the Philippines’ 10th place finish in the World Amateurs in Japan, dropped four straight strokes from No. 4 on errant drives and poor putting. But the top ICTSI team mainstay found her touch in time, birdying the par-3 No. 8 from five feet before scorching the backside with five birdies to negate her fifth bogey on No. 11.