Fernando bucks shaky start with 71

Mhark Fernando overcame another shaky start in the wind then whisked off Edward Reyes and Marvin Dumandan with yet another big finish to pull away by four after a 71 in the third round of the P2.5 million ICTSI Riviera Classic at Riviera’s Langer course on Friday in Silang, Cavite.

Bogeys in the first two holes turned Fernando’s overnight three-shot lead into a one-stroke game but the former national champion bounced back with three birdies against one more bogey to salvage a 36-35 round in another impressive rebound that has marked his stint in the first two rounds of the 72-hole championship.