Rates humbles top guns with 60

Jun Rates sneaked through a pack of big guns with a big game belying his small frame, shooting an eight-under 60 to grab a one-stroke lead over erstwhile leader Frankie Miñoza and titleholder Jay Bayron halfway through the P2 million ICTSI Camp John Hay Cham–pionship in Baguio on Thursday.

Rates, who finished No. 19 in last year’s ICTSI Philippine Golf Tour Order of Merit ranking, banked on what he described as two “lucky” shots from under the trees to complete a brilliant 32-28 card at the John Hay layout, capped by birdies in the last three holes that shoved him past Miñoza and Bayron with an 11-under 125.