Clyde Mondilla matched his opening round 65 in solid fashion to hold off a charging Miguel Tabuena and wrest a two-stroke lead over Jay Bayron and Dutch Guido Van der Valk halfway through the ICTSI Negros Occidental Classic at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club in Bacolod City.

Out to resume his winning ways and redeem himself from back-to-back mediocre finishes at Forest Hills and Binitin, Mondilla leaned on a fiery finish at the front to turn in a bogey-free 31-34 card in another torrid scoring at the short, tight layout which continued to receive a beating from the elite field with 29 breaking par.