Miñoza masters field, Marapara with 69, leads by 3

Frankie Miñoza kept on dishing out vintage performances even when his rivals – a blend of young and old – hobbled in blustery conditions and tough greens, coming away with a one-under 69 to wrest a three-stroke lead over erstwhile co-leader Albin Engino halfway through the ICTSI Negros Occidental Golf Classic presented by MORE Power on Thursday in Bacolod.

Two birdies in a solid frontside windup enabled the former Asia's No. 1 to overcome a shaky backside 36 and buck the wind that bedeviled the games of majority of his pursuers, leaving him as the only player from the starting field of 66 to put in back-to-back under-par rounds at the challenging Marapara course.