Rianne Malixi is having a grand time. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Taking part in pressure-free, newbie Rianne Malixi gunned down an eagle and two of her birdies in a sizzling again 9 on Wednesday, taking pictures a two-under-par 70 to all however put the ICTSI Tagaytay Highlands Problem title away with a nine-shot lead as the remainder of the fancied professionals continued to stumble beneath tough situations.
Counting a gap 73, the bubbly Malixi will take a 143 combination into the ultimate 18 holes, with Daniella Uy, who returned a 75, needing a very spectacular, faultless spherical to even give stress to the two-day chief.
“I simply handled it like a apply spherical. Truly, there was no stress [on me], but it surely’s an awesome problem,” stated Malixi who might wind up as one of many youngest winners on tour whereas becoming a member of a brief record of amateurs who’ve triumphed. “I do know I’ve been doubtful about my iron photographs, however I used to be in a position to handle myself nice.”
Her eagle on the par-5 sixteenth got here off a 50-degree wedge from close to the undulating inexperienced and Malixi stated that she is going to proceed to play the ultimate spherical like a “apply spherical.”
For all intents and functions and barring Malixi not displaying up for the final 18 holes, the race for the highest prize out of the P750,000 pot for the professionals will likely be amongst Uy and Sunshine Baraquiel and Harmie Constantino, who path Uy by only a stroke after a 77 and 74, respectively.
Uy birdied the par-5 sixteenth to remain a shot away from Baraquiel and Constantino.
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