Relentless Sarit widens gap to 4

Sarit Suwannarut kept the pedal to the metal, increasing his advantage on top of the leaderboard by four shots at the halfway stage of the US$2million International Series Philippines yesterday.

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Sarit Suwannarut in action during the second round of the International Series Philippines.

(ASIAN TOUR)

The two-time International Series winner added a six-under par 66 to his overnight 64 and reached 14-under 130 after 36 holes, four ahead of local hero Miguel Tabuena (65), who delighted his home fans with a stunning round that included a hole-in-one and an eagle in the space of three holes.

Joining Tabuena at 10-under 134 was the inform Japanese star Kazuki Higa (69).

Another Japanese player, Yosuke Asaji (66), Korea's Lee Soo-Min (67), Taiwan’s Wang Wei-hsuan (67) and Hong Kong's Matthew Cheung (67) were tied fourth at nine-under, while New Zealand's Denzel Teremia (67), American Patrick Reed (66) and India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar (69) were tied eighth at 136. It made for a truly international leaderboard as players from nine countries made the top-10.