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Miñoza slips to share of 8th

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Frankie Miñoza stumbled with back-to-back bogeys from No. 14 and needed a birdie on the 18th to fire a one-under 71 yesterday, slipping to joint eighth halfway through the Casio World Open in Kochi, Japan.

Miñoza, who opened his bid with a solid 69 Thursday, looked headed for another fine round as he went two-under after 10 holes at the Kochi Kuroshio Golf Club. But he failed to rescue pars on Nos. 14 and 15 after missing the greens and had to lean on a closing birdie to remain in the hunt with a 140 aggregate.

The Filipino ace, however, stood seven strokes behind Kuomei Oda, who threatened to rout the field with a five-under 67 for a 133 and a four-shot lead over Achi Sato, who had a 137 after a 70.

Miñoza, seeking an end to a winless season, also came through with five scrambling pars to highlight his 35-36 round and a four-under aggregate for share of eighth with five others.

Over in China, Chihiro Ikeda fired a one-under 71 to post a three-stroke lead at the start of the Aaron Baddeley International Junior golf tournament in Guangzhou Thursday.

The top ICTSI bet, chasing a fifth title in the season, came away with three birdies against two bogeys to take charge in the four-day championship at the Dragon Lake Golf Course, Mountain and Valley courses.

Japan’s Mori Miho carded a 74 for second while J. Ariya of Thailand made a 76 and Tsai Pei of Taiwan and American Jamie Yam each had 77.

Louise Manalo and Sarah Jane Ababa, however, struggled with their games and hobbled with 84 and 88, respectively.

AARON BADDELEY INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR

ACHI SATO

ARIYA OF THAILAND

CASIO WORLD OPEN

CHIHIRO IKEDA

DRAGON LAKE GOLF COURSE

FRANKIE MI

GUANGZHOU THURSDAY

KOCHI KUROSHIO GOLF CLUB

KUOMEI ODA

LOUISE MANALO AND SARAH JANE ABABA

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