Lloyd Jefferson Go from the Philippines opened up a two-shot lead after three rounds of the BNI Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament today by shooting his second successive seven-under-par 65 at Damai Indah Golf, BSD Course.

The 27 year old impressively moved to 19 under for the tournament – which boasts prizemoney of US$110,000 and is one of the most lucrative events on the Asian Development Tour this season.

Thailand’s Chonlatit Chuenboonngam, who started the day sharing the lead with Go and Malaysian Paul San, is two behind in outright second following a 67.

San shot 68 and is in third place, a further stroke behind.

Go once again dismantled the impressive BSD Course with 10 birdies, including on the opening three holes, and he looked to be heading for a bigger lead before he double-bogeyed number 15. His only other dropped shot came on the fifth.

A professional since 2018, following a stellar amateur career at Seton Hall University in the United States, he is chasing his first victory in the professional game, having spent time playing on the PGA Tour’s in China and Canada.

It promises to be a brilliant final day with in-form Chonlatit hot on his heels. The Thai golfer claimed last week’s Gunung Geulis Invitational and is the current leader of the Asian Development Tour Order of Merit.

He put together a solid bogey-free round, made up of five birdies.

India’s Kshitij Naveed Kaul (66) and Sam Gillis from the United States (68) are in fourth, four behind Go.

The round of the day, and indeed the week so far, belonged to Hong Kong’s Shinichi Mizuno who returned an inspired bogey-free 63.

Four birdies on the front and five on the homeward half saw him climb into joint 12^th on 10 under, along with China’s Chen Guxin, who is second on the Merit list, and carded a 70.

This week’s event is the 10^th tournament of the season on the Asian Development Tour.