Carl Jano Corpus of the Philippines played a solid round to edge into the lead of the Indonesia Pro-Am presented by Combiphar and Nomura today, his bogey-free round of 66 giving him a share of the lead with Su Ching-hung (64) of Chinese Taipei.

Grant Godfrey (65) of the USA and Indonesia’s Naraajie Ramadhan Putra (62) share third place going into the final round of the US$125,000 Asian Development Tour mixed event, followed by England’s Finlay Mason (65) a shot further back.

At 12 under after two rounds, Corpus made no mistakes during the day, opening with two birdies from hole 12 in the shotgun start and finishing with two more to secure his position.

“I played pretty well today,” he said after his round. “I had a couple of really long par putts that I wanted to make and made almost all of them today.

“I tried to stay patient as much as I could as I knew there were three par fives coming into my last six holes and I took advantage of that.

“I did what it took to get myself into the right spots, the right opportunities. It’s not easy. Most of the holes were on slopes, but it was difficult for everyone.

“When I think about it that way, everyone is playing the same course and I was lucky that I was able to make good putts today, that’s all it took for me,” he added.

Su, in his debut season on the ADT, managed to get to grips with the course, playing on the East course in the second round of the mixed event, which sees leading Asian Development Tour players joining forces with invited guests in a Pro-Am format.

“I’m feeling really good,” he said after his round. “I made many birdies today and on this course you have to be in the fairway because if you miss it it will cost you a shot.

“I think on the West course, the greens are more difficult, and on the East course the greens are softer. My second shot and putting was good today, I only missed one green which gave me a lot of birdie chances,” he said.

Naraajie, the leading Indonesian player, made the low round of the day with a bogey-free 62, and said after posting his score that his experience at the venue helped him a great deal.

Playing on the West course, and starting on the first tee in the shotgun start format, he took his time to get going but after his first birdie on the par-three third hole, he picked up eight more shots on his way to the finish.

“I hit a lot of goods shots today and made a lot of birdie putts, especially inside three metres,” he said after signing his card.

“Very happy with the way I finished, nine under, very happy with that,” he added.

“I like the West course better,” he revealed, “because I have played it a lot in the last few years. I feel I know the West course better than the East because I have played here since I was a junior, I have a lot of good memories over the last few years.”

Mason, who also had a bogey-free round, is on solo fifth spot, ahead of Nopparat Panichphol (65) and Waris Manthorn (68) of Thailand, Indonesia’s Jonathan Wijono (67), Miguel Carballo (68) of Argentina and Bangladesh’s Siddikur Rahman (66).

As the event enters the final day, the cut was made among the professional players at three under par, meaning 54 players will compete tomorrow for the US$125,000 purse.

For the Pro-Am, a hard cut of the top 20 teams will see the front-runners compete for an additional purse of US$25,000, with the leading team of Mohamad Rizky / Natipong Srithong two shots ahead of Luke Evan Moore / Suradit Yongcharoenchai and Liong Santoso / Carl Jano Corpus.

Professional players who were cut but remain in the Pro-Am part of the tournament will play the final day without competing for the main prize money. The Pro-Am portion of the prize money will be shared by the team but will not count towards the season-long Order of Merit on the ADT.

Main picture: Carl Jano Corpus of the Philippines pictured in action at during the second round of the Indonesia Pro-Am presented by Combiphar and Nomura at Gunung Geulis Country Club. Picture courtesy OB Golf.