Chonlatit Chuenboonngam of Thailand set a scorching pace in the second round of the Gunung Geulis Golf Invitational, supported by Nomura, opening with a birdie and continuing with a blemish-free round to post a six-under-par 64 and take a three shot lead.

Chuenboonngam was ready to take on the narrow undulating East course of Gunung Geulis Country Club, noted for its mountain setting with dramatic changes in elevation between tees and greens.

“My driver was good today,” said Chuenboonngam, who finished solo third in June’s Indo Masters Golf Invitational presented by TNE, and will be looking to finish strongly in the US$100,000 Asian Development Tour event, which runs from August 16-19, 2022.

“I hit a lot of fairways and the irons were good in approach to the pins. My plan was just to keep it in the fairway, because the golf course is quite narrow. Different from yesterday, it was very hot today because there was no wind,” the young Thai added.

Chen Guxin, one of the overnight leaders, was the only one of the following pack who managed to keep pace with Chuenboonngam, but his chase hit the wall two holes from the end when a double bogey on the par-3 16th brought him up short, posting a 68 to sit at seven-under-par in solo second.

“My game was not bad today, was going quite well until the 16th. Made a mistake in strategy, hit it over the green which was bad. The hardest part was reading the greens. It’s hard to read the line and with the slope the pin positions were pretty tough. Afternoon was much more windy than the morning, which made the greens even tougher,” he said

Lloyd Jefferson Go of the Philippines, in one of the early groups in the morning wave, overcame a difficult start opening with two of five bogeys but recovered to post a 69 to match his first round score of 68. He leads a group in third place on -3, including Malaysia’s Galven Green who improved his Tuesday score by one with a 68.

Peter Gunawan, who led overnight following a score of 65 yesterday, was unable to capitalize on the advantage, posting a two-over-par 72. Local rising star Jonathan Wijono, who is still using his two iron instead of a putter, was able to improve on his first round score with a four-under-par 66 to share third place.

Nirun Sae-Ueng of Thailand hit four birdies and one bogey to complete the group on -3, while compatriot Suttijet Kooratanapisan posted a two-under-par 68 to finish the day in solo eighth place.

Jerry Chen of the USA, who stumbled on the completion of his round yesterday, again had a difficult time on the back nine after starting on hole 10. Making the turn at one over thanks to a couple of bounce-back birdies, he dropped two more shots before an eagle on the par five 7th hole got his score back on track to post a one-over 71 and a share of ninth.

Thailand’s Sattaya Supupramai posted a fine score of 65 to mark the lowest score of the morning, despite opening his round with a bogey on the first hole. A masterful run of birdies on the back nine, including a stretch of five and one bogey in six holes, saw him card an inward total of 31 to make amends for his first round score of 74 and move him up the leaderboard into the group on -1.

Kevin Akbar of Indonesia was looking to improve on his score off 68 in round one, and played the very definition of steady golf, parring every hole until he finally dropped a single shot on his penultimate hole of the day, leaving him with a 71 and a share of ninth place. He was joined by Malaysians Shahriffudin Ariffin (68) and Daeng Abdul Rahman (68), and Singaporean Abdul Hadi (71) to round out the group on -1.