Golf: Aunzo keeps lead in fog-delayed Splendido Classic

A foggy morning delayed the second round of the ICTSI Splendido Classic for four hours but Ferdinand Aunzo kept his hot game going with a two-under-par 70 to maintain the clubhouse lead at the cool Splendido Golf and Country Club in Tagaytay late Thursday.   Thick fogs, especially in the morning, covered the championship course forcing organizer Pilipinas Golf Tournaments Inc. to stop play. Players returned to the game at 11 a.m. As such, a majority of the field have yet to finish their second round.   Aunzo, who last won an ICTSI-Philippine Golf Tour crown in 2009, teed off at the back side and yielded two strokes on the 10th and 12th before he gained one on the 17th. He made four birdies in the front nine only to lose ground on another bogey on the eighth for that 70.   Antonio Lascuna and Marvin Dumandan, who trailed by two against Aunzo after the opening day, will return to Splendido early morning Friday to finish their last nine holes.   Miguel Tabuena made a 35 at the front then held on to save a 36 for a 71 for a two-round 143 total in a tie with the charging Jhonnel Ababa, four strokes off Aunzo.   Juvic Pagunsan birdied Nos. 11 and 12 for the second straight day but got outscored again by Aunzo in the featured flight as the Asian Tour No. 1 holed out on No. 18 with a double-bogey 7 then closed out his round on the par-4 ninth with a 6. He had three other birdies but had one more bogey for a 72 and a 145.   Frankie Miñoza, who had a shaky 76 in the first round, made two birdies against one bogey after six holes at the back and will try to keep that form when he resumes his bid on Friday. — Adrian Flores/JVP, GMA News