Golf: Malaysian Pan leads the pack, Dottie Ardina three off

Dottie Ardina improved in the second round with an even par 72 but she was still three off the pace as Malaysian Aretha Pan sizzled with a six-under-par 66 in the Kuala Lumpur Amateur Open 2012 at the Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam (KPGA) in Malaysia late Wednesday.                 The 18-year-old Ardina of the ICTSI golf team carried a total of 146 in 36 holes to lead four other Philippine bets.  Pan though was on pole position with a 143,followed by the 145 after a one-over-par 73 turned in by Isza Fariza Ismail of Selangor.                 Kelly Tan, a golf scholar in the Pendleton School at IMG Academies, later joined Ardina at third place.  First round leader Nur Durriyah Damian, a local bet, slipped to fifth spot with a 76 for 147 and National Am champion Lovelyn Guioguio was sixth with 74-149.                 Princess Superal, the newest recruit of ICTSI, was tied ninth with 75-151 while a shot further back was Jayvie Agojo with a 75-152.   Felicia Paulina Medalla was the last Filipina in the standing with an 82 for 151 in the 54-hole event which serves as a prelude to the Queen Sirikit Cup in Singapore in April. - AMD, GMA News