Regina de Guzman continued to flash top form, firing an eagle-spiked four-under 68 to move to joint sixth while Dottie Ardina shot a 70 for a share of 12th after two rounds of the five-day LPGA Qualifying Tournament Final Stage at the LPGA International in Florida Thursday.
Princess Superal bounced back from a 76 with a two-under 70 to break into the Magic 70 while Cyna Rodriguez also atoned for her atrocious opening 83 with a three-under 69 as the Filipina bets cashed in on the easier Jones Hills course to stay in the hunt.
But Fil-Am Clariss Guce stumbled with a 75 at the Hills and dropped to joint 80th from a share of 38th while Mia Piccio also came away with an eagle on No. 5 and four birdies but made five bogeys, her 71 hardly moving her from 141st to joint 110th heading to the last 36 holes where the top 70, excluding ties, will advance to the fifth and final round where the top 20 will earn the coveted 2017 LPGA cards.
Scot Mel Reid and Japanese Nasa Hataoka zeroed in on two of the berths as they pooled identical 133s after a 64 and 65, respectively, to share the lead, three ahead of American Jaye Green, who strung up a second straight 68 for a 136 while Latvian Krista Puisite carded a bogey-free 69 to tie erstwhile leader Katelyn Dambaugh, who settled for a 71 after a 67, at 138.