Thai rising star Jazz Janewattananond put himself in prime position for a fifth Asian Tour win after posting a rock-solid 64 to grab a one-shot advantage at the halfway stage of the Sarawak Championship.
The 23-year-old Jazz, who has already won twice this season, sparkled with a flawless round with eight birdies to sit atop the leaderboard with a 15-under-par 129 total at Damai Golf & Country Club.
Miguel Tabuena of the Philippines, who played alongside Jazz, also kept the blemishes off his card as he signed for a second straight 65 to share second place with Chinese Taipei’s Hung Chien-yao (66) and Australian Andrew Dodt (64) in the US$300,000 Asian Tour event.
Dodt, a two-time Asian Tour winner, got off to a sizzling start with an eagle on the 10th hole followed by four successive birdies from 11 before turning in 30. The 33-year-old Australian is playing in his first event since suffering a two-month injury layoff in April.
Thai trio Pavit Tangkamolprasert, Danthai Boonma and Sadom Kaewkanjana shared fifth place on matching 133s following respective rounds of 65, 66 and 67 at the full-field event, which is celebrating its second edition on the Asian Tour this week.
First round co-leader Ben Leong is the best-placed Malaysian after an even-par second round left him in T24 place o eight-under-par.
The halfway cut was set at four-under-par 140 with a total of 72 players progressing into the weekend rounds.
The Sarawak Championship is supported by the Sarawak State government.
