Superal moves up to joint seventh in LPGA Q-School

MANILA, Philippines – Princess Superal knocked down three straight birdies from No. 10 and went on to shoot a four-under 68 to safely make it to the final round of the LPGA and Symetra Tour Qualifying School-Stage I at Rancho Mirage, California Saturday.

Superal, who stood at joint 20th after a 70 at the Gary Player course Thursday and 72 at the Dinah Shore layout Friday, thus moved to a share of seventh with three others at six-under 210, just two shots off American Mariah Stackhouse and four others, who pooled 208s and led the top 120 players plus ties from a huge field of 340 into the final round of the first phase of the grueling elims leading to stints in the world’s premier ladies circuit.

The top 90 plus ties after the final round will move to Stage II slated Oct. 20-23 at the Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Florida.

“Cess is safely into Stage II but she wants to top the first stage and I believe she can with the way she’s playing. She’s only two-down behind the leaders,” said Team The Country Club coach Bong Lopez, who carries the bag for his prized ward seeking to become the next Filipina to play on the LPGA Tour.