Rafa Cabrera Bello Sets the Pace at Hong Kong Open

Rafa Cabrera Bello Sets the Pace at Hong Kong Open
Rafa Cabrera Bello leader by 3 shots on 11 under par, at the half stage of the UBS Hong Kong Open 2016, hits an iron off the off the 18 tee, on Day 2 of the event on Friday Dec 9, 2016. Bill Cox/Epoch Times
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HONG KONG- Rafa Cabrera Bello leads the UBS Hong Kong Open by 3 shots at the half way stage. He carded -5 on Day 2 to further advance to an impressive 11 under par to finish the day on 129 on the par 70 Fanling course.

In another almost perfect round Cabrera Bello dropped just one shot at the par 3, 5th hole, made birdies at 2nd, 3rd, 8th and 9th on the front nine and birdies the 13th and 15th holes coming home. On the 18th he hit the green with his 2nd shot but narrowly missed the birdie attempt.

About the dropped shot early in the round Cabrera Bello said “Yeah, bogeys happen. It wasn’t too big of a catastrophe. I just missed the green by very little. Putted, left myself a sneaky five footer and missed it. That’s golf. It wasn’t too hard to digest, and a few holes later, I managed to make a couple birdies in a row, so that was good'.

Rafa Cabrera Bello considers his options on the 14th Tee, in Round 2 of the UBS Hong Kong Open 2016 on Friday Dec 9. (Bill Cox/Epoch Times)
Rafa Cabrera Bello considers his options on the 14th Tee, in Round 2 of the UBS Hong Kong Open 2016 on Friday Dec 9. Bill Cox/Epoch Times