Cana­di­an Pro­fes­sion­al Dustin Ris­don had the on­ly sub-par round shoot­ing a fine 2 un­der par 70 to take the 36 hole lead on 146 at the T&T Open Golf Cham­pi­onship at the St An­drews Golf Course in Mo­ka, Mar­aval on Fri­day.

His per­for­mance was over-shad­owed on­ly by a hole-in-one by Bill Ram­rat­tan at the 7th hole but, had lit­tle ef­fect on him im­prov­ing his chances at the ti­tle.

T&T’s Chris Richards who led af­ter the open­ing day, had to set­tle for sec­ond po­si­tion shoot­ing an­oth­er 74 on the day for a to­tal of 148. Matthew Mar­quez se­cured third with 73 and a com­bine score of 151, while Ben­jamin Mar­tin joined him in third with a sim­i­lar 151 at the end of the day. But Tim­o­thy Mar­tin's 72 on the lus­cious greens brought him back in­to con­tention with an ac­cu­mu­lat­ed score of 152.

In the oth­er scores- An­tho­ny Gill shot a 75 for 155 and Clint Al­fred 77 for 158, with the top three play­ers get­ting the chance to play at the Ja­maican Clas­sic Latin Amer­i­can Tour event from April 30.

In the Cham­pi­onship di­vi­sion Gabriel Vanososte of the USA took the ad­van­tage with 76, 78 for a to­tal of 154, with Sam Avey a stroke be­hind 76,79. Three play­ers then fol­low in third in­clud­ing na­tion­al foot­ball coach Rus­sell Lat­apy 79, 77, Fe­lix Za­mu­dio al­so 79, 77 and Ryan Pe­ters 76 80.

Mean­while Ryan Pe­ters is al­ready po­si­tion­ing him­self for the op­por­tu­ni­ty to rep­re­sent T&T in the 16-19 Cham­pi­onship Di­vi­sion in Ja­maica by tak­ing the front spot on the sec­ond day with a com­bined score of 156.

In the first flight, ex na­tion­al crick­eter Richard Smith and Phillip Subero took the lead af­ter con­trast­ing per­for­mances.

Smith had a fine 75 to add to his 86 the day be­fore while Subero's 81 added to his overnight 80, leav­ing both play­ers with a to­tal of 161.But Omesh Di­nanath, the overnight leader got 84 to his 78 for com­bine 162.

In the sec­ond flight Eun Dae Lee led the way with 85,85 for 170 to­tal, Robert Ben­ny 88,84 (172) and Nand­lal Ram­lakhan 85,87 (172) are tied sec­ond.

In the Se­niors’ di­vi­sion, de­fend­ing cham­pi­on Adri­an Samp­son on 154 (76,78) led Dave Ra­jku­mar 156,(75,81) by one stroke. Wayne Bap­tiste (81,76) fol­lowed in third

The Su­per Se­niors' cham­pi­on Fa­bi­en Lee Foon 81,78 (159), led John Hale 81,81 (162) with Jal­im Ram­nar­ine a fur­ther 5 shots back.

The Pres­i­dents Cup was led by the T&T pair of Sam Avey 76,79, and Richard “Pecos” Ca­ma­cho 80, 84 for a 2 day to­tal 319 to­tal. Bar­ba­dos se­cured sec­ond with Iz Hus­tler 79,82 and Xza­vier Wig­gins 85,80 for a 326 to­tal.