Juvic 3 shots behind

Golfer Juvic Pagunsan fired a five-under par 66 to jumpstart his gold medal bid in the weather-delayed Tokyo Games yesterday at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama, Japan.

The pride of Bacolod gunned down six birdies against a lone bogey to trail hotstarting AustrianSeppStrakabythreeshots as golf made its second stint in the Olympics after its return during the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The 43-year-old Pagunsan, the second Filipino to play in the Olympics after Miguel Tabuena finished tied for 5th to 6th places with Joachim Hansen of Denmark and Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela. Tabuena saw action during the 2016 Rio Olympics,

Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond is a stroke behind Straka while Thomas Pieters ofBelgiumandCarlosOrtizofMexicoaretied for 3rd to 4th places with similar 65.Waylon