Sebert Walker Jr threw down the gauntlet on the second day of the Jamaica Golf Association’s National Senior Trials to select the team for the 65th Caribbean Golf Championships.

He extended his lead to 11 shots on the back of one eagle, seven birdies and just one bogey at the Cinnamon Hill Golf Course in St James.

Walker Jr carded an unblemished front nine which included birdies on holes number one, three and five, and an ealge on hole number nine for a five under par 30.

His good form continued on the back nine with birdies on holes number 12, 13, 15 and 18 and just one bogey on number 17 to close on three under par 34.

Walker Jr’s eight under par 64 on the day was the best score on the Cinnamon Hill Golf Course for a very long time and just two shots more than the course record of 62. His two-day total now stands at eight under par 136, having scored par 72 on the first day.

“It was very reassuring to play such a good round today. It helped me to get a little bit of confidence back given that I haven’t played a lot of tournaments since the end of the semester, or any tournaments since the end of the semester and really not much golf, just being able to practise and put in the work where I saw fit, so it was reassuring and I was just relieved to play that well. Also the conditions were solid, not too dry right now, so that’s always good and the majority of the greens were rolling fairly consistent,” said Walker Jr.

Last year’s national senior trials winner Justin Burrowes has a combined total of three over par 147. He posted two over par 74 on the second day on top of his first day score of one over par 73.

Burrowes’ scorecard showed four bogeys and two birdies, at the start of the back nine on hole number 10 and hole number 18 to end the day’s play.

Junior golfer Ryan Lue also carded a two over par 74 on day two to jump into third place from his fifth place at the end of day one. His combined score of 152 was five shots behind Burrowes and 16 strokes off the lead. He shot 78 on day one.

Owen Samuda maintained his fourth place after scoring 75 and 79 on day one and two respectively for a total score of 10 over par 154.

Rocco Lopez, who occupied the third spot on day one, ended day two in fifth place with scores of two over par 74 and nine over par 81 for a total score of 11 over par 155.

The newly crowned national golf champion Oshae Haye was further back in 12th place after dropping scores of 79 and 87 for the two days and was 30 shots off the lead on 166.

The golfers will move to Half Moon Golf Course for the next two day of competition with the top three leaders teeing off at 11:00 am in the morning.

The JGA president, Jodi Munn-Barrow, overtook the lead in the female section after carding the best score among the ladies on day two. She posted four over par 76 to close the two days on 156. She ended her day with birdies on holes 17 and 18 and had another one on hole 10. Her scorecard also showed seven bogeys.

Munn-Barrow was, however, just one stroke ahead of Emily Maye who had a two stroke lead on day one. Mayne shot seven over par 79 on the second day along with her 78 on Thursday for a total of 157.

Mattea Issa had a challenging second day after posting 14 over par 86, to go with her nine over par 81 on day one. Her combined score of 167 puts her at 11 strokes off the lead.

The ladies are set to tee off at 10:00 am at the Half Moon Golf Course.