Golf:America's Jimmy Walker fired an impressive round of 62 to take the lead in the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro. The 33-year-old, who opened with a 66 yesterday, enjoyed a bogey-free round of eight under par as he moved to 12 under, a shot clear of Webb Simpson.
US Open winner Simpson produced seven birdies in his round of 63, including four in the final five holes at Sedgefield Country Club.
Sergio Garcia also made real progress up the leaderboard with a 63 of his own, joining Harris English, Tim Clark and first round leader Carl Pettersson on 10 under.
America's English followed up yesterday's 66 with a 64, while South Africa's Clark was left rueing two bogeys in his second round 67.
First round leader Carl Pettersson, who started with a 62 of his own, hit two bogeys in his first eight holes today but repaired the damage on the next two holes and an eagle at the par five 15th kept the Swede - a member at the club - in contention.
American duo Matt Every and Bud Cauley were nine under at the midway mark of the tournament, with fellow American Troy Matteson and Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts a further shot back.
Elsewhere, in the final PGA event before the FedEx Cup play-offs, Tim Herron recovered from a dismal opening 76 by setting a new course record with a stunning nine-under-par 61.
The American began the second day lying 155th in the 156-man field, but surged up the leaderboard and into a tie for 41st place on three under.
Herron turned in 32 after four birdies and a bogey, before a birdie at 10 was followed by five in a row from the 13th as he posted 29 on the back nine.
Jamie Donaldson was the best placed of the British and Irish contingent in this event in North Carolina.
The 36-year-old Welshman added a 66 to his opening round 68 to join seven other players on six under - six shots off the pace.
Scotland's Russell Knox was two shots behind him, one clear of Gary Christian and two ahead of fellow Englishman Paul Casey.
Early contender David Mathias slipped off the pace, adding a 71 to his first round 63 - a triple bogey seven at the 11th doing much of the damage.
However, things improved slightly for South Korea's Sung Kang, who followed his opening round 80 with a more respectable 69.
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America (USA unless stated, par 70):
128Jimmy Walker 66 62
129Webb Simpson 66 63
130Sergio Garcia (Spa) 67 63, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 62 68, Tim Clark (Rsa) 63 67, Harris English 66 64
131Bud Cauley 66 65, Matthew Every 65 66
132Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 67 65, Troy Matteson 64 68
133Bill Haas 68 65, Davis Love III 67 66, Tommy Gainey 66 67
134Rodney Pampling (Aus) 68 66, Scott Stallings 64 70, Kevin Streelman 68 66, Jamie Donaldson (Wal) 68 66, David Mathis 63 71, Tom Gillis 64 70, John Huh (Kor) 69 65, Brandt Snedeker 67 67
135Chris Kirk 66 69, Nick Watney 66 69, Jason Kokrak 66 69, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 67 68, Jason Dufner 68 67, John Merrick 66 69, Will Claxton 69 66, Heath Slocum 68 67, Chad Campbell 71 64, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 67 68, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 66 69, Richard H. Lee 66 69, Rocco Mediate 70 65
136Brendon De Jonge 68 68, Bobby Gates 69 67, Kyle Thompson 69 67, Graham Delaet (Can) 69 67, Charles Howell III 67 69, Chez Reavie 67 69, D.A. Points 68 68, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 68 68, Justin Leonard 68 68, Billy Horschel 69 67, Russell Knox (Sco) 68 68, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 67 69
137Brendan Steele 72 65, Tim Herron 76 61, Lucas Glover 68 69, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 67 70, Gary Christian (Eng) 67 70, Dicky Pride 69 68, Derek Lamely 69 68
138Chris Stroud 68 70, Jeff Overton 69 69, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 67 71, Patrick Cantlay 70 68, Tom Pernice Jnr. 70 68, Blake Adams 67 71, Paul Casey (Eng) 68 70, Kevin Stadler 73 65, Josh Teater 67 71, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 67 71
139Jerry Kelly 72 67, Scott Dunlap 70 69, Billy Mayfair 69 70, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 68 71, Jonas Blixt (Swe) 72 67, Charlie Wi (Kor) 72 67, Jeff Maggert 68 71, Kyle Reifers 67 72, Cameron Beckman 73 66, Ben Kohles 72 67, Troy Kelly 71 68, Camilo Villegas (Col) 72 67, Kevin Kisner 68 71, Ryan Moore 71 68
--------------------------------------The following players failed to make the cut------------------------
140Martin Flores 71 69, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 69 71, Brian Gay 70 70, Colt Knost 67 73, Gary Woodland 66 74, Greg Owen (Eng) 72 68, Matthew Jones (Aus) 68 72, Danny Lee (Nzl) 71 69, John Daly 72 68, Boo Weekley 70 70, Peter Tomasulo 72 68, Michael Bradley 69 71, Chesson Hadley 68 72, Gavin Coles (Aus) 67 73, Brian Harman 69 71, Charlie Beljan 70 70, Billy Hurley III 71 69, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 69 71
141Charley Hoffman 70 71, Matthew Nesmith 70 71, Steven Bowditch (Aus) 69 72, Harrison Frazar 71 70, Bob Estes 70 71, Hank Kuehne 71 70, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 71 70, Roland Thatcher 70 71, Roberto Castro 71 70, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 68 73, David Sanchez 71 70, William McGirt 72 69, John Rollins 71 70, Tyler Rody 73 68, Brendon Todd 69 72, Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 71 70
142Bryce Molder 67 75, Bill Lunde 69 73, Chris Di Marco 69 73, Todd Hamilton 70 72, John Mallinger 74 68, James Driscoll 73 69, Matt Bettencourt 72 70, Miguel Angel Carballo (Arg) 72 70, Andres Romero (Arg) 70 72, Daniel Summerhays 70 72, D.J. Trahan 72 70, Jason Bohn 70 72, Tommy Biershenk 74 68
143Scott Brown 75 68, Vaughn Taylor 70 73, Neal Lancaster 73 70, David Duval 74 69, Steve Wheatcroft 74 69, Ricky Barnes 74 69, George McNeill 73 70, Dean Wilson 71 72, Ken Duke 70 73, Savio Nazarreth 72 71
144Brian Davis (Eng) 71 73, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 69 75, Erik Compton 71 73, Mark Anderson 72 72, J.J Killeen 73 71, J.B. Holmes 70 74, Nathan Green (Aus) 69 75, Robert Allenby (Aus) 73 71
145Edward Loar 74 71
146Mathew Goggin (Aus) 73 73, Stephen Gangluff 72 74
147David Hearn (Can) 74 73, David Toms 74 73
148Patrick Sheehan 73 75, Joey Snyder III 74 74, Gus Ulrich 74 74
149Sung Kang (Kor) 80 69
150Vaita Guillaume 74 76
WD: Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68, Chris Couch 70, Marco Dawson 75, Kevin Chappell 70
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