The American is now on 12-under for the tournament, one shot clear of a group of four players that includes two-time major victor Jordan Spieth, as well as former Byron Nelson champion Sergio Garcia and American duo Brooks Koepka and Bud Cauley.
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World number two Jordan Spieth, who missed the cut at the Players Championship last week in his return after a last-day Masters meltdown cost him a title, shot 64 at the TPC Four Seasons, finding form in his home state on the Irving, Texas, layout.
With all players who had morning tee times finished, the world’s 2nd-ranked player was tied for the lead with Brooks Koepka (64) and Bud Cauley (65).
Crane shot a 7-under 63 on Friday at the Byron Nelson to take the second-round lead at 12-under 128.
LPGA – Mika Miyazato had five birdies in a six-hole stretch and finished with a 6-under 65 to take the first-round lead in the Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Va. The second and third rounds of the 2016 Hyundai Tournament of Champions, which Spieth won (his last win, too).
Australian Steven Bowditch, who has missed the cut in his last five PGA Tour events, defends the title he won by four shots a year ago.
His only bogey came on his 17th hole Friday, the 463-yard eighth hole where his first two shots found the primary rough before his 16-foot par chance curled under the cup.
EUROPEAN: In Straffan, Ireland, Marc Warren shot a 6-under 66 to join Master champion Danny Willett at the top of the leader board after the second round of the Irish Open.
“I have been playing decent and obviously I still feel like I can play better. I’ve had so many 40-footers out here I’ve managed to get in in two putts”, Spieth said.
Wagner was the last of the leaders to finish and was level with Garcia and Lee with three holes to play and made par on each of them to retain his share of the lead.
“But I feel great about the way I’m hitting the ball right now”.
Kenny Perry shot a two-under 70 to maintain a one-stroke lead over Bernhard Langer and Billy Andrade in the Regions Tradition in Birmingham, Ala.
Garcia’s only USA tour triumph since the 2008 Players Championship was in 2012 at Greensboro.
Garcia, in his 301st start on the PGA Tour, also enjoyed a good day on the course where he made his first tour appearance as a professional in 1999.
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Meanwhile, second-round tee times are the same as originally scheduled, with the first threesomes teeing off on hole Nos.
