Tyler Duncan grabs Safeway lead

Tyler Duncan chipped in from the fringe for eagle on the par-5 18th hole Friday to take the second-round lead in the PGA Tour's season-opening Safeway Open.

Making his second career PGA Tour start, Duncan shot a 6-under 66 for a one-stroke lead over defending champion Brendan Steele at Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, Calif.

Duncan, a Web.com Tour graduate who shared the first-round lead with Steele and Tom Hoge, also had seven birdies and three bogeys to reach 13-under 131.

Steele had six birdies and a bogey in a 67. He's 30 under is his past six rounds in the event.

Chesson Hadley, who began the second round seven shots behind the leaders, broke the course record with a career-best 61 to get within two strokes. He had an eagle, 10 birdies and a bogey.

Hadley, who regained his PGA Tour card on the Web.com Tour money list, parred the final two holes.

• Tommy Fleetwood broke the course record at Carnoustie by shooting a 9-under 63 to tie for the lead with defending champion Tyrrell Hatton after two rounds of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Playing his first event since becoming a father for the first time last week, Fleetwood birdied six of the last eight holes to complete a bogey-free round and beat the course record by a shot.

Carnoustie is regarded as the most difficult of the three courses that stage the tournament. Kingsbarns and the Old Course at St. Andrews are the others, with players alternating between the three in the first three rounds before playing at St. Andrews again for the final round.

Louisville placed associate coach Kenny Johnson and assistant Jordan Fair on paid administrative leave while the school handles its involvement in a national federal investigation of the sport.

Fair and Johnson didn't participate in practices conducted this week by interim coach David Padgett, who was named Sept. 29 as Rick Pitino's replacement. Pitino is on unpaid administrative leave and facing dismissal after 16 seasons.

China's Ruoteng Xiao is the new men's all-around champion after winning gold Thursday night at the gymnastics world championships in Montreal.

The women's all-around final was Friday night.

Denny Hamlin won the pole for the NASCAR Cup playoff race Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Hamlin turned a lap at 191.598 mph on the 1½-mile oval for his first pole of the season. He'll share the front row with Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Matt Kenseth.

Hamlin has wins at New Hampshire and Darlington this year but has never won at Charlotte.

"This is a track position-type racetrack," Hamlin said. "You want to have that first pit stall and have the clean air."

Kevin Harvick was third, followed by Kyle Busch and Clint Bowyer.

Tennis: Top-ranked Rafael Nadal moved into the semifinals of the China Open in Beijing by beating sixth-seeded John Isner 6-4, 7-6 (0). On the women's side, unseeded Carolina Garcia of France upset third-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (6) in almost 3½ hours to line up Petra Kvitova in the semifinals.

College baseball: The NCAA plans to double the number of teams it seeds in its Division I tournament to 16, hoping to provide a more equitable competitive balance. The move will take effect for the 2018 tournament.