Marc Leishman followed the best round of his PGA Tour career with a 5-under 66 at the AT&T Byron Nelson on Friday, breaking the 36-hole tournament record previously shared by Tiger Woods.
The Australian was at 15-under 127 for a one-stroke lead over Aaron Wise, the 21-year-old rookie who shot a bogey-free 63.
"This course has got a real Australian feel to it," Leishman said.
Jordan Spieth matched Leishman's 66 to remain eight shots back.
Leishman opened with a 61 in Trinity Forest's debut after the Nelson spent 35 years at the TPC Four Seasons. The par-70 course in suburban Irving is where Woods twice shot the previous record of 12-under 128, along with four others. Wise matched the 128 and was 14 under.
Brian Gay tied the best round of his tour career with a 62 and was two shots behind Leishman at 13 under.
... Gene Sauers shot a 5-under 67 to move into a first-place tie with Miguel Angel Jimenez in the second round of the Regions Tradition, the first of five PGA Tour Champions majors. Sauers finished at 11-under 133 with another bogey-free round. Jimenez had four birdies for a 69 a day after matching the course record with a 64. Jerry Kelly, Kevin Sutherland and Scott McCarron are two strokes back. Kelly shot 69, McCarron 68 and Sutherland 66.
... In Gee Chun shot a 5-under 66 to take the lead in the suspended second round of the LPGA Tour's Kingsmill Championship. Storms developed again in the afternoon and play was suspended for more than hour, then finally called for day at 6:25 p.m. Chun played in the morning. The South Korean star had six birdies and a bogey to get to 11-under 131. Austin Ernst (65) and Nasa Hataoka (66) were a stroke back after bogey-free rounds.
