Tommy Gainey was not too happy with his game but still managed to seize a three-shot lead over Australian Stuart Appleby after two rounds of the US PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship in North Carolina.
American Gainey fired a 5-under-par 65 for a 12-under total of 128.
That gave him a the second-best 36-hole score in the history of the tournament and a three-shot advantage over Appleby, South African Ernie Els and Americans Daniel Summerhays and Webb Simpson.
Els carded a 66, Appleby a 67 and both Simpson and Summerhays posted 65s.
Another four players were tied on 132 - Jim Furyk (67), Brazil's Alexandre Rocha (66), England's Paul Casey (67) and South African Retief Goosen (65).
Gainey, who started the day tied for the lead with Jeff Quinney, had six birdies and just one bogey but said he did not hit the ball as well as he did in his sparkling first-round 63.
"I hit it worse today than I did yesterday off the tee. I hit my irons worse than I did yesterday," said Gainey, who is still feeling the effects of a sprained left wrist suffered hitting out of the rough at the Canadian Open.
"It's just hard to make birdies when you keep putting yourself ... in the rough.
"The harder you swing at it to get it out, just the more shock that goes into the wrist."
The 125 of Sweden's Carl Pettersson in 2008 is the only two-round total on the par-70 Sedgefield course better than Gainey's.
But Gainey said he had a long way to go in search of a first US PGA Tour title.
"I haven't really accomplished anything in two days," Gainey said.
"The only thing I've accomplished is, I've set myself up in good shape going into the weekend."
Numerous players are trying to play their way into the play-offs, which start with The Barclays in New Jersey next week.
That included number 130 in the standings, Ireland's Padraig Harrington. He birdied two of his last four holes en route to a 68, making the cut at 3-under 137.
"Look at the order of names, everybody around me seems to be in the same position with me," Harrington said.
"Obviously, I'm going to (need to) have a good weekend in order to get through."
Colombian Camilo Villegas, 125th on the list, carded a 64 for 134.
Els, 126th in the play-off standings, had three birdies in five holes late in his round to move up the leaderboard.
AFP
Tags: golf, sport, united-states First posted August 20, 2011 12:34:27
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