Mark Calcavecchia, trying to snap a four-year winless drought, fired a three-under par 67 here Friday to seize a five-stroke lead after two rounds of the 5.5 million-dollar PGA Canadian Open.
The 45-year-old American is nearing the end of his 24th US PGA Tour season and has won 11 titles, but none since the 2001 Phoenix Open. He has managed only three top-10 finishes in 21 events this season.
Calcavecchia, whose first-round 65 left him sharing the lead with compatriot Lucas Glover, sank five birdies but suffered two bogeys to stand on eight-under par 132 after 36 holes. Glover stumbled to a 72 to stand second on 137.
Calcavecchia opened with a bogey but followed with a birdie and finished the front nine with three consecutive birdies. His second bogey came at the 16th but a concluding birdie boosted his edge.
Seven others were on 139, including India's Arjun Atwal, South African Trevor Immelman and Fiji's Vijay Singh, the defending champion who followed an opening 73 that left him sharing 71st with a 66.
SCORES AFTER THE SECOND ROUND (USA UNLESS NOTED):
132 - Mark Calcavecchia 65-67
137 - Lucas Glover 65-72
138 - Carlos Franco (PAR) 68-70, Jesper Parnevik (SWE) 68-70, Mathias Gronberg (SWE) 68-70, Jerry Kelly 72-66, Bob Heintz 68-70
139 - Ted Purdy 67-72, Brent Geiberger 68-71, Matt Kuchar 72-67, Ryan Moore 69-70, Arjun Atwal (IND) 72-67, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 73-66, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 71-68
140 - Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 69-71, Justin Rose (GBR) 74-66
141 - Brian Davis (GBR) 70-71, Paul Gow (AUS) 70-71, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 73-68, Steve Allan (AUS) 73-68
142 - Steve Collins (AUS) 73-69
143 - Stephen Ames (CAN) 73-70, Scott Hend (AUS) 69-74, Michael Long (NZL) 74-69, Alex Cejka (GER) 74-69, James McLean (AUS) 71-72
144 - Greg Owen (GBR) 73-71, Rod Pampling (AUS) 71-73
FAILED TO QUALIFY:
145 - Hidemichi Tanaka (JPN) 71-74, Shigeki Maruyama (JPN) 72-73, Charlie Wi (KOR) 73-72, Robert Allenby (AUS) 74-71, Jim Rutledge (CAN) 74-71
146 - Ian Leggatt (CAN) 70-76, Mike Weir (CAN) 71-75, David Frost (RSA) 72-74, David Hearn (CAN) 72-74
147 - Bradley Hughes (AUS) 74-73, Stuart Appleby (AUS) 73-74, Jon Mills (CAN) 73-74
148 - Stephen Leaney (AUS) 79-69
149 - Adam Short (RSA) 71-78, Glen Hnatiuk (CAN) 76-73, Richard S. Johnson (SWE) 72-77
150 - Brenden Pappas (RSA) 75-75, Anders Hultman (SWE) 74-76, Derek Gillespie (CAN) 78-72
151 - Fredrik Jacobson (SWE) 76-75, Ian Doig (CAN) 77-74
152 - Tjaart Van Der Walt (RSA) 74-78, Hideto Tanihara (JPN) 75-77, John Morgan (GBR) 72-80
154 - David Morland (CAN) 76-78
161 - Richard Zokol (CAN) 79-82
WD - Brendan Jones (AUS) 73
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