Lucas Glover, who earned his first PGA Tour victory at nearby Disney World last October, is the leader after the second round of the PGA Bay Hill Invitational on Friday.
Taking advantage of perfect morning conditions, Glover overcame a double bogey at the 11th hole to card a second consecutive five-under-par 67 on the demanding Bay Hill course.
"It was a lot like yesterday (Thursday), a lot of fairways, a lot of greens and I putted well," Glover said after moving to 10-under-par 134.
Australians Rod Pampling (65) and Robert Allenby (67) are one stroke back at nine-under.
Dean Wilson, who shared the first-round lead, stumbled late to fall two shots behind, while Sergio Garcia and Bart Bryant trail by three strokes.
With its long, lush rough, Bay Hill is putting a premium on accuracy, which perhaps explains why some of the long hitters, including Tiger Woods, are well off the pace.
LEADING SECOND-ROUND SCORES (USA unless noted):
134 - Lucas Glover 67-67
135 - Robert Allenby (AUS) 68-67, Rod Pampling (AUS) 70-65
136 - Dean Wilson 66-70
137 - Bart Bryant 66-71, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 68-69
138 - Chad Campbell 67-71, Harrison Frazar 72-66, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 70-68, Corey Pavin 69-69
139 - Stuart Appleby (AUS) 71-68, Jason Bohn 71-68, Greg Owen (GBR) 70-69, Lee Westwood (GBR) 68-71, Mark Wilson 69-70
140 - Angel Cabrera (ARG) 70-70, Ben Curtis 67-73, Ernie Els (RSA) 67-73, Jason Gore 67-73, Ted Purdy 69-71, Justin Rose (GBR) 70-70, Bo Van Pelt 72-68, Camilo Villegas (COL) 71-69, Mike Weir (CAN) 69-71
141 - Bernhard Langer (GER) 70-71, Tiger Woods 70-71
142 - Carlos Franco (PAR) 68-74, Retief Goosen (RSA) 69-73, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 71-71
143 - Daniel Chopra (SWE) 71-72, Darren Clarke (GBR) 73-70, Nick Faldo (GBR) 71-72, Mark Hensby (AUS) 73-70, Carl Pettersson (SWE) 74-69
144 - Henrik Bjornstad (NOR) 71-73, K.J. Choi (KOR) 71-73, Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP) 74-70
145 - Nathan Green (AUS) 74-71
FAILED TO MAKE CUT
146 - Shigeki Maruyama (JPN) 73-73, Brian Davis (GBR) 72-74
147 - Trevor Immelman (RSA) 72-75, Adam Scott (AUS) 73-74, John Senden (AUS) 72-75
148 - Michael Campbell (NZL) 72-76, Colin Montgomerie (GBR) 71-77
149 - Fredrik Jacobson (SWE) 72-77, Peter Lonard (AUS) 74-75
151 - Paul Lawrie (GBR) 75-76, Paul Sheehan (AUS) 78-73
152 - Craig Perks (NZL) 76-76
154 - Ian Poulter (GBR) 72-82
158 - Arjun Atwal (IND) 74-84.
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