Chris Smith, struggling through a difficult season, fired a bogey-free 64 on Thursday to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the 4.9 million-dollar St. Jude Classic.
Smith, who was among the first players to tee off at the TPC at Southwind, had four birdies on the front nine, including the last three holes. He added two more coming in and was done shortly after noon, spending most of the day watching the rest of the field come up short.
LEADING SCORES FROM THE SECOND ROUND:
138 - Scott Strange (AUS) 68-70, Yeh Chang-ting (TPE) 69-69
139 - Chris Rodgers (ENG) 70-69
142 - Soe Kyaw Naing (MYN) 72-70, Rick Gibson (CAN) 70-72, Juvic Pagunsan (PHI) 72-70
143 - Airil Rizman Zahari (MAS) 73-70, Unho Park (AUS) 72-71, Marcus Both (AUS) 73-70, Gary Simpson (AUS) 71-72, Lu Wei-lan (TPE) 69-74
144 - Anthony Kang (USA) 72-72, Robert Pactolerin (PHI) 74-70, Cookie Lao (PHI) 70-74, Jason Knutzon (USA) 73-71, Hsieh Chin-sheng (TPE) 71-73
145 - Larry Austin (AUS) 74-71, Brad Iles (NZL) 76-69, Gerald Rosales (PHI) 73-72, Barry Hume (SCO) 69-76, Adam Porker (AUS) 73-72, Digvijay Singh (IND) 75-70, Jason Dawes (AUS) 70-75, Jerome Delariarte (PHI) 76-69.
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