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MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin: Nick Flanagan joined Sweden’s
Richard Johnson atop the US Bank Championship leader board Friday as
the $4-million tournament hit the halfway stage.
Australia’s Flanagan fired a
7-under-par 63 to seize a share of the lead alongside overnight
leader Johnson on 10-under 130.
Flanagan teed off at 10, and
finished his round without a bogey. He nabbed his first birdie at
15, the picked up three in a row from the 17th.
He capped the round with his
seventh birdie of the day at No. 9.
“I didn’t really mis-hit a
shot in my first five holes, either,” Flanagan said. “Just
middle of greens and a couple of putts that lipped out.
“For once, stayed patient and
knew I had a couple of easy—well, easier—par-4s and par-5s to
come in and got through that with a couple more birdies. Then just
really, really well on the back.”
Johnson, who posted a 63 on
Thursday, also started on the back 9 and collected 4 birdies against
1 bogey en route to a 3-under 67.
“I played better today,
actually, than I did yesterday,” Johnson said. “I just didn’t
get that many putts to drop today. It was really nice to go out
today and feel that you can still shoot a low round when you played
well yesterday.”
One stroke behind Johnson and
Flanagan at 131 is the duo of Kent Jones and Aussie Gavin Coles.
--AFP
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