IRVING, Texas — Former champion Keegan Bradley maintained a three-shot lead in Friday's second round of the Byron Nelson Championship here after grinding his way to a one-under-par 69 in increasingly tricky conditions. Three ahead of the chasing pack overnight after opening with a blistering course record 60, Bradley had to contend with strengthening winds and firming greens at the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas en route to an 11-under total of 129. American journeyman Tom Gillis (63) and South Korean Bae Sang-moon (66) were tied for second but China's 14-year-old Guan Tianlang made an early exit, missing his first PGA Tour cut in three career starts after battling to a 77. A day after tying the tournament record of 60 held jointly by Sam Snead (1957) and Arron Oberholser (2006), Bradley mixed four birdies with three bogeys to preserve his place at the top of the leaderboard. Though he dropped his final shot of the day at the par-four last where his tee shot sailed well right and he failed to get up and down from left of the green, he was delighted with his score. While Gillis was among several players in the morning wave who took advantage of calmer weather and preferred lies on a layout softened by rain earlier in the week, Chinese sensation Guan plummeted down the leaderboard. Guan followed his opening 70 with a 77 to finish well outside the cutline of level-par 140. Competing this week on a sponsor's exemption, Guan carded five bogeys, two birdies and two double-bogeys, the last of them coming on his final hole, the ninth, where his tee shot ended up in water. Also failing to advance were former major winners Yang Yong-eun of South Korea, South African Trevor Immelman and Americans Ben Curtis and Lee Janzen. Griffin on course In South Korea, Australian Matt Griffin was on course for his second OneAsia title in the space of a year after hitting a par 72 to gain a one-shot lead in the penultimate round of the SK Telecom Open. A stiff wind and late afternoon rain interrupted two days of perfect weather, wreaking havoc on the field with only 10 players breaking par at the 6,732-meter course on South Korea's Jeju Island. Griffin stood 13 under overall and a stroke clear of Korean veteran Kang Wook-Soon despite the Asian's fine 67, the day's best round at the one billion won ($900,000) tournament. China's Hu Mu (73) and Koreans Lee Ki-sang (72) and Park Do-kyu (74) shared third place at nine under. Overnight leader and unheralded journeyman Kim Chang-yoon, who broke the course record with a 62 Friday, slipped to minus seven after shooting a 79. Korda seizes lead at Mobile Bay LPGA In Alabama, Jessica Korda had seven birdies in her seven-under par 65 Friday to seize a one-shot second-round lead over surging Hall of Famer Karrie Webb in the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. Korda built a 36-hole total of 13-under 131, while Australia's Webb climbed up the leaderboard with a bogey-free nine-under 63 for 132. Chella Choi of South Korea led much of the day, but her six-under 66 finally left her in third place on 133. Webb did all she could, grabbing four of her nine birdies in her last five holes as she closed her round with three straight birdies. First-round co-leader Lexi Thompson shot two-under 70 and was in a tie for seventh, four shots off the lead. South Korea's Ji Eun-hee, who shared the overnight lead, carded a 72 that left her six adrift. — Agencies
