Frazar leads Champions’ Kaulig by 1 at halfway

AKRON, Ohio — Harrison Frazar discovered Firestone a bit tougher on Friday, taking pictures a stable 2-under 68 for a one-shot lead over Stewart Zinc on the Kaulig Firms Championship.

The 51-year-old Frazar was at 7-under 133 within the fourth of 5 majors on the PGA Tour Champions. He had one PGA Tour victory in 409 profession begins, the 2011 FedEx St. Jude Traditional, and has but to win on the over-50 tour.

“So far as remembering how you can win, no, it has been a very long time,” Frazar stated. “Golf is a rhythm, golf is a steadiness. Simply attempt to do every thing the identical and simply attempt to do the most effective I can and see the place they add up.”

Frazar made three birdies in his first six holes and held on from there, making two bogeys and yet another birdie on the par-4 thirteenth.

“A few brief pictures that landed pin-high and form of bounced lengthy, chipped in a kind of. I simply form of hung in, simply tried to maintain combating and tried to get the ball up and down realizing that it is a onerous golf course,” Frazar stated.

Cink, who trailed Frazar and Steve Stricker by one after the opening spherical, additionally shot 68. Stricker, who received the primary two PGA Tour Champions majors of the yr, shot 73 to fall 5 pictures off the lead.

Ernie Els (67) was two pictures again and KJ Choi (66) was alone in fourth, three pictures off the lead.

Bernhard Langerthe 65-year-old who received the U.S. Senior Open two weeks in the past to interrupt the PGA Tour Champions profession victory document, was six pictures again after a 68.