Schwartzel joins leaders at St. Jude
Major champ tied with Reavie, Munoz; Cink one shot back.
Chez Reavie shot a 5-under 65 on Friday to move to 9-under 131 and share the lead with Charl Schwartzel and Sebastian Munoz after two rounds at the St. Jude Classic in Memphis, Tenn.
Schwartzel had a 66 while Munoz finished the round with a 67. Stewart Cink — who shared the first-round lead along with Matt Every, Scott Brown and Munoz — was one stroke back after his 68 at the PGA Tour’s final event before the U.S. Open.
Ben Crane, who won this tournament in 2014, was two strokes off the lead after shooting a 65 at the par-70 TPC Southwind course.
Reavie, who started two strokes behind the co-leaders, had three birdies on the front nine and an eagle on the par-5 No. 16. The 35-year-old from Arizona State earned his only win on tour at the RBC Canadian Open in 2008.
Schwartzel, who shot a 65 in the first round, began his round one stroke behind the four first-day leaders along with Matt Jones.
The 2011 Masters champion is seeking his third career victory on tour. He’s won 12 times internationally.
“If these fairways get firm (over the weekend), you’re really going to have to try to keep it in the fairway,” Schwartzel said. “If you’re missing fairways, with the greens, you’re going to miss a lot of greens, you’re going to struggle.”
Among those who missed the 1-over cut: Jason Bohn, Boo Weekley and Jim Furyk were in the cluster of players to finish at 2 over, and Rickie Fowler was 4 over.
Champions Tour: Bernhard Langer, Kevin Sutherland and Glen Day each shot 6-under 66 to share the opening-round lead in the Principal Charity Classic at Des Moines, Iowa.
Langer won the last two senior circuit events, both majors, and is seeking to become the first player on the 50-and-over tour with wins in three straight starts since Fred Couples in 2010.
Six players shot 5-under 67s at the Wakonda Club, including Mark Calcavecchia and Scott McCarron.
LPGA Tour: Alena Sharp shot her second straight 66 to move into a share of the lead at 12-under 132 after the second round of the Manulife LPGA Classic in Cambridge, Ontario.
Sharp, from nearby Hamilton, was tied with Lexi Thompson (65) and South Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim (68). Perrine Delacour (62) of France and American Lindy Duncan (65) were one shot back.
European Tour: Felipe Aguilar of Chile followed up his strong start with a 2-under 70 to retain a twostroke lead after the second round of the Lyoness Open in Austria. Graeme Storm of England shot a 69 to stay within two strokes. Sweden’s Johan Carlsson and England’s Oliver Fisher were another stroke back in third.