Jaeger sixth in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — J.J. Spaun shot a 6-under-par 65 Friday at breezy TPC Summerlin to take the lead in the suspended second round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
Spaun rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 third with birdies on the par-4 fourth and par-3 fifth and closed with a birdie on the par-5 ninth to get to 11-under 131.
Kelly Kraft was second at 8 under with three holes left when play was suspended for the day because of darkness. He had a hole-in-one on No. 5, using a 6-iron on the 174-yard hole.
Robert Garrigus was four strokes back at 7 under after a 65, Aaron Baddeley and Patton Kizzire each shot a 66 to get to 6 under and Chattanooga’s Stephan Jaeger (68) was tied for sixth with firstround leader Whee Kim (72) at 5 under.
Former Baylor School standout Luke List (70) was tied for 35th at 1 under, with two other former Red Raiders beyond the projected cut line of 1 over. Harris English (69) had a share of 81st at 2 over, with Keith Mitchell 3 over with four holes to play in his second round.
Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson was in position to make the cut on the number in his first event of the season.
Colsaerts stays low
ANTALYA, Turkey — Nicolas Colsaerts shot a second straight 7-under 64 for a four-stroke lead after the second round of the Turkish Airlines Open, leaving the big hitter in a strong position to end a five-year wait for a victory on the European Tour.
Colsaerts picked up shots on four of the first six holes at Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort and continued to give himself good birdie chances with his impressive iron play. He then birdied Nos. 11, 12 and 15 in a bogey-free round to get to 14-under 128.
Eddie Pepperell was Colsaerts’ nearest challenger after back-to-back rounds of 66, and Kiradech Aphibarnrat (67) was five shots off the pace. Matt Fitzpatrick (65), Stephen Gallacher (65), Shane Lowry (66) and Matthew Southgate (65) were each a stroke further back.
Colsaerts had shared the firstround lead with Joost Luiten and Haydn Porteous.
Tight start in Japan
IBARAKI, Japan — Shanshan Feng’s bid to repeat as champion in the LPGA Tour’s Japan Classic got off to a strong start. She was among seven players tied for first after a 6-under 66 in the opening round.
Feng carded six birdies and avoided bogeys at the Taiheiyo Club. Also in first were Saiki Fujita, Nasa Hataoka, Lee Ming-yong, Jane Park, Lizette Salas and Ai Suzuki.
Feng was only 1 under through 11 holes, but she made five birdies in her last seven. She has five top-seven finishes in her past six tournaments.
Three golfers were tied for eighth — Anna Nordqvist, Sei Young Kim and Chae Young Yoon — with the logjam continuing with 13 players sharing 11th.