Collins fires 60, grabs lead at Grand National

OPELIKA, Ala. — Chad Collins missed a chance for the 10th sub60 round in PGA Tour history and third of the season, parring the final two holes for an 11-under-par 60 on Friday in the second round of the Barbasol Championship.

Collins hit his approach to the back fringe on the par-4 18th, leaving a 70-foot downhill birdie try that he hit 5 feet past.

After six straight birdies on Grand National’s rain-softened Lake Course, the 38-year-old from Indiana missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th.

Collins was at 15-under 127 for a four-stroke lead over Grayson Murray (64) and Cameron Tringale (66).

Collins had five birdies in a frontnine 30, parred the 10th and ran off the six straight birdies to get to 11 under for the round.

He made the 36-hole cut for only the fifth time in 23 events this year. The two-time Web.com Tour winner had missed five straight cuts and 11 of 12.

With his lowest round on the PGA Tour, Collins tied the course record set last year by Jhonattan Vegas. Collins had 23 putts Friday.

■ At Sylvania, Ohio, Gerina Piller followed her opening 8-under 63 with a 68 on Friday to maintain a one-stroke in the Marathon Classic.

Winless on the LPGA Tour, Piller had four birdies and a bogey at Highland Meadows to reach 11-under 131.

U.S. Solheim Cup teammate Lexi Thompson had a 65 to move into a tie for second with fellow American Nelly Korda (64), South Korea’s Inkyung Kim (67) and Taiwan’s Peiyun Chien (68).

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