Dufner sets record pace at Memorial

Jason Dufner wanted to put together more than just a few good rounds this week at the Memorial. The first two put him in the record book.

Dufner holed out from 176 yards on the 18th hole for an eagle, and then added three more birdies on the front nine at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, for another seven-under-par 65, giving him the 36-hole scoring record at the Memorial and a five-shot lead going into the weekend.

He was at 14-under 130, one shot better than the record previously held by Rickie Fowler (2010) and Scott Hoch (1987). Neither wound up winning the tournament.

Daniel Summerhays made bogey on his last hole and shot 69 to finish five shots behind Dufner. Fowler (66) was another shot behind.

Jordan Spieth, one shot out of the lead after the opening round, was eight shots back when he teed off, and all he managed was a 72. Spieth and Justin Thomas (71) were tied for fourth and eight shots behind.

Dustin Johnson, the world’s No. 1 player, is out of the hunt. Coming off a 78 — and his first round without a birdie in nearly four years — Johnson couldn’t get anything going and shot 74 to miss the cut by five shots.

Anna Nordqvist knows how to get around Stockton Seaview — and likes the view from atop the Shop Rite LPGA Classic leaderboard.

The two-time defending champion shot a seven-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead after the first-round of the 54-hole event in Galloway Township, N.J., near Atlantic City.

Moriya Jutanugarn, Jeong Eun Lee, Jenny Shin and Jennifer Song were tied for second, and Paula Creamer, Pornanong Phatlum and In-Kyung Kim followed at 66.

Wales’ Jamie Donaldson shot his second straight four-under 69 to take a two-stroke lead in the Nordea Masters in Malmo, Sweden.

Italy’s Renato Paratore (72) was second, and France’s Benjamin Hebert (71) and Englishmen Graeme Storm (68) and Max Orrin (73) followed at five under.