Lingmerth shoots 65, leads Quicken Loans

David Lingmerth knows he won’t have to shoot 20-under par for the week to win at tricky TPC Potomac. After two near-flawless rounds in the Quicken Loans National, he was halfway there.

David Lingmerth knows he won’t have to shoot 20-under par for the week to win at tricky TPC Potomac in Maryland. After two near-flawless rounds in the Quicken Loans National, he was halfway there.

The 29-year-old Swede shot his second straight 5-under 65 on Friday to extend his lead to two shots over Geoff Ogilvy. Ogilvy played in the first group off the 10th tee and also shot 65.

Lingmerth won a Web. com Tour event on the punishing Washington-area layout in 2012. On Friday, he used his reliable fade off the tee to avoid trouble and set up birdie opportunities. He’s gone 34 straight holes without a bogey and he finished his round with a birdie from 7 feet.

Daniel Summerhays shot 68 and was alone in third, four shots back.

Kang early leader

Danielle Kang made a birdie on her final hole of the day and wrested the lead from Amy Yang midway through the second round at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Olympia Fields, Illinois.

Kang started the day at 2 under, birdied the first hole and kept piling up red numbers in the LPGA’s second major of the season. She finished with a 66 that left her at 7 under for the tournament and a stroke clear of Yang, the first-round leader, and two better than Moriya Jutanugarn.

US Senior Open

Kenny Perry shot a 6-under 64 on Friday for a share of the U.S. Senior Open lead with Kirk Triplett at a record 11 under through two rounds at Salem Country Club in Peabody, Massachusetts.

Triplett followed his opening 62 with a 67 in the morning, and then Perry came from three strokes back to tie him. Perry missed a 25-footer for birdie on No. 18 just moments before the horn sounded to clear the course because of an approaching storm.

The 36-hole total of 129 was one stroke better than the record set by Michael Allen in 2013 in Omaha, Nebraska.