Matteson ahead at John Deere

SILVIS, ILL. – Troy Matteson shot a 3-under-par 68 for a one-stroke lead over Jeff Maggert and Brian Harman after two rounds of the John Deere Classic on Friday.

Matteson was at 13-under 129.

Maggert’s bogey-free round of 9-under 62 moved him from 39th place after the first round to a tie for second. He birdied half the holes at TPC Deere Run, including five of his last nine.

Harman had a second straight 65, the last two of his seven birdies coming after a 48-minute thunderstorm delay.

Matteson bogeyed the par-4 18th after getting four birdies in the first 17 holes.

Maggert one-putted 10 greens and saved par twice en route to matching his careerlow round. He finished by making a 13-foot birdie putt on the par-4 ninth hole.

“I saw the putts better today,” Maggert said. “But I’m going to be aggressive tomorrow. I feel I need another really low round Saturday or Sunday, 7- or 8-under, to be in contention. The last few years, guys have really been lighting it up here.”

Including Maggert’s 62 and Matteson’s first-round 61, there have been eight rounds of 62 or lower at Deere Run in the past five years, and 11 since the tournament moved to the course in 2000. The best effort was Paul Goydos’s Tour-record-tying 59 t wo years ago.

J.J. Henry, Gary Christian, Robert Garrigus and Ricky Barnes are tied for fourth at 11-under 131.

Both Canadians missed the cut. David Hearn on Brantford, Ont., who opened with a 74, improved on his score with a 65, while Matt McQuillan of Kingston, Ont., followed his 73 with a round of 71. Ten Broeck leads U.S. Senior Open: Lance Ten Broeck chooses to carry a bag rather than swing a club for a living to make more money.

If Ten Broeck can keep his lead at the U.S. Senior Open for two more days, though, he will more than double his highest annual income on a golf course.

The full-time caddie for Tim Herron and part-time player shot a 68 Friday, putting him at 6-under 134 and one-shot ahead of first-round leader Tom Kite.

Ten Broeck has a chance to make about $500,000 on Sunday after earning less than half that total in his best year as a caddie and when he made a career-best $146,568 in 1989 as a PGA Tour player.

“Caddying is a lot easier than playing,” he said. “That’s why you get paid more money to play.”

Ten Broeck is two strokes in front of a pack of six that includes Tom Lehman, Corey Pavin and Bernhard Langer.

“I figured I should be able to make the cut, but I never figured that I’d be in the last group on Saturday,” he said.

Ten Broeck has a 36-hole lead for the first time in his playing career.

Fred Couples (140) and Tom Watson (142) made it to the weekend, as did two Canadians: Rod Spittle of St. Catharines, Ont., who shot a 139, and Jim Rutledge of Victoria, who just edged in with a 144.