Vegas on fire

Jhonattan Vegas, of Venezuela, capped a sensational six-hole stretch with an ace on his way to an 11-under-par 60 and a sixstroke halfway lead at the Barbasol Championship golf tournament in Alabama yesterday. Vegas, 31 and ranked 240th in the world, shared the overnight lead with two-times major winner Angel Cabrera, of Argentina, before starting his second round at the 10th and playing holes 12 through 17 in eight-under, including an eaglethree at the par-five 13th. He completed his hot stretch with a hole-in-one with a seven-iron from 190 yards at the par-three 17th. ‘‘It was just incredible, to the point where I almost thought I was sleeping,’’ Vegas said about the dream series of holes. ‘‘Stretches like that, they’re hard to imagine happening that often.’’ He made the turn at eight-under 28 and despite a lone bogey on his second nine he closed with two more birdies for his 60, rolling in a 20-footer at his penultimate hole before coaxing home a 10-footer at the last for a 17-under 125 total. American Hudson Swafford (63) was a distant second at 11-under.