Rookie Hall has 3-stroke advantage

Harris English quipped to his caddie that no one is beating him at Colonial's par-3 eighth hole, which is true after he followed his birdie in the opening round with a hole-in-one Friday. There is only one player ahead of him on the overall leaderboard.

PGA Tour rookie Harry Hall from England maintained the solo lead through 36 holes at 12-under 128, making a spectacular save from the sand at that same par 3, for a three-stroke lead over English.

English was a stroke ahead of Emiliano Grillo, who shot a round-best 65 to get to 8 under.

LPGA » Anna Nordqvist had all three of her matches go the distance, and only a clutch wedge kept her from playing even more as she was among 16 players who advanced out of group play in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play at North Las Vegas.

Nordqvist would have faced a three-way playoff if she lost to Andrea Lee. That appeared likely when the Swede hit into the creek in front of the 18th green at Shadow Creek while Lee was on the green some 50 feet from the hole.

Nordqvist, the top seed in her group, hit a wedge that caught the back slope and settled 3 feet away and Lee three-putted for bogey to halve the match and send Nordqvist (20-1 in group play) into the weekend.

SENIOR PGA » Padraig Harrington shot a bogey-free 68 and was at 12-under 132 for a four-shot lead over Stewart Cink after the second round of the Senior PGA Championship at Frisco, Texas. Japan's Katsumasa Miyamoto was three behind Harrington in his Senior PGA debut after a 69.

LIV » Brooks Koepka returned from the high of winning his fifth major championship with a flat round of even-par 72 that left him eight shots behind Harold Varner III after the opening round of LIV Golf DC at Trump National in Sterling, Va.