Wheatcroft stays in contention at OHL
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Michael Putnam birdied five of the first eight holes and finished with a 7-under 64 Friday to take the lead in the PGA Tour’s OHL Classic.
Putnam had a 12-under 130 total, playing the first 36 holes without a bogey on Mayakoba’s El Camaleon course. He won the Web.com Tour’s 2013 Mexico Championship.
Steve Wheatcroft, a graduate of Trinity High School, shot 2-under par to reach 8-under for the tournament. He is four shots behind.
Wheatcroft was tied for the lead following Thursday’s round.
Shawn Stefani and Jason Bohn were a stroke back. They each shot 65.
Ken Duke was 10 under after a 63, the best round of the day.
David Hearn, Nicholas Thompson, Will MacKenzie and Alex Cejka were 9 under. Hearn and Thompson shot 65, Cejka had a 67, and MacKenzie a 68.
Fred Funk, the oldest player in the field at 58, was 8 under after a 65.
He won the 2007 event at 50 years, 8 months, 12 days to become the fifth-oldest PGA Tour winner.
Kim leads LPGA event: Christina Kim shot a 3-under 69 to maintain a one-stroke lead in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
Kim birdied the par-3 16th to take the outright lead and parred the final two holes at tree-lined Club de Golf Mexico. She had a 10-under 134 total.
Poulter leads in Turkey: Ian Poulter picked up five shots through 14 holes of the second round to move into the lead of the Turkish Airlines Open before play was halted because of the weather.
The Englishman holed a 40-foot putt for birdie on the 11th hole to take the lead in the third of the European Tour’s Final Four Series. Poulter is at 13 under, three ahead of Brendon De Jonge.