Kuchar, Brown lead RBC Canadian Open by 1

Scott Brown and Matt Kuchar 地位,任命するd equal 一連の会議、交渉/完成するs of 63 on Friday to 株 the lead at 12-under 128 に引き続いて the second 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of the RBC Canadian Open in Hamilton, Ontario.

Brandt Snedeker put together the 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of the day in the morning wave, blistering the Hamilton ゴルフ & Country Club with eight birdies and an eagle in carding a 10-under 60. That put him at 11 under for the tournament and gave Snedeker the clubhouse lead.

It wouldn't 生き残る the afternoon wave.

With ideal 得点する/非難する/20ing 条件s, Brown was the first to finish at 12 under 儀礼 of an eagle followed up by a string of five 連続した birdies. Kuchar, who like Brown 発射 an 開始-一連の会議、交渉/完成する 65, was three 発射s off the pace before の近くにing his 一連の会議、交渉/完成する with three 連続した birdies.

"There's definitely a 強調する/ストレス level (on the course)," Kuchar, who has only one bogey through two 一連の会議、交渉/完成するs, told the ゴルフ Channel. "This place, if you get off line, if you're in the rough, if you 行方不明になる greens, they're tricky up-and-負かす/撃墜するs, they're tricky par saves. I've done a good 職業 of 肉親,親類d of managing and giving myself some chances."

So, too, has Brown, who also has a 孤独な bogey through 36 穴を開けるs to go with 11 birdies and the eagle. While Kuchar entered this week with a pair of victories already on the season and 主要な the FedEx Cup standings, Brown entered 階級d 250th in the world and coming off six 行方不明になるd 削減(する)s in his past eight events.

"I 港/避難所't played 広大な/多数の/重要な, but I've 攻撃する,衝突する a lot of good 発射s," Brown said. "I just 港/避難所't been 得点する/非難する/20ing that 井戸/弁護士席, so I was able to put it together ... these two days, anyway."

Snedeker will play on Saturday with Nick Taylor, who の近くにd with a pair of birdies to card a 65 and get to 11 under and a tie for third. He's the 最高の,を越す Canadian at the halfway point, one 発射 better than Adam Hadwin, who bogeyed the 18th to 落ちる to 9 under.

No Canadian has won the country's 国家の event since Pat Fletcher in 1954, but four of the 12 in the f ield enter the 週末 within the 最高の,を越す 10. Mackenzie Hughes is at 8 under, while Ben Silverman 地位,任命するd a 61 - 10 発射s better than his 開始 一連の会議、交渉/完成する - to move into a tie with Hughes.

They are one 発射 (疑いを)晴らす of Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy. The fourth-階級d player in the world reeled off four birdies in a five-穴を開ける stretch on the 前線 nine, but の近くにd with a bogey in carding a 4-under 66 on Friday.

McIlroy is making his event debut, as is Brooks Koepka. The 最高の,を越す-階級d player in the world 回復するd from an 開始 70 to shoot a 4-under 66 on Friday. He's tied with defending 支持する/優勝者 Dustin Johnson (65 on Friday), who has an 適切な時期 to 埋め立てる the No. 1 最高位の this week.

NOTES: Snedeker 発射 a 59 in last year's Wyndham 選手権. ... 夜通し leader Keegan Bradley carded a 1-over 71 on Friday to 減少(する) to 6 under for the tournament. ... The event moved from July to June for the first time since 1989. ... Scott Piercy (263 in 2012) 持つ/拘留するs the tournament 得点する/非難する/20ing 記録,記録的な/記録する at Hamilton G&CC, which first hosted the event 100 years ago. Piercy (2 over) 行方不明になるd the 削減(する), as did Spain's Sergio Garcia (1 over) ... Johnson is 捜し出すing to become the seventh player to 首尾よく defend a Canadian Open 肩書を与える.

--Field Level マスコミ

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