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Brian Gay makes birdie on No. 18 at Hoag Classic<\/p>\n
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BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Brian Gay finally figured out how to play the par 5s at The Concession Golf Club, making up ground with an eagle-birdie finish for a 4-under 68 to share the 36-hole lead with Scott Hend of Australia in the Senior PGA Championship on Friday.<\/p>\n
Hend had five birdies over the last eight holes for a 65, a far more conventional round of eight birdies against only one dropped shot.<\/p>\n
They were at 10-under 134, two shots ahead of major champions Stewart Cink (67) and Retief Goosen (69), with Ben Crane making his senior debut with a 69 to join them.<\/p>\n
But it was quite the adventure for Gay. He fanned a 5-iron into the bushes on the par-5 13th after starting the second round on the back nine of Concession. He twice went into the bushes trying to take his drive over the bunkers on the par-5 17th and then lipped out and took double bogey.<\/p>\n
Gay made a par on the next par 5 at No. 3, but only after hitting his second shot into a palmetto bush, taking a penalty drop and getting up-and-down. But he got his reward with an eagle on the par-5 eighth and closed with a birdie.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother pretty good day. A little volatile,\u201d Gay said. \u201cPretty similar to yesterday, except I butchered a couple of par 5s. Two of them with one bad tee ball, two good tee balls, but other than that, I putted well again. Just a couple of balls in the bushes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hend knows all about volatile. In the opening round, the Aussie went eagle-double bogey and then later birdie-double bogey on his front nine. He managed to rally with three straight birdies to open with a 69. It was a much cleaner card Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was disappointed in yesterday\u2019s two double bogeys on the back nine, so I wanted to play that nine a bit smarter and a bit better today, so I didn\u2019t short-side myself as much as what I did yesterday,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it seemed to work out quite well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hend also took advantage of playing in the morning, the first one out when the greens were pure and the wind had not arrived along the Gulf Coast of Florida.<\/p>\n
Cink was within one shot of the lead until a bogey on his last hole. Goosen was bogey-free with just three birdies, only one of them on the par 5s.<\/p>\n
Justin Hicks had the low score among the club pros and another 69 left him four shots behind, along with Steve Allan, Greg Chalmers and S\u00f8ren Kjeldsen.<\/p>\n
Bernhard Langer, the 68-year-old German who shot his age or lower for the 43rd time in the opening round with a 66, was 10 shots worse on Friday with a 76. That left him eight behind.<\/p>\n
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