England’s Tom Lewis was five shots off the pace at the halfway stage of the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook’s Copperhead course in Florida.
The 30-year-old from Welwyn Garden City, seeking his first PGA Tour victory, improved by five shots on his opening round with a bogey-free six-under 65 to be in a quintet of players sharing sixth place at seven-under.
Americans filled the top five placings, headed by Keegan Bradley and Sam Burns, who carded second rounds of 66 and 63 respectively to sit at 12-under, four clear of Lucas Glover (65), Max Homa (68) and Charley Hoffman (66).
Graeme McDowell missed the cut after rounds of 74 and 73.
Starting on the back nine, Lewis began with a birdie and added two more at the 14th and 17th before coming home with three more birdies, including sinking a 26-foot putt on the seventh.
Englishman Paul Casey shot an even 71 to be on three-under with world No 1 Dustin Johnson (68) and Scotland’s Russell Knox, who took a 70, while Ian Poulter of England was a further stroke away after a 71.
Collated second round scores and totals in the USPGA Tour Valspar Championship (USA unless stated, par 71):
130 Keegan Bradley 64 66, Sam Burns 67 63
134 Lucas Glover 69 65, Charley Hoffman 68 66, Max Homa 66 68
135 Sungjae Im (Kor) 68 67, Zach Johnson 68 67, Hank Lebioda 66 69, Tom Lewis (Eng) 70 65, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 70 65
136 Jason Kokrak 67 69, Joaquin Niemann (Chi) 68 68, Pat Perez 68 68, Scott Stallings 67 69, Cameron Tringale 69 67
137 Abraham Ancer (Mex) 67 70, Michael Gligic (Can) 69 68, Branden Grace (Rsa) 69 68, Danny Lee (Nzl) 70 67, Troy Merritt 68 69, Kevin Na 68 69, Vaughn Taylor 70 67, Bubba Watson 70 67
138 Corey Conners (Can) 70 68, Viktor Hovland (Nor) 69 69, Charles Howell I I I 70 68, Chase Koepka 68 70, Kyoung-Hoon Lee (Kor) 69 69, Henrik Norlander (Swe) 69 69, Brandt Snedeker 69 69, Kyle Stanley 68 70, Bo Van Pelt 71 67
139 Scott Brown 67 72, Bronson Burgoon 71 68, Paul Casey (Eng) 68 71, Dustin Johnson 71 68, Russell Knox (Sco) 69 70, Matthew NeSmith 70 69, Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 70 69, Camilo Villegas (Col) 71 68
140 Wesley Bryan 69 71, Beau Hossler 68 72, Keith Mitchell 70 70, Ryan Moore 66 74, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 73 67, Ryan Palmer 70 70, Ted Potter Jr. 67 73, Ian Poulter (Eng) 69 71, Doc Redman 68 72, Scottie Scheffler 73 67, Adam Schenk 71 69, Justin Thomas 69 71, Vincent Whaley 69 71
141 Byeong Hun An (Kor) 70 71, Joseph Bramlett 71 70, Wyndham Clark 69 72, Luke Donald (Eng) 69 72, Jason Dufner 70 71, Tyler Duncan 70 71, Brandon Hagy 74 67, Kramer Hickok 67 74, J.B. Holmes 70 71, Patton Kizzire 66 75, Denny McCarthy 72 69, Alexander Noren (Swe) 73 68, J.T. Poston 68 73, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 71 70, Peter Uihlein 73 68, Jimmy Walker 72 69
The following players below missed the Cut
142 Jonas Blixt (Swe) 72 70, Austin Cook 72 70, Doug Ghim 72 70, Emiliano Grillo (Arg) 66 76, Bo Hoag 72 70, Rasmus Hojgaard (Den) 73 69, Sam Horsfield (Eng) 71 71, Mark Hubbard 74 68, Kevin Kisner 68 74, Luke List 72 70, Jamie Lovemark 72 70, William McGirt 70 72, Phil Mickelson 73 69, Sean O’Hair 71 71, Patrick Reed 70 72, Patrick Rodgers 70 72, Xinjun Zhang (Chn) 72 70, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 71 71
143 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 72 71, Rafael Campos (Pur) 73 70, James Hahn 75 68, David Hearn (Can) 70 73, Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn) 71 72, Peter Malnati 71 72, Robby Shelton 74 69, Nick Watney 72 71, Danny Willett (Eng) 71 72, Ryan Brehm 72 71
144 Brian Gay 73 71, Lanto Griffin 73 71, Tom Hoge 72 72, Sung-Hoon Kang (Kor) 71 73, Michael Kim 73 71, Chris Kirk 70 74, Adam Long 72 72, D.A. Points 71 73, Andrew Putnam 71 73, Sam Ryder 72 72, Rory Sabbatini (Svk) 71 73, Roger Sloan (Can) 73 71, Kevin Streelman 72 72, Brian Stuard 71 73, Nick Taylor (Can) 69 75, Erik van Rooyen (Rsa) 74 70
145 K.J. Choi (Kor) 71 74, Chesson Hadley 73 72, Adam Hadwin (Can) 73 72, Andrew Landry 72 73, Rob Oppenheim 72 73, Hudson Swafford 71 74, Kevin Tway 74 71, Kristoffer Ventura (Nor) 72 73, Michael Visacki 74 71, J.J. Spaun 69 76, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 70 75
146 Cameron Davis (Aus) 74 72, Russell Henley 74 72, Mackenzie Hughes (Can) 75 71, Kelly Kraft 71 75, Martin Laird (Sco) 73 73, Grayson Murray 75 71, Cameron Percy (Aus) 74 72, Chez Reavie 75 71, D.J. Trahan 72 74
147 Rafael Cabrera (Spa) 73 74, Talor Gooch 73 74, Hunter Mahan 71 76, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 74 73, Justin Rose (Eng) 74 73, Chase Seiffert 73 74, Richy Werenski 77 70, Sebastian Cappelen (Den) 74 73
148 Ryan Armour 76 72, John Augenstein 74 74, John Huh 77 71, Kevin Stadler 75 73, Martin Trainer 73 75, Gary Woodland 77 71, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 73 75, Rhein Gibson (Aus) 72 76
149 Jordan Hahn 78 71
150 Scott Piercy 76 74, Brad Adamonis 72 78
151 Jim Herman 79 72
152 Nelson Ledesma (Arg) 77 75
156 Rod Perry 77 79
