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Quigley takes lead after shooting 62

Brett Quigley fired a 10-under 62 Friday to grab a three-shot lead at 15-under 129 after 36 holes of the B.C. Open.

The 62 missed the course record at En-Joie Golf Club by one shot, as Hal Sutton posted a 61 in 1995 and Fred Funk matched the record four years later. Quigley's 129 also missed Joey Sindelar's 1987 36-hole record by one shot.

Mark Hensby and Jonathan Kaye share second at 12-under par, while Jim McGovern and first-round co-leader Edward Fryatt are knotted in fourth at minus-11.

The other first-round co-leader, Ty Tryon, a 17-year-old amateur who will be entering his junior year of high school in the fall, struggled to an even-par 72 Friday and fell into a tie for 19th at seven-under par.

"I showed some stupidness out there," Tryon said. "I'm not mad or angry. I'm a little disappointed. It's just the way it goes. I go out there and birdie the first hole tomorrow and I'm right there."

Quigley used a sensational run at the end of his round to climb into the lead. He made a pair of birdies at 14 and 15, before he drove the green at the 321- yard, par-four 16th and rolled home the 35-foot eagle putt to move to 14- under.

He made another 35-foot birdie putt at 17, then saved par with a great bunker shot at 18 to hang on for his 62.

"I never thought I'd shoot a 62 with two bogeys," said Quigley, who won the Buy.com Arkansas Classic in late April of this year. "It was a great day to play today. There was no wind and it was like playing in a bubble."

Tryon had three birdies and three bogeys on Friday, but missed four putts from inside five feet and hit only 12 greens in regulation.

Tryon is now 2-for-2 in PGA Tour cuts made, as he also qualified for weekend play at the Honda Classic and tied for 39th.

Quigley began the day tied for eighth place and posted birdies at two of his first three holes. He dropped a shot on No. 6 when he missed a 20-foot par save.

The 31-year-old rebounded from the bogey at the sixth with back-to-back birdies at seven and eight, but ended up behind a tree at 10 and failed to save par.

He ripped a nine-iron to six feet to set up birdie at 11 and drained a 60- footer for eagle at the next hole. Quigley tapped in for birdie at the par- three 14th and added a 10-footer at 15 before his eagle-birdie-par finish.

"It's amazing, when you're playing well and shooting low, you don't know why everybody's not doing it," said Quigley, whose best finish on tour this season was a tie for second at the Greater Greensboro Classic. "And then when you're playing bad and you see a guy seven-under, you're saying, 'how the heck can he be seven-under?"

Quigley fired a 28 on the back nine, which matched the PGA Tour's lowest nine holes this season. Davis Love III posted the same score at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in February.

This was a good day for the Quigley family, with Brett in the lead and his uncle Dana sharing the first-round lead at the SBC Senior Open.

Hensby mixed eight birdies and two bogeys for a 66 on Friday as he made a cut for the first time in his last six tries.

"I haven't been playing poorly. It's no surprise to me that I'm playing well, but I'm sure for outside people it probably is," said Hensby. "I just need a couple of breaks my way and it's amazing how things can change around."

Kaye made six birdies over his last eight holes for a seven-under 65.

Mike Sposa and Paul Gow share sixth place at 10-under, followed by John Riegger, Jeff Sluman and Jerry Smith at minus-nine.

The 36-hole cut fell at three-under 141, with 86 players qualifying for weekend play.

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