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Parnevik moves three clear

Jesper Parnevik posted a five-under 67 on Friday to grab a three-shot lead at 12-under 132 after 36 holes of the Honda Classic. John Huston, Mark Calcavecchia and Chris Smith share second at nine-under-par 135.

Parnevik, who shared the lead after round one with Ben Ferguson and Geoff Ogilvy, opened on the second nine at the TPC at Heron Bay on Friday. The Swede ran home five pars before scoring his first bogey of the tournament at the 15th, when he missed a six-foot par save.

The colorful Swede did not waste time in reclaiming those lost strokes. At 16, Parnevik rolled home a 10-foot birdie and then holed another birdie putt of that length at 17 to go out at one-under 35.

The second nine included two "bonus birdies" according to Parnevik. At the 190-yard par-three fifth, Parnevik used a nine-iron due to windy conditions and missed the cup by some 60 feet but then nailed the bomb putt for birdie.

At the seventh, Parnevik drove into a fairway trap off the tee and then nailed a seven-iron over the green on to the fringe. He holed the fast chip-shot from behind the hole to get to 12-under.

"It was a slow start," said Parnevik, who is making a hour-long commute from his home this week. "I missed a few birdie putts early that I thought I should have made."

"Of course it was a lot harder today," said Parnevik, referring to the windier conditions. "I'm more pleased with my round today, shooting 67, than I was with my 65 yesterday, and I actually played a lot better today."

Huston had the early lead in the clubhouse after a round of 67. He dropped a shot at the second but rebounded with six birdies along the way, including the final two holes.

"I think that it played a lot tougher today, because the wind is in the opposite direction, and I think it is a tougher wind for this course," said Huston, who won this event in 1990. "It blew a little bit harder today than it did yesterday."

Calcavecchia had gotten to 10-under but three-putted from 40 feet at the 17th and then missed a 10-foot birdie try left on his last to shoot 68 for the day.

Smith birdied three holes on the turn for his 68 and piece of second place.

Joel Edwards, Brad Faxon, Spike McRoy and John Daly, who posted a 65 on Friday, share fifth at minus-eight.

Thirteen golfers are tied for ninth at seven-under including Hal Sutton, Carlos Franco and Ogilvy.

High-school sophomore Ty Tryon, who was two shots off the lead before he finished five-over on his last five holes, made the 36-hole cut by two at four-under. He narrowly missed becoming the youngest player ever to make the cut in a PGA Tour event but that honor remains with Bob Panasik, who accomplished the feat at the Canadian Open in 1957.

"First of all, I'm incredibly happy right now and just - if I didn't finish so bad, I would probably be crazy right now, but I just finished really bad," Tyron said after his round.

Ferguson struggled on Friday and is tied with Tryon at four-under after a second-round 75.

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