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Couch & Kalinowski share lead

Overnight leader Chris Couch posted a two-under 70 on Friday to share the 36-hole lead of the Buy.com Monterrey Open with Tom Kalinowski (66) at 10-under 134. The duo is one better than a group of five golfers.

John Kernohan, Deane Pappas, Oscar Serna, Tim Petrovic and Steve Haskins share second at minus-nine.

Couch bogeyed the second hole but rebounded on the front side with back-to-back birdies at eight and nine. He made it two in a row again at 11 and 12 but dropped a shot at 14 for his 72.

Both bogeys for Couch came at par-three holes where the winds, which swirled at 25 miles an hour at points, were at their worst.

"I just felt like every par-three the wind set up bad for me," said Couch, who won last week's Buy.com Florida Classic. "I never really felt like I had a chance to get it close."

Kalinowski opened with two birdies but then bogeyed the par-four fifth. He carded a birdie at number-nine to get out at two-under 34.

Kalinowski posted three birdies in a row at the start of the second nine and then birdied the final hole to grab his share of the lead.

The 31-year-old has had trouble with equipment this season. Last week, at the Florida Classic, Kalinowski used new irons and shot a 75. After the round, he weighed them to find out that they did not meet his specifications.

"With me trying to get adjusted to the equipment, I was strictly thinking about how I was going to get around the golf course and put it in the right positions to make pars and birdies," said Kalinowski.

Kernohan (70), Pappas (68), Petrovic (69) and Haskins (67) all birdied their final hole to get to nine-under while Serna (69) mixed five birdies, four bogeys and an eagle on his round.

Chad Campbell, Matt Peterson, Mike Sullivan and Richard Johnson are tied for eighth at minus-eight.

Sixty-six players made the 36-hole cut which fell at three-under 141.

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