Andrade holds on to slender advantage

Billy Andrade is over the flu and on top of the leaderboard in the Pennsylvania Classic.
"My daughter was sick and my wife was sick, so the house is sick. But I feel a lot better," Andrade said Friday after maintaining a one-stroke lead after the second round.

Andrade, who won the last of his four PGA Tour titles late in the 2000 season, shot a 3-under 68 a day after opening with a bogey-free 66 on the Waynesborough Country Club course. He made only one bogey Friday, on the par-4 sixth - his 15th of the day.

"The wind was blowing left to right pretty hard," Andrade said. "You don't want to miss the fairway and I overcooked it. But I came right back and birdied 7 and 9."

He reached 8 under with a 10-foot putt on No. 9.

"It was a nice, little downhill slider," Andrade said.

Canadian Ian Leggatt was a stroke back after a 65, matching the best score of the round. Rookie Kenneth Staton (69) was 6 under, and Brent Geiberger (68), Jeff Brehaut (68) and Donnie Hammond (69) were 5 under.

Leggatt, who won the Tucson Open in February for his first tour title, birdied five straight holes to reach 7 under with two holes to play, but missed a 3-foot birdie putt on No. 17 and a 6-footer on the 18th.

"I don't even think about it," Leggatt said. "It wasn't that I nonchalantly went up there and whacked at it. I still gave it a full effort. It just didn't go in." tie for 113th to a tie for 33rd at 1 under. ... Australia's Robert Allenby, the winner last year at Laurel Valley, was five strokes back at 3 under after a 68. ... Chris DiMarco, the winner of the inaugural tournament in 2000 at Waynesborough, shot a 71 to make the cut by two strokes at 1 over.

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