Bill Glasson shoots record round of 62

Defending champion Vaughn Taylor shot a 67 to take the second-round lead at the Reno-Tahoe Open on Friday with a tournament record 13-under par 131, and Bill Glasson shot a course record 10-under 62 to move into contention.

Todd Fischer, playing in his hometown, birdied his first five holes for a 67 and was in second place at 12-under at Montreux Golf and Country Club on the edge of the Sierra Nevada.

Glasson was two more shots back after knocking in a pair of eagles, followed by Jonathan Kaye and Swedes Jesper Parnevik and Fredrik Jacobson at 9 under.

Craig Barlow was 8 under after his second 68. Duffy Waldorf and Aaron Baddeley were in a group another stroke back at 7 under.

Taylor, who's only victory on the PGA Tour came as a rookie a year ago at Reno, broke the 36-hole record of 133 that John Cook set while winning in 2001 and Corey Pavin tied last year.

Taylor opened with a 64 and has carded 16 birdies in two days, including six Friday to go with a lone bogey when he hit into the water then missed a 2-foot putt on his last hole, the 616-yard, par 5 ninth.

``I've been hitting it well and doing everything pretty well, really,'' said Taylor, who is 86th on the tour money list this year at $664,228.

``I've had quite a few tap-ins and 3- or 4-footers, which is always nice,'' he said.

Taylor is in position to become the only player on tour this year besides Vijay Singh to successfully defend a title. Singh has done it twice, at the Buick and Shell Opens.

``This is my first time, so it's all new to me,'' Taylor said.

Fischer, who started on the back nine like Taylor, opened with consecutive birdie putts of 13, 7, 9, 5 and 10 feet. He bogeyed the par-4 first hole, but got the stroke back when he hit to within 5 feet of the pin on the par-3 second.

``Those first five holes were pretty nice. Hit it in the fairway, hit it close to the hole and rolled in putts. Pretty simple,'' said Fischer, who is tied for seventh on the tour in putting, averaging 1.7 per hole.

Glasson had two eagles and six birdies in an 11-hole stretch to post his 62, erasing the old record of 63 Kirk Triplett set when he won in 2003.

The 22-year veteran of the PGA Tour who hasn't won since the Las Vegas Invitational in 1997, shot an even-par 72 in Thursday's opening round. He started Friday with three pars before he chipped in from 45 feet for eagle on the 518-yard, par-5 fourth to ignite the best round of his career.

He holed out with a 9-iron from 152 yards on the 494-yard, par-4 10th for another eagle and ran off four consecutive birdies before closing with four pars.

``It's been so long since I've had a quality round,'' said the 45-year-old Glasson, who has seven PGA victories and $6 million in career earnings, but ranks 224th on this year's money list with $52,201.

``For a minute there, I thought this is the way I used to play.''

Parnevik, making his debut at Reno, followed an opening round 67 with a 4-under 68. He came within 6 inches of a hole-in-one on the 220-yard, par-3 seventh hole. On Wednesday, he had a his first double-eagle during the pro-am practice round.

``That would have been nice to make a hole-in-one and a double eagle in two days,'' said the Swede, who hit to within 6 feet on the par-3 16th for another of his four birdies Friday.

Parnevik said he had been playing so poorly he took two months off in Europe before returning last week to the PGA Championship, where he opened with 68-69 and finished tied for 28th at 4 over.

``If I putted like I have this week, I would have easily won last week,'' Parnevik said.

Glasson said he considered giving up the game because of his struggles in recent years. He's undergone surgery nearly 20 times during his career and has been retooling his swing to ``save my back, my arms, my shoulder -- things I've had worked on.''

``Every surgery I've had the last five years, I wondered, `Can I do this again? Do I want to do this again?' Then I realize I have to make money because I'm not qualified to do anything else,'' he said.

He said he doesn't know what to expect this weekend.

``I don't know who is going to show up, the guy yesterday or the guy today.''

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