Harrison
Frazar took advantage of another day of benign conditions at the Las Vegas Invitational
to shoot a 10-under par 62 and take a one-stroke lead after 36 holes.
Frazar birdied his first four holes and seven of the first ten at Las Vegas Country
Club, one of three being used for this five-round event.
"I
hit one bad tee shot. Other than that, I hit a bunch of greens, hit it close,"
said Frazar, who stood at 17-under par 127, one stroke ahead of Fiji's Vijay Singh,
who shot 63, and Fred Couples (65).
"It's
not blatantly too easy," Frazar said of the course. "But any time you have no
rough and no wind guys are going to shoot low scores, and it doesn't matter if
it's 7,400 yards or 6,800 yards."
Las Vegas native Craig Barlow, who led after a first-round 61, carded a 68 to
fall two strokes off the pace at 129, along with Jonathan Kaye (66) and Justin
Leonard (64).
The round of
the day was posted by Tommy Armour, who fired a 12-under par 60 to close within
three strokes of the leader in a group of six at 130.
Armour's tour of the Las Vegas Country Club layout included eagles on the ninth
and 18th holes.
He flirted
with the magical score of 59 and had a chance to even better that, but Armour
missed two five-foot birdie putts and one 2 1/2-foot par putt.
"It's nice and I'm glad," Armour said about
shooting the 12th 60 in PGA Tour history. "But I wish I'd shot 58. I was thinking
about 59 for a second, then I bogeyed 5 (his 14th hole). But it was a pretty easy
60. It really was."
Couples,
who carded seven birdies, said that a 59 was not likely, but he expected the conditions
to yield "record scores, the lowest cut and such.
"You're
going to see guys shoot unbelievable scores. There are going to be guys 18, 20,
22-under par or higher and that won't even be in the top 10," predicted Couples,
who played the TPC at Summerlin course.
"You're
looking at five under par a round to make it into the top 10. If you're shooting
68, 69, 67 you're done."
