Peterborough, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – Adam Cornelson maintained his lead after two rounds of The Wildfire Invitational as he carded a 5-under 67 on Friday.<\/p>\n
Cornelson ended 36 holes at 14-under-par 130. He is winless in his fourth full season on tour.<\/p>\n
Brock Mackenzie fired a 7-under 65 and jumped into second place at minus-13. Randall Hutchison (66) and Joe Panzeri (64) are one stroke back at 12-under- par 132.<\/p>\n
Andrew Georgiou (68) and Jay Vandeventer (65) are tied for fifth place at minus-11 at Wildfire Golf Club.<\/p>\n
Tomas Cocha (67), Jeff Corr (66), Justin Shin (68), Jeff Dennis (68) and Chris Hemmerich (68) share seventh place at 10-under 134.<\/p>\n
Cornelson had a steady second round that started with a pair of pars from the 10th. After a birdie on the par-5 12th, he parred five in a row.<\/p>\n
The Canadian birdied the 18th to make the turn at 11-under. Cornelson made it two in a row with a birdie on the first. He later birdied the fourth and ninth to close out a bogey-free round.<\/p>\n
Mackenzie also played the back nine first on Friday. He opened with a birdie on the 10th, then ran off three consecutive birdies from the 14th.<\/p>\n
The ATB Financial Classic winner made the turn at 9-under after tripping to a bogey on the 10th. Mackenzie flew up the leaderboard as he birdied four of the first five holes around the turn.<\/p>\n
That burst got Mackenzie within one of the lead. That is where he ended as he closed with four pars in a row.<\/p>\n
NOTES: Cornelson has missed the cut in six of his nine starts this year … Jay Myers had a hole-in-one on the par-3 11th … With Tim Madigan among those missing the cut, Sean Shahi is the only player that has made all 10 cuts this season on the PGA Tour Canada … The cut fell at 4-under 138 with 65 players making it to the weekend … Among those that missed the cut were Stuart Anderson, Jon Mills, Olin Browne, Jr., Josh Persons and Greg Machtaler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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