South Africa's Garrick Higgo shot a round of a 66 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead (-13) into the weekend of the Sanderson Farms Championship, while Ireland's Seamus Power just slipped inside the cut line.
Power squeezed inside the cut line in Jackson, Mississippi, after a four-under-par second round in Jackson, Mississippi.
Outside the projected cut mark midway through the back nine, Power found birdies at the 15th and 17th to climb to four-under for the tournament, leaving himself just inside the cut line in tied 57th.
Taylor Montgomery carded the low round of the tournament, a 9-under-par 63, and was knotted with Eric Cole at 12 under, one stroke behind Higgo.
Danny Walker, who started the day tied with Higgo and Cole for the lead, ist wo shots behind after carding a 4-under 68.
Higgo, 26, birdied four of the final seven holes at the Country Club of Jackson layout. The former UNLV standout earned his second PGA Tour victory earlier this year in mid-April at the Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic.
For Higgo, the key was keeping the ball out of the thick Bermuda rough.
"I don't know what worked the best, but my tee shots were similar to yesterday, like I kept it in play," he said. "For me, whenever I think --obviously for everybody else as well, like the more fairways, the more greens I can hit, like I feel like I can take advantage of my putter, give myself a lot of looks, and I'll make my fair share."
Three players are tied for fifth place at 10 under -- South Korea's Tom Kim,Frankie Capan III and Vince Whaley.
