MEMPHIS (Tennessee), May 28: Justin Leonard is threatening to run away with the St Jude Classic after firing a second round five-under par 65 on Friday widening his lead to five strokes over Swede Fredrik Jacobson. The American, who shot a sizzling opening round eight-under 62 to hold a two-stroke overnight lead, had a par, birdie, bogey roller coaster start to his day but was error free the rest of the way at the TPC at Southwind leaving him on 13-under 127.

American Paul Goydos, whose only PGA Tour win was in 1996 at the Bay Hill Invitational and who is playing on a medical exemption after hip surgery last year, vaulted into contention with a four-under 66 to stand in third place on seven-under 133.

Leading second round (US) 62, 65.

132 — Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 68, 64.

133 — Paul Goydos (US) 67, 66.

134 — Matt Gogel (US) 66, 68; Heath Slocum (US) 68, 66; Tom Pernice Jr (US) 66, 68; Roland Thatcher (US) 67, 67.

135 — Kirk Triplett (US) 64, 71; Davis Love III (US) 65, 70; Richard S. Johnson (Sweden) 69, 66.

136 — D.J. Brigman (US) 68, 68; Hunter Haas (US) 67, 69; Phillip Price (Britain) 67, 69.

137 — Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 67, 70; Fred Funk (US) 69, 68; Jason Bohn (US) 65, 72; Brenden Pappas (South Africa) 69, 68; Olin Browne (US) 67, 70; Bob Estes (US) 67, 70; Arjun Atwal (India) 71, 66.

138 — Carl Paulson (US) 68, 70; Hunter Mahan (US) 71, 67; Grant Waite (New Zealand) 72, 66; Jose Coceres (Argentina) 70, 68; Tim Herron (US) 71, 67; Tag Ridings (US) 70, 68; Shaun Micheel (US) 69, 69; Hank Kuehne (US) 67, 71; Dudley Hart (US) 69, 69; Tom Byrum (US) 71, 67; Sean O’Hair (US) 72, 66; Scott Gutschewski (US) 67, 71.

HEDBLOM LEADS

VIRGINIA WATER (England): Sweden’s Peter Hedblom shot a sparkling seven-under-par 65 in the BMW Championship second round to surge into a three-stroke lead on Friday.

After moving to 11-under-par 133, three shots ahead of Ireland’s Ryder Cup player Paul McGinley, Hedblom is on course for only his second tour title following the 1996 Moroccan Open.

Leading second round scores:

133 — Peter Hedblom (Sweden) 68, 65.

136 — Paul McGinley (Ireland) 72, 64.

137 — Nick O’Hern (Australia) 68, 69.

138 — Peter Hanson (Sweden) 69, 69; Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 70, 68.

139 — Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 71, 68; Ben Curtis (US) 68, 71; Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 72, 67; Peter Lonard (Australia) 69, 70; Lee Slattery (Britain) 70, 69.

140 — Paul Broadhurst (Britain) 70, 70; Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 70, 70; Darren Clarke (Britain) 71, 69; Robert Coles (Britain) 69, 71; Robert-Jan Derksen (Netherlands) 71, 69; Marcus Fraser (Australia) 68, 72; Retief Goosen (South Africa) 70, 70; Jose-Filipe Lima (Portugal) 67, 73; Jonathan Lomas (Britain) 72, 68; Damien McGrane (Ireland) 69, 71; Marten Olander (Sweden) 68, 72; Ian Poulter (Britain) 71, 69.

141 — Nick Faldo (Britain) 70, 71; Kenneth Ferrie (Britain) 72, 69; Alastair Forsyth (Britain) 69, 72; Richard Green (Australia) 71, 70; Soren Hansen (Denmark) 70, 71; Steven O’Hara (Britain) 69, 72; Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 72, 69.

142 — Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 71, 71; Scott Drummond (Britain) 71, 71; Ernie Els (South Africa) 73, 69; David Howell (Britain) 70, 72; Peter Lawrie (Ireland) 67 75; Gary Murphy (Ireland) 74, 68; Patrik Sjoeland (Sweden) 72, 70.—Reuters