MIAMI (Reuters) - American Justin Leonard shot an eight-under-par 64 to grab a two-stroke lead over Justin Rose and George McNeill after the second round of the Walt Disney Classic at Lake Buena Vista, Florida on Friday.
Leonard, playing the Palm Course, followed up his first round 68 to reach the halfway stage at 12-under-par.
Briton Rose, who led by a shot overnight, could manage only a three under-par 69 and was joined in second spot by McNeill, who fired a 66. Both Rose and McNeil played the Magnolia Course at the Disney venue near Orlando.
Leonard, who has not led a PGA Tour event after two rounds since 2005, might have led by more but tarnished his round with three bogeys in the gusty conditions.
"Playing in wind like this, sometimes it's hard to judge and I misjudged today a couple of cross-winds and subsequently I had a couple of 40 or 50 footers that I wasn't able to get, wasn't able to two-putt," he said.
"But on the flip side of that I came back and birdied the next hole each time and hit a lot of great shots."
Among those missing the cut in the final of the five autumn events on the PGA Tour, was Australian Matt Jones, who shot a smart 66 after his disastrous opening round of 78.
American Mark Calcavecchia and South Korean Charlie Wi also missed the cut.
(Reporting by Simon Evans; Editing by Julian Linden)
