World No. 2 Dustin Johnson conjured up memories of John Daly as he plundered a course record nine-under-par 63 to earn a share of the second-round lead at the rain-hit BMW Championship in Indiana Friday. Johnson collected two eagles, holing a 15-yard bunker shot at the par-five ninth and sinking a 25-foot putt at the 15th en route to his sizzling score at Crooked Stick in Carmel. The US Open champion joined fellow American Roberto Castro (65) at 14-under 130, three strokes clear of Englishman Paul Casey (66). World No. 1 Jason Day (67), FedEx Cup points leader Patrick Reed (70) and Monday's Deutsche Bank Championship winner Rory McIlroy (72) all trail by 10 strokes. The 70-man BMW Championship is the third of the PGA Tour's four playoff events, with the top 30 on a points list advancing to the season-ending Tour Championship and a shot at a $10 million jackpot. On the same course that Daly overpowered on the way to victory at the 1991 PGA Championship, fellow long-hitter Johnson found the layout to his liking. The course measured 7,289 yards when Daly, the longest hitter on tour, won 25 years ago, and it has since been stretched by roughly 300 yards, a distance that presented little problem for Johnson in rain-softened conditions. First round leader Castro, boosted by a couple of early 30-foot birdies, matched his opening 65, but it was not enough to stay alone atop the leaderboard. Third-placed Casey continued the stellar form that earned him the 54-hole lead at last week's Deutsche Bank Championship. Wiesberger in front In the Netherlands, Bernd Wiesberger of Austria shot his second straight 5-under 66 to take the lead Friday in the KLM Open, one shot ahead of playing partner Joost Luiten, who was one of three players tied for second. Wiesberger opened his round bogey, par, bogey, before recovering with four birdies on the front nine and three more coming home on The Dutch, which is hosting the tournament for the first time. Luiten, the 2013 KLM Open champion, had the lowest round of the day with a 7-under 64. That included a birdie on the par-3 16th thanks to a long, curling putt and also a birdie on the last hole. Nino Bertasio could have snatched the lead late, but bogeyed the par-5 18th to drop to 9-under with Luiten and Mark Foster. Lee eyes win Defending champion Lee Kyoung-hoon moved closer to a second Kolon Korea Open victory Saturday after a third-round 68 saw the South Korean maintain a lead over compatriot Kang Kyung-nam. The 25-year-old Lee scored a third-round total of 200 with a steady, bogey-free, three-birdie performance at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club in Cheonan. Kang, seeking to kickstart his career after serving two year's of mandatory military service, closely chased after Lee with a third round 67 and a total of 201. Kang, 33, started day two behind Lee and reduced the gap to one despite a rollercoaster round with three bogeys and seven birdies. Choi Jin-ho, who won the SK Telecom Open last year, carded a 68 with five birdies and two bogeys to share third place with Lee Chang-Woo, who finished with a 69 and a total of 202. — Agencies
