Jonathan Byrd leads PGA Tour event in Las Vegas; ex-Washington Husky Alex Prugh is tied for 3rd

LAS VEGAS — Jonathan Byrd shot an 8-under-par 63 Friday at rain-softened TPC Summerlin to take the second-round lead at 13 under in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Open.

Byrd, seeking his fourth PGA Tour title, had nine birdies and a bogey in good scoring conditions in the fourth of five Fall Series events. Ryuji Imada (62) of Japan was at 12 under.

Ex-Washington Huskies golfer Alex Prugh (64) was among five players tied for third place at 11 under. Tour rookie Prugh finished in a tie for second place Sunday at the Frys.com Open, an event in San Martin, Calif., won by Rocco Mediate.

Byrd said, "This golf course, when it's not firm, it takes a lot of teeth out of the golf course. And the hole location and the way the greens are shaped and everything. But the ball is not going quite as far. I've hit it very well the last two days. I've given myself a lot of options and I've putted well."

Imada had an eagle, eight birdies and a bogey.

"It helps me to have softer greens, because I'm not a longer hitter," Imada said. "And you know, it usually helps me quite a bit."

Defending champion Martin Laird (62) of Scotland, John Senden (67), George McNeill (66) and Nicholas Thompson (66) were tied with Prugh.

U.S. Ryder Cup player Rickie Fowler (64) was among those at 10 under.

Byrd was upset about his bogey on the par-4 11th hole.

"I let it get to me just for a minute," he said. "I pulled it a little bit (off the tee) and I had a pretty easy shot; just kind of bumped — run it up from 100 yards on the green. I hit it over the green, bad chip, bad putt to make a bogey. And I came back with a great birdie on the next hole.

"I was starting to think, 'Man, I gave one back.' But then I came back with a birdie on the next hole and kind of got rid of that."

Players with scores worse than 138 missed the cut, a group that included Jeff Gove (75-69 — 144) of Seattle.

Other tournaments

• Japan's Mika Miyazato and South Korea's Jee Young Lee shot 5-under 66s in steamy conditions to share the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia lead in Kuala Lumpur.

Honolulu native Michelle Wie opened with a 68 and was tied for fourth in a round delayed for three hours because of lightning.

Jimin Kang, a graduate of King's High School in Shoreline, shot a 70 and was tied for 14th.

• U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin shot a 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Mark Wiebe after the first round of the Administaff Small Business Classic, an event on the 50-and-older Champions Tour in The Woodlands, Texas.

Seattle native Fred Couples, a former University of Houston standout, was tied for 14th place at 71.