Horschel alone in front in Bogota
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Billy Horschel posted his second straight under 66 on Friday to take the lead at the midpoint of the Colombia Championship.
Horschel, a first-round co-leader, finished 36 holes at 10-under 132 and is two strokes clear at the Country Club de Bogota.
Brian Smock, who also shared the first-round lead, shot a three-under 68 and is second at minus-eight.
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Erik Flores (68) and Michael Sim (65) are knotted in third at seven-under 135.
The final first-round leader, Peter Lonard, only managed a one-under 70 on Friday and shares fifth with Andrew Svoboda, who fired a five-under 66 in round two. The pair is tied at six-under 136.
Horschel, who missed a two-footer for par on his last hole Thursday, erased any nerves from that bogey. He birdied three of his first four holes on Friday and reached eight-under par for the championship.
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Horschel's lone bogey of the round came at the same hole as the careless error on Thursday. He bogeyed the ninth, but atoned for the error quickly on Friday with a birdie at No. 10.
"I was really trying to get through without a bogey today," admitted Horschel. "Overall, it was a good day."
Horschel birdied the 13th to get to nine-under, then closed his round much better on Friday than Thursday's hiccup. He poured in a 12-footer for birdie to best the tournament's 36-hole record by a stroke.
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"You want to play well after a round like yesterday, but it's always tough because sometimes the putts don't go in," said Horschel. "Not that I had a really low round but sometimes it's difficult to follow up a decent round with another decent one. I made a couple of early birdies but then a few putts just slipped out, and that's going to happen."
Skip Kendall (67), Ryan Hietala (68), Tom Hoge (66) and Hudson Swafford (69) share seventh at five-under 137.
NOTES: Horschel is winless on the Nationwide Tour...The first round was completed Friday after darkness stopped play on Thursday...The 36-hole cut fell at one-over 143 and defending champion Brenden Pappas, who won last year when the event was trimmed to two rounds, made the cut on the number.