Ortiz moves into lead in Portland
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Portland, OR (SportsNetwork.com) - Carlos Ortiz fired an 8-under 63 on Friday as he moved into the lead at the WinCo Foods Portland Open.
Ortiz is a two-time winner on the Web.com Tour this season and he entered the final regular-season event leading Andrew Putnam for the top spot on the money list by just over $50,000.
"I think I've made a few mistakes and had too much on my mind about playing on the PGA Tour," said Ortiz, who has not had a top-10 finish in his last seven starts. "I needed to get back to playing golf and not worry so much. I've had a couple mistakes finishing in my last couple weeks."
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Nicholas Lindheim (64) is alone in second place at 12-under, one shot back. Mark Hubbard (65) owns third on the Witch Hollow Course at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club at minus-10.
First-round co-leader Matt Fast (70) shares fourth with James Nitties (67) at 9-under 133.
Kent Bulle, who shared the first-round lead with Fast, tripped to a 4-over 75 during his second round to fall into a tie for 22nd place at 4-under 138.
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Ortiz started on the back nine and quickly got his round going with a chip-in eagle at the 11th. He followed that with consecutive birdies at the 12th and 13th to move to 9-under.
A bogey at the 14th halted his momentum, but he got that shot right back with a birdie at the 15th.
Ortiz chipped in for his second eagle of the day at the ninth to make the turn at 11-under.
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He would cruise through his second nine with birdies at the third and sixth among seven pars to move to the top of the leaderboard at minus-13.
"Today was very easy with those chip-ins. I was hitting fairways today and that made a big difference," said Ortiz.
Lindheim opened his round with back-to-back birdies at the 10th and 11th. After tripping to a bogey at the 14th, he reeled off three straight birdies from the 16th to make the turn at 9-under.
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He later found the green with his second shot at the par-5 fourth and converted his eagle putt to jump to minus-11.
Consecutive gains at the seventh and eighth brought into a tie for the lead with Ortiz, but he hit his tee shot into a bunker at the ninth and eventually 2-putted for bogey to drop a shot off the pace.
Hubbard countered a pair of bogeys with an eagle and six birdies during his second round to finish three shots behind Ortiz.
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"My attitude's been great the first two days," said Hubbard, who played along with Ortiz the first two days. "I've done a good job of staying patient and sticking to my game plan, which is tough when you're watching Carlos birdie every hole. It's a tough course and you're going to make some bogeys and get some bad bounces."
NOTES: With a third win this week, Ortiz will earn fully exempt status on the PGA Tour for the 2014-15 season ... Lindheim is currently 110th on the money list and needs to move inside the top 75 to earn a spot in the upcoming finals events ... The cut line fell at 1-under 141, with 75 players advancing to the weekend. Among those to miss the cut was Putnam ... Chris Epperson was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard.