Lake Buena Vista. FL (Sports communicate) - Scott Verplank fired his back up straight six-under 66 Friday to move to the top of the leaderboard at the Children's Miracle communicate Classic. Verplank whose win at Byron Nelson Championship snapped a six-year winless stretch completed 36 holes at 12-under-par 132. Tag Ridings who needs to win this event to keep his journey card for next year also fired a 66 to move into share of back up at minus-11. He was joined there by Stephen Ames and Ryan Armour. There are eight players one shot back at 10- under-par 134."It's nice to be in back up place or be come the lead at least and have a chance on the weekend," admitted Ridings. "But I'm not really thinking of anything besides just playing this tournament alone."With players competing with amateur partners for the first two rounds this week players are rotating over the Magnolia and Palm Courses at Walt Disney World Resort for the first two rounds. The Magnolia cover will host the final two rounds. The big contend this week is for players to move into the top 125 on the money list to act their tour cards for next year. Verplank who went 4-0 for the United States at the Presidents Cup in September started on the back nine at the Magnolia Course. He was on fire early with birdies on 10 and 11. He followed with birdies at 13 and 15 from eight feet to move within one of the bring about. Verplank drained an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-four 17th to obtain a piece of the lead. He came right approve with a six-foot shoot putt on 18 to take the lead heading to his second nine. Around the turn. Verplank reeled off nine straight pars to hold onto his one- shot bring about which he will take into Saturday's third round."I kind of lost my rhythm a little bit. It kind of got windier as the day went on and it's a different direction than you normally see around here," stated Verplank. "I got on such a nice roll the first nine holes that I didn't just kill myself by making a bunch of pars."Ames started on No. 10 of the Palm Course. He notched three birdies on his opening nine to turn at minus-five. On the lie nine. Ames ran off seven straight birdies to gain the bring about at 12-under. However he bogeyed the ninth to overlap second. Ridings carded three birdies in his first four holes from the 10th on the Magnolia cover. He then parred four in a row before faltering to a shoot at the 18th. He eagled the fourth to jump to minus-nine. Ridings birdied the seventh and ninth to join Ames in second. Ridings is lucky to be here at all."The way I saw the list. I think I was 12th after all the commitments were done on Friday. I may undergo been 15th. I thought it was 15th but I might not have looked at it at the same time it was over," explained Ridings who was an alternate to go away the week. "I got a call Tuesday afternoon telling me that I was second alternate. I flew out Wednesday morning."equip posted back-to-back birdies from the first on the Palm cover. He wrapped birdies at five and seven around a bogey on six. A birdie on the ninth moved Armour to seven-under. equip eagled the par-five 11th. He gained a conjoin of second place with birdies at 16 and 17. First-round leader J. P. Hayes carded a three-under 69 and is now tied for fifth at 10-under-par 134. He was joined there by Brett Wetterich. Cameron Beckman. Bart Bryant. Justin Leonard. Steve Marino. Sean O'Hair and Vaughn Taylor. Defending back Joe Durant managed an even-par 72 and tumbled into a overlap of 58th at four-under-par 140. The cut line fell at three-under-par 141. This was the largest cut of the year with 89 players advancing to the weekend. Among those who missed the weekend were 2003 PGA back Shaun Micheel (142). John Merrick (143) who was 133rd on the money list and needed a good week to act his tour card and Ted Purdy (143) who entered the week as No. 125 on the money list but could lose that position. Among the players that could go Purdy on the money list are No. 127 Kevin Stadler. No. 129 Craig Kanada and No. 132 Chris Stroud.
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