Greg Chalmers takes charge at Barracuda Championship in Reno
Saturday 2 July 2016 08:09, UK
Greg Chalmers holds the lead at the Barracuda Championship in Reno after two rounds.
The Australian collected 10 points to raise his overall score to 24, two more than America's Gary Woodland and Martin Laird, the early pacesetter.
Scotland's Laird led the event after the first day but slipped off the pace after a round of five birdies and three bogeys.
America's Colt Knost was a point further back at the Montreux Golf and Country club, with Brendan Steele on 20 points.
"Tenacity is important. There is no point in panicking, you just see if (the birdies) are going to come," said Chalmers, whose last victory came at the 2014 Australian PGA Championship. "I've been putting nicely, which helps a lot."
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High points totals rather than low scores count in this event, which offers the added incentive of a place in the Open Championship for the winner for the first time.
The $2.3m (£1.7m) tournament - formerly known as the Reno-Tahoe Open - is the only one on the PGA Tour to use a Modified Stableford format, which allocates points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole.
