PGA TOUR Singh has one-shot lead over Petrovic

He shot a second straight 65 at the Byron Nelson Championship.
IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Vijay Singh is back to getting attention for his play on the golf course instead of his comments about Annika Sorenstam.
With his second straight 5-under 65 Friday, Singh took the second-round lead at the Byron Nelson Championship. He leads by one stroke over Tim Petrovic, who had a hole-in-one in his round of 66.
Singh created a stir after his runner-up finish last week in North Carolina by saying Sorenstam had no business playing in next week's Colonial and that he hoped she missed the cut. Before the Nelson, Singh said he was sorry if his comments came across as a personal attack and tried to put a different spin on his words.
Since then, he has focused on playing.
"I'm very focused. I came here to win the golf tournament," Singh said Friday. "It's Byron's tournament, and I am just looking forward to playing. My mind is totally on this golf game, and that's it."
Four tied in third place
Scott Verplank had Friday's low-round, a bogey-free 63 on the par-70, 6,846-yard Cottonwood Valley course. He is tied at 132 with first-round leader Jeff Sluman, who followed his opening 63 at Cottonwood with a 69 that included two backside bogeys on the tougher 7,022-yard TPC Four Seasons at Las Colinas.
Robert Gamez (66 at Cottonwood) and Kevin Sutherland (68 at TPC) were also at 8-under 132.
Windy conditions, with sustained winds of 20 mph much of the day and gusts of 30 mph or more, made for fewer low scores after 88 subpar rounds Thursday. Only 42 the 155 golfers broke par Friday.
"When it is blowing as hard as it was today and gusting like it was, it's pretty difficult. I don't hit that well every single day," said Verplank, who had only two birdie putts of more than 7 feet.
There were 80 players who made the cut at even-par 140. It is the third time in four years that at least 80 players made the weekend, when all rounds are played on the TPC layout.
Petrovic, 36, turned pro in 1988 after leaving the University of Hartford, but didn't make the PGA Tour until last year when he won $797,206 while making 15 of 31 cuts to finish 86th on the money list.
He's already made more than that this season ($799,283) in the eight of 13 tournaments he made the weekend before the Nelson, which has one of the largest purses on the PGA Tour at $5.6 million.
Not bad for a guy who delivered pizzas and newspapers, and sold car phones to get by before finally earning his PGA Tour card through the Nationwide Tour in 2001.
"It's a story. I paid my dues and played everywhere just trying to keep the dream alive, so to speak," Petrovic said. "I guess it was just meant to be."