CHAMPION'S TOUR Morgan takes 2-stroke lead at Kroger Classic

In second place, Doug Tewell wasn't happy with his putting.
MAINEVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- Gil Morgan shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday, despite what he called a shaky start, and increased his lead in the Kroger Classic to two strokes.
Doug Tewell's 66 moved him into second place with a 36-hole total of 134, one stroke ahead of Graham Marsh (67) at the 7,064-yard TPC at River's Bend.
"I felt like I started kind of shaky," said Morgan, who bogeyed No. 3. "It took me seven or eight holes to get it going, but I played fairly decently on the back nine."
He birdied the two closing holes, as did Tewell.
"I hit a lot of junk shots," Tewell said. "Some of them turned out well, others didn't."
Tewell said a junk shot is one that is not solidly hit.
"It's like a quarterback who throws a wobbly pass," he said. "They weren't pretty, but they got the job done."
Tewell said he still was not happy with his putting, and that he hit two "really bad putts" on 13 and 15 but saved par.
Ready for fun
"I'm ready to have some fun again," Tewell said. "I haven't had fun the past two months. This tour is supposed to be fun."
Marsh bogeyed Nos. 2 and 3 but finished his round with seven birdies.
"I drove the ball poorly all day, but I holed a couple of nice putts," Marsh said.
He said in a 54-hole tournament, the object is just put up as many birdies as you can in the first two rounds.
"It's still anybody's game," he said. "Somebody four or five shots behind still has a chance to win."
Eight players are within five shots of Morgan, who won the tournament in 1999. There has never been a two-time winner at the Kroger Classic, which started in 1990.
Only one winner on the Champions Tour this year, Jim Ahern at the Music City Championship in Nashville, has led start to finish.
Decisive hole
The 15th hole, a 432-yard par-4 that only Morgan and Joe Inman birdied all day, was a decisive hole Saturday.
Rex Caldwell had reeled off five birdies on the front nine to go to 9 under, but a double-bogey on 15 took him out of contention. Jerry McGee, who at the time was tied with Morgan at 9 under, also double-bogeyed.