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July 22, 2017 at 12:00a.m.

MARATHON CLASSIC

SYLVANIA

Gerina Piller followed her opening 8-under 63 with a 68 on Friday to maintain a one-stroke in the Marathon Classic.Winless on the LPGA Tour, Piller had four birdies and a bogey at Highland Meadows to reach 11-under 131.U.S. Solheim Cup teammate Lexi Thompson had a 65 to move into a tie for second with fellow American Nelly Korda, South Korea’s In-Kyung Kim and Taiwan’s Peiyun Chien. Korda had a 64, Kim shot 67, and Chien 68. India’s Aditi Ashok was 9 under after a 68. Sung Hyun Park, the U.S. Women’s Open winner Trump National in New Jersey, had a 70 to join fellow South Korean player Chella Choi (67) and Americans Brittany Lincicome (67) and Laura Diaz (67) at 8 under.

BARBASOL CHAMPIONSHIP

OPELIKA, ALA.

Chad Collins missed a chance for the 10th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history and third of the season, parring the final two holes for an 11-under 60 on Friday in the second round of the Barbasol Championship.Collins hit his approach to the back fringe on the par-4 18th, leaving a 70-foot downhill birdie try that he hit 5 feet past. After six straight birdies on Grand National’s rain-softened Lake Course, the 38-year-old player from Indiana player missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th.

U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR

ANDOVER, KAN.

Noah Goodwin advanced to the U.S. Junior Amateur championship match for the second straight year Friday, setting up a title showdown with Matthew Wolff at Flint Hills National. The 17-year-old Goodwin, from Corinth, Texas, beat Davis Shore of Knoxville, Tennessee, 2 up in the quarterfinals, and topped India’s Rayhan Thomas 5 and 4 in the semifinals.The 18-year-old Wolff, from Agoura Hills, California, edged fellow Oklahoma State freshman Austin Eckroat of Edmond, Oklahoma, 1 up in the quarterfinals, and beat South Africa’s Garrick Higgo 3 and 1 in the semifinals.

GIRLS JUNIOR PGA

ST. ALBANS, MO.

Rose Zhang won the Girls Junior PGA Championship by six strokes with a record-tying 72-hole total of 268. The 14-year-old Zhang, from Irvine, California, shot a 4-under 68 to match Kristen Gillman’s 2014 tournament mark.

Associated Press