ON THE LINKS Friday’s professional golf results

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS’ SAS CHAMPIONSHIP.

CARY, N.C.

Jerry Smith, David McKenzie and Gibby Gilbert III shared the first-round lead at 5-under 67 in the PGA Tour Champions’ SAS Championship. Jerry Kelly, Bart Bryant and Fran Quinn were a stroke back at Prestonwood Country Club in the 50-and-over tour’s regular-season finale. Smith closed with a bogey on the par-4 ninth.

U.S. MID-AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

ATLANTA

Matt Parziale won the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, routing Josh Nichols 8 and 6 in the 36-hole final to earn spots next year in the U.S. Open and Masters The 30-year-old Parziale, a firefighter from Brockton, Mass., had 10 birdies — eight during the morning 18 — over 30 holes at Capital City Golf Club’s Crabapple Course. Last week, the USGA announced that the U.S. Mid-Amateur winner would earn a spot in the U.S. Open, set for June 14-17 at Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, N.Y.

ITALIAN OPEN

MONZA, ITALY

Australia’s Marcus Fraser carded the lowest round of his European Tour career to take a share of the lead at the midway point of the Italian Open. Fraser produced nine birdies — including five consecutive in the middle of his round — and no bogeys for a second-round 62 that took him to 13-under.

CIMB CLASSIC

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

Pat Perez led by one stroke halfway through the CIMB Classic after carding a 7-under-par 65 around a four-hour delay for rain. Fellow American golfer Xander Schauffele was on Perez’s tail after a long-range eagle on the third hole set up his 5-under 67.

KEB HANA BANK CHAMPIONSHIP

INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA

Angel Yin shot a 7-under 65 to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA’s KEB Hana Bank Championship. Yin had an eagle on the par-5 fifth hole and six birdies.

Associated Press