Steve Stricker Takes a 2-Stroke Lead into the 3rd Round at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial

American Steve Stricker shot a 7 under par 2nd round and leads by 2 strokes over Vijay Singh and Tim Clark as play at the Crowne Plaza Invitational advances to the 3rd round on Saturday. Englishman Paul Casey, now ranked #3 in the World Golf Rankings, shot a 3 under par round today at trails at 7 under par. Last week's HP Byron Nelson Championship winner Rory Sabbatini shot a 1 under par round and is among 16 players at even par for the tournament.

The cut line is at even par. Those not playing this weekend include Paul Goydos, D.J. Trahan, Davis Love III J.B. Holmes. See the PGA Tour web site for the complete 2nd round leaderboard