FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Tim Clark is already expressing confidence about being a better player once he takes time to properly rest his stiff neck.
While the long-needed break waits, Clark is showing that he's still pretty good.
Clark had a bogey-free 6-under 64 in his second round Friday without missing a fairway or a green, after finishing the back nine of his opening round, to get to 11 under and take a one-stroke lead over Arron Oberholser (66) in the rain-drenched Colonial.
``It's nice to see the golf game has not completely left me compared to the limited amount of practice I have been able to do,'' Clark said.
With the help of anti-inflammatory medicine along with 11 birdies and only one bogey in his 27 holes Friday, Clark never noticed the muscular and joint stiffness in his neck that has bothered him on and off since last summer.
After shooting under 70 only once in his first 20 rounds this season, Clark finished two sub-70 rounds in one day.
``I certainly wasn't expecting it,'' said Clark, the 31-year-old South African who has never won on the PGA Tour. ``The adrenaline was going at the end, and I almost had to calm myself down a bit.''
Oberholser, who has overcome back problems that kept him from defending his only tour victory at Pebble Beach in February, had six birdies and two bogeys after an opening bogey-free 64 that included five birdies in an eight-hole stretch.
Ben Curtis (67), Jim Furyk (66) and Nathan Green (66) were at 9-under 131, with Alex Cejka (65), Kevin Na (69) and first-round leader Anthony Kim (69) at 8 under.
After half of the 114-player Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial field had to complete their first rounds Friday before playing 18 more holes, there were 27 players still on the course when the second round was suspended because of darkness.
