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Dustin Johnson shares PGA BMW Championship lead

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Reigning US Open champion Dustin Johnson fired a nine-under-par 63 to match US compatriot Roberto Castro for the lead after the second round of the US PGA Tour BMW Championship.

Johnson on Friday set a course record at the 7,516-yard Crooked Stick layout in Indianapolis, Indiana to stand on 14-under 130 after 36 holes in the penultimate event of the season-ending US PGA playoffs.

"I putted well," Johnson said. "Any time you shoot that good a score, you putt really well and did I. Drove it good, hit a lot of good iron shots, but I really rolled the putter nicely."

Castro, of Peruvian and Costa Rican heritage, fired his second consecutive 65 to share the lead as he bids for his first tour triumph.

"It was a good start," Castro said. "There are still a lot of holes but it's a good way to get into the weekend."

England's Paul Casey was third on 133, one stroke ahead of Americans J.B. Holmes and Chris Kirk, with another three strokes back to sixth-placed rivals Sergio Garcia of Spain and Americans Matt Kuchar, Kevin Na and Ryan Palmer.

Johnson started his historic round with an eight-foot birdie at the first hole and dropped a 10-foot birdie putt at the third, then added a 45-yard eagle chip-in from a greenside bunker at the par-5 ninth to signal a charge.

A tap-in birdie at the par-5 11th was followed by a nine-foot birdie putt at the par-3 13th, a 31-foot birdie putt at the 14th and he rolled in a 25-footer to eagle the par-5 15th.

- New putter sparks Johnson -

Johnson, who has found success after making a putter switch on the eve of the event, seeks his 12th PGA crown.

"I really didn't make the decision until right before the first round," Johnson said. "I practiced with it a little bit. I just felt like I have been putting it pretty well, but I was just struggling to get my putter on the line that I was seeing and so I just grabbed one of these putters and started rolling it and Itsy Bitsy Spider -- it's a smaller Spider, the same one Jason Day uses.

"I played with him the last two weeks and saw him make enough putts and I was like, well, I got to try one at least. So I put it in play and been rolling it pretty good."

The son-in-law of ice hockey icon Wayne Gretzky, Johnson won the BMW in 2010 when it was played at Cog Hill near Chicago.

Castro, who lost to compatriot James Hahn in a playoff at Quail Hollow last May and placed second to American Bill Haas at the 2013 National, opened with a six-foot birdie and ran off three birdies in a row starting with a 30-footer at the par-4 third and ending with a 30-footer at the par-3 sixth.

"I was glad to have those early in the round," Castro said.

In a bogey-free round, Castro made three-foot birdie putts at the ninth and 13th and a tap-in birdie at 15 to claim his share of the lead.

- Storms ahead -

Casey had six birdies in a bogey-free round but still ended up a distant third, three strokes adrift, as one of the players who had to finish his first round Friday morning before playing his full second round as well after storm delays disrupted play Thursday.

"It has been a long day. I'm not as young as I used to be," Casey said. "Trying to conserve energy. Really happy with the way I did that."

As for how to challenge on the weekend, Casey said, "I've got no idea. Get some sleep first. No problem with what I've done so far."

Saturday's third round will begin in the morning with threesomes off the first and 10th tees in hopes of completing play before more storms in the weekend forecast.

The top 30 finishers in the season points race after this event will qualify for the Tour Championship at Atlanta, where the points winner will capture a $10 million bonus prize.

The top five in points can simply win the 30-man event for the bonus payoff. Entering the weekend, those five were Johnson, Australia's Adam Scott, Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, American Patrick Reed and world number one Jason Day of Australia.

McIlroy, Day and Reed were in a pack on 140.

Source: AFP

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