Gallegos moves to 14-under, takes Brazil Open clubhouse lead – PGA Tour

PORTO FELIZ, Brazil – Argentina’s Andrés Gallegos followed an opening 63 with a 65 Friday morning to claim the clubhouse lead at the JHSF 67 Aberto do Brasil. At 14-under 128 through 36 holes, the 26-yer old finished the morning wave holding a three-shot lead over American Mitchell Meissner, who has posted rounds of 66-65 at Fazenda Boa Vista.  Teeing it off on No. 10 at 7:30 a.m., Gallegos started his day with eight consecutive pars before draining an eagle putt on 18, his second 3 at the 503-yard par-five within the last 24 hours. “I’m striking the ball solid and I’m hitting many great shots into the greens, so that has allowed me to remain under that,” said Gallegos. “The putter didn’t work as well as it did yesterday. It took me time to make my first birdie, it was actually an eagle I made on my ninth hole (No. 18) and then on the back-nine the putts started dropping.” He went on to birdie the next three holes for a nice eagle-birdie-birdie-birdie string that quickly moved him to 5-under for the day. A bogey on 4 halted his charge, but he bounced back with a birdie-birdie finish. “I…
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