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Byeong Hun An shot a five-under 65 in the Wyndham Championship on Friday (Saturday AEST) to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend, when Australian Cameron Davis will start six shots behind the South Korean.
An was at 13-under 127 at the halfway point of the PGA Tour's final event before the FedEx Cup play-offs.
Brice Garnett was a stroke back after a 64, and six players - including 2011 Wyndham winner Webb Simpson and first-round co-leader Sungjae Im - were at nine-under.
Adam Svensson also was in that group after shooting the best round of the day - a 61 - and threatening to become the first player on tour this year to break 60.
Davis was the only Australian contender to make the cut after a 67 ended his round at seven-under.
Cameron Smith (three-under), Matt Jones (one-under), Rod Pampling (one-over), John Lyras (three-over) and Curtis Luck (four-over) all bowed out before the weekend.
An, who shared the first-round lead with Im at eight-under, made his move up the leaderboard with three straight birdies late in his round.
Finishing on the back nine, the 27-year-old South Korean, who is winless on tour, had birdies on Nos. 3-5 and closed his second consecutive bogey-free round with four straight pars.
"I came close last couple years and, you know, maybe this week might do it," An said about that long-awaited first victory.
"But still have two more days and there are a lot of players behind me. ... Just do what I've been doing the last couple days and just hit a lot of fairways and greens and make some putts. If someone plays better than me, then he deserves to win it, but as long as I keep these bogey-free rounds going."
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