Tallahassee, Fla. – (February 23, 2013) – For the second day in a row
rain halted the NGA TOUR’s Killearn Country Club Classic, but this time
there was a new name atop the leaderboard when rain forced the
suspension of play on Saturday.
After sitting at 5-under par through 12 holes in his second round on
Friday, Clayton Rask of Otsego, Minn., added three more birdies and no
bogeys on Saturday en route to an 8-under 64 and the clubhouse lead.
“I just tried to stay in the same routine,” said Rask, a former
Minnesota Golden Gopher. “[In the first round], I didn't hit it as well,
so when I got done I went to the range and worked it out.”
Rask, who posted a first-round 67, is 13-under par through two rounds
and three shots ahead of Zack Fischer.
Fischer, a University of Texas at Arlington alumnus from Wake Village,
Texas, also carded an 8-under 64 in the second round. In his first NGA
TOUR start, Fischer was 10-under par and in second place when play was
halted.
Chris Erwin, Marc-Etienne Bussieres and Blayne Barber also completed
their second rounds and finished the day tied for third. Erwin, a
Valdosta State alumnus, posted a 5-under 67, while Bussieres and Barber,
who finished T42 in the PGA TOUR’s Northern Trust Open this season,
carded 3-under 69s in the second round. All three are 9-under par after
two rounds.
Rick Cockran III, a former Middle Tennessee State standout, is solo
sixth at 8-under par after posting back-to-back 68s. Adam Hogue (67),
Stuart Anderson (66) and David Skinns (67) finished the day tied for
seventh at 7-under par.
First-round co-leader Trent Whitekiller was still on the course when
play was suspended on Saturday, but his 7-under 65 in the first round
kept the Oklahoma State alumnus seventh on the leaderboard.
The second round of play in the 2013 Killearn Country Club Classis is
scheduled to restart at 7:30 a.m. and the third round will start at
approximately 10:45 a.m. The tournament will be shortened to a 54-hole
event. As always, admission is free to the public.
