DIGEST/Golf - US Tour:Steve Flesch took a one-stroke lead halfway through the second round of the Milwaukee Championship yesterday by posting five birdies on the back nine to shoot 64 for a seven-under total of 133.
Back-to-back birdies from the 14th and again from the 17th lifted the 40-year-old, left-handed American into the lead.
Seven players were tied at six under par in a field weakened by the absence of so many elite players competing in the British Open at Carnoustie.
Among those tied for second were the overnight leaders, Jeff Maggert (through four holes) and US Tour rookie Brendon de Jong of Zimbabwe (after two holes).
In the clubhouse at six-under 134 were Camilo Villegas of Colombia (67), Australian Steve Allan (66), and Americans Kenny Perry (65) and Will MacKenzie, who matched Flesch's 64.
