Mickelson's hot putter takes him
shot clear at Colonial

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE:
Phil Mickelson used a hot putter to take the second round lead at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial on Friday.
The world number two carded a two-under-par 68 on a windy day at Colonial Country Club to take a seven under 133 halfway total.
He holds a one-stroke lead over Matt Kuchar, Brian Gay and first round leader Johnson Wagner while six others trail by two strokes.
"I didn't strike it like I did yesterday but I putted probably the best I have all year," said Mickelson.
Mickelson made a slow start, with two bogeys and just one birdie in his first eight holes, but he clicked into gear around the turn, compiling three consecutive birdies to surge into the lead.
He was in danger of dropping shots at each of the next three holes, but saved par each time from a greenside bunker. He was six-of-six from the sand for the round and had just 25 putts.
"Those three par putts kept the round going," said Mickelson, who discarded a three-wood in favour of a fifth wedge.
Mickelson and Kuchar played in the morning, completing a good chunk of their rounds before the winds whipped up, providing a stern test for the second successive day.
Under the circumstances, Gay's 65, which included a 45-foot hole-out from a bunker at the par-three 13th, was perhaps the day's best performance, coming in the afternoon winds.
"It's my favourite course on tour," said Gay the 2001 runner-up, who scored his first PGA Tour victory in March when he won the Mayakoba Classic. "I just love that you've got to hit every shot, every club. It doesn't really favour any particular player, young or old, long or short."
SCOREBOARD
Par 140 (2 x 70)
133 Phil Mickelson 65 68
134 Brian Gay 69 65, Matt Kuchar 70 64, Johnson Wagner 63 71
135 Vaughn Taylor 67 68, Steve Lowery 68 67, Kevin Sutherland 67 68, Mark Brooks 67 68, Stephen Ames (Can) 68 67, Brian Bateman 70 65
136 Richard Johnson (Wal) 67 69, Ben Crane 68 68, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 67, Corey Pavin 67 69, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 72 64
137 Bart Bryant 72 65, Jose Coceres (Arg) 68 69, Tag Ridings 69 68, Tim Clark (Rsa) 68 69, Tommy Armour III 71 66, Mark Wilson 70 67
138 Steve Marino 68 70, Ian Poulter (Eng) 68 70, Briny Baird 68 70
139 Jerry Kelly 68 71, Robert Garrigus 70 69, Jeff Quinney 71 68, James Driscoll 69 70, Alex Cejka (Ger) 67 72, Kenny Perry 70 69, Nathan Green (Aus) 71 68, Brett Quigley 70 69, Paul Goydos 68 71, Ryan Moore 71 68
140 Brian Davis (Eng) 68 72, Pat Perez 72 68, Tim Herron 73 67, John Merrick 70 70, Lucas Glover 70 70, Billy Mayfair 71 69, Ben Curtis 69 71, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 70 70, Parker McLachlin 70 70, Steve Elkington (Aus) 73 67, George McNeill 69 71, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 67 73, Mike Weir (Can) 71 69, Ryan Palmer 70 70, Glen Day 66 74, Jason Bohn 73 67, Nicholas Thompson 71 69
141 Charley Hoffman 72 69, Fulton Allem (Rsa) 72 69, David Toms 72 69, Jon Mills (Can) 72 69, Chez Reavie 73 68, Dean Wilson 72 69, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 73 68, Arron Oberholser 70 71, Chris DiMarco 72 69, Charlie Wi (Kor) 71 70, Kevin Na (Kor) 70 71, Kevin Stadler 71 70, Anthony Kim 69 72, Rich Beem 73 68, Brett Wetterich 65 76, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 72 69, Rocco Mediate 73 68
142 Chris Kirk 72 70, Joe Ogilvie 72 70, Steve Flesch 72 70, Bubba Watson 69 73, Heath Slocum 74 68, Dustin Johnson 73 69, Justin Leonard 70 72, Sean O'Hair 72 70, Bo Van Pelt 72 70, Olin Browne 74 68, Patrick Sheehan 70 72
MISSED THE CUT
143 Dudley Hart 67 76, Mark Hensby (Aus) 73 70, Ted Purdy 73 70, David Frost (Rsa) 72 71, John Rollins 73 70, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 71 72, Bill Haas 71 72, KJ Choi (Kor) 73 70, Scott Verplank 69 74, Jason Gore 70 73, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 71 72
144 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 71 73, Todd Hamilton 71 73, Greg Kraft 70 74, Cliff Kresge 70 74, Jason Day (Aus) 77 67, J J Henry 72 72, Ken Duke 70 74, D.J. Trahan 71 73
145 Jim Furyk 71 74, Michael Letzig 72 73, John Senden (Aus) 72 73, Colt Knost 71 74, Tom Lehman 73 72
146 John Mallinger 73 73, Nick Flanagan (Aus) 69 77, Y. E Yang (Kor) 72 74, Chad Campbell 76 70, Tim Petrovic 71 75, Brandt Jobe 70 76, Douglas Labelle 73 73, Frank Lickliter II 73 73
147 Steve Stricker 74 73, Hunter Mahan 75 72, Joe Durant 74 73, Roland Thatcher 76 71, Marco Dawson 72 75, Jamie Lovemark 76 71, Robert Gamez 74 73
148 Billy Andrade 76 72, Matthew Jones (Aus) 72 76
150 Lee Janzen 80 70, Harrison Frazar 79 71
151 Keith Clearwater 76 75, Tom Pernice Jnr. 77 74