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**Video** Chalmers alone in US Bank lead
Morry Gash
AP/Morry Gash
Milwaukee, WI - Greg Chalmers shot a three-under 67 to take sole possession of the lead Friday after two rounds of the U.S. Bank Championship.
Chalmers completed two trips around the Brown Deer Park course at nine-under 131 for only his second 36-hole lead on the PGA Tour, and first in more than nine years.
Jeff Klauk, who shared the first-round lead with Chalmers, had a 69 Friday and slipped into a second-place tie with Kris Blanks (63) and Chris Riley (66) at seven-under 133.
Steve Flesch, Kevin Na and Marc Turnesa each posted 65 to share fifth place at six-under 134.
With most of the world's top players competing at the British Open this week, the Milwaukee stop represents a good opportunity for lesser-known players to make good showings.
And this is a group that needs 'em.
Taking four-time winner Flesch out of the equation, the top seven players on the leaderboard at the end of the second round have only two PGA Tour victories among them. They own nine combined Nationwide Tour wins.
Chalmers, who earned his tour card by finishing eighth on the 2008 Nationwide Tour money list, has two career wins on the developmental circuit.
But the 35-year-old Australian has never placed better than a tie for second in the big leagues, where he is playing full-time for the first time since 2006.
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