Kiyoshi Murota keeps torrid pace, leads PGA Senior championship by four

Kiyoshi Murota has outclassed the rest of the field at the PGA Senior Championship through 36 holes. The obscure player from the Japanese Senior Tour shot a 67 Friday at Valhalla and is 11-under par and four clear of his nearest competition at the halfway point of the tournament. When asked on Thursday if he could shoot another 66 on Friday at the Valhalla Golf Club, Kiyoshi Murota, the likeable pro from Japan simply said, "no, no more." Murota was right, he didn't have another 66 in his bag, instead, he shot a five-under par 67 at the Valhalla Golf Club and his 11-under par total of 133 leads the 72nd PGA Senior Championship by four shots at the midway point. The little-known Murota was four clear of two huge names in senior golf -- Hale Irwin and Nick Price. Irwin, the all-time leader in career senior tour victories with 45, is a week from his 66th birthday and he added a 68 to his first round 69 and is tied with Price at seven-under par 137. Price followed up his first day 67 with a two-under par 70 on Friday. The tournament suffered through a five-hour-plus rain delay on Thursday and half the field had to finish their first 18 early Friday morning, including defending champion Tom Lehman. Lehman was four-over par for his first round with six holes to play but birdied three of his final six to finish with a 73. He then came through with a two-under par 70 and is one-under and 10 behind the leader with two days to catch up.