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Leading scores after the second round of the PGA Tour's American Express tournament in La Quinta, California on Friday (USA unless stated; par-72):

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Charley Hoffman, seeking a fifth US PGA Tour title at the age of 48, had 10 birdies in a nine-under-par 63 on Friday to share the halfway lead in the American Express tournament with Rico Hoey of the Philippines.

PGA Tour veteran Charley Hoffman and the Philippines' Rico Hoey each shot 9-under-par 63 at the Nicklaus Tournament Course on Friday to split the 36-hole lead at The American Express in La Quinta, Calif.

Charley Hoffman, seeking a fifth US PGA Tour title at the age of 48, had 10 birdies in a nine-under-par 63 on Friday (Saturday in Manila) to share the halfway lead in the American Express tournament with Rico Hoey of the Philippines.

Scores from the PGA Tour The American Express on Friday -16 Charley Hoffman (USA) 65 63 Rico Hoey (Philippines) 65 63 -15 Sepp Straka (Austria) 65 64 Justin Lower (USA) 63 66 Mark Hubbard (USA) 65 64 -14 Jason Day (Australia) 64 66 J.

Charley Hoffman won The American Express golf tournament, then the Bob Hope Classic, in January of 2007. That was four months before Blades Brown was born. On Friday, with the 17-year-old Brown playing his second round as a pro, Hoffman found himself outplaying the youngster, though just barely, to take the lead in the desert’s PGA Tour event.

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