Rollins two clear in Nevada

John Rollins catapulted into a two-shot lead after the second round of the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open in Nevada.

His spectacular 10-under-par 62 equalled the course record.

The 34-year-old American played the stretch from the fourth to the 11th holes at Montreux Country Club in eight under with an eagle and six birdies and then finished with two more birdies.

From 18th place overnight, Rollins charged to 12 under par, finishing the day two shots clear of former US PGA champion Shaun Micheel and four ahead of another American pair Robert Garrigus and Chris Riley and Australia's US Tour rookie Marc Leishman.

Rollins said: "It was just one of those days, I guess. I hit a lot of good shots obviously and made a lot of putts - I mean that's really all it is.

"The last couple of months or so the putts haven't really gone in for me and today they went in quite often, so it was fun.

"I just wanted to make sure I didn't get ahead of myself and start thinking about a score because that's usually the kiss of death.

"The greens are holding shots better and yesterday the winds were all over the place."

Micheel - whose 2003 major win remains his only victory on the circuit in more than 300 starts - signed for a bogey-free 65.

Garrigus holed from off the green for eagles at both the 17th and fourth for a 67 that did not look on the cards when he played his first seven holes in two over.

Riley, the 2002 champion here, went out in eight-under-par 27 - including two eagles and five birdies - to come within one stroke of the all-time PGA Tour record for nine holes en route to his 64.

Leishman picked up five birdies and bogeyed only the 13th to card a 68.

First round pacesetter Rod Pampling finished among a group of six players a shot further back, five behind Rollins after following up Thursday's 67 with a two-under-par 70.

The Australian did well to recover after running up a quadruple-bogey nine at the long 11th, his second hole of the day.

Pampling also took a bogey six on the fourth, but grabbed seven birdies to improve to seven under.

Pampling's nine came when his ball finished amongst some rocks and, deciding to give it a go, he caught a rock instead of the ball.

"The next one I hit it again and just bladed it," he said. "It was just dead, so I took an unplayable and then came up short in the bunker.

"I was really trying my hardest to not let that happen today, but thankfully I made a really nice putt on the next and that switched my momentum back on again.

"I'm definitely not far out of it. Obviously it could have been a good round, but still it was a decent round and I've got the next two days to fix it up."