New Year's Invitational: Toni Hakula takes lead
Toni Hakula
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Jan. 4, 2013) -- Toni Hakula fired a second-round 65 and took a one-shot lead after two rounds of play at the 2013 New Year's Invitational tournament at St. Petersburg Country Club.
Hakula managed a first-round 73 but tied for the tournament's low round Friday.
He leads Adam Schenk (72-67--139) and first-round co-leader Lee McCoy (69-70--139) by one shot.
Michael Monroe, M.J. Maguire and Blake Morris, the other first-round leader alongside McCoy, are three shots behind Hakula and in fourth place.
The event features many of the country's top NCAA and upcoming elite amateur golfers.
In the mid-am division, Kenny Cook took the lead from first-round leader Matt Giovannelli thanks to a second-round 70 and enters Saturday's third-round with a one-shot advantage.
Tom Hyland is one shot ahead in the senior division.
ABOUT THE New Year's Invitational
Historic invitational golf tournament that
originated
on the Lakewood golf course in 1927. This
same
amateur invitational tournament -- which
attracts
top Florida amateurs and a strong group of out-of-
state players as well --
continues,
unbroken, each year although the club
name was
later changed to St. Petersburg Country
Club.
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