Cal alum Byeong Hun An owns lead at PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship

Byeong Hun An shot a 5-under-par 65 on Friday in the Wyndham Championship to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend in Greensboro, N.C.

The former Cal player was at 13-under 127 halfway through the PGA Tour’s final event before the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Brice Garnett was a stroke back after a 64, and six players — including 2011 Wyndham winner Webb Simpson and first-round co-leader Sungjae Im — were at 9-under.

Adam Svensson also was in that group after shooting the best round of the day, 61.

An, who shared the first-round lead with Im at 8-under, made his move up the leaderboard with three consecutive birdies late in his round.

Finishing on the back nine, the 27-year-old South Korean who’s winless on tour had birdies on Nos. 3-5 and closed his second consecutive bogey-free round with four consecutive pars.

“I came close last couple years and, you know, maybe this week might do it,” An said about that long-awaited first victory. “But still have two more days and there are a lot of players behind me. … Just do what I’ve been doing the last couple days and just hit a lot of fairways and greens and make some putts. If someone plays better than me, then he deserves to win it.”

Women’s British Open: South African Ashleigh Buhai, who has never won on the LPGA Tour, stretched her lead in Milton Keynes, England, to three shots by shooting a bogey-free 5-under 67 in the second round.

Buhai, 30, birdied four of the final eight holes to improve to 12-under 132.

“I’m trying not to keep thinking it’s a major. It’s just another tournament,” said Buhai, whose best previous British Open finish was a tie for 30th in 2017. “I just keep trying to do what I’ve done the last few weeks. I’ve kept the mistakes off the card the last two days.”

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