With only a week to go until the Olympic Games, Ryan Hietala produced an Olympic performance on Friday to take the lead at the halfway point of the Cox Classic at Champions Run.

Hietala, who was 5 under for the day after starting on No. 10, finished birdie-birdie-eagle to shoot a 9-under 62 for a 126 (-16) total, a tournament record for the opening 36 holes.

David Branshaw (64) is two strokes behind at 14-under 128 after a pair of 64s.

Garth Mulroy (65), a South African who split $3 million with partner, David Ping, at the 2005 Big Stakes Matchplay Championship in Las Vegas, birdied the final two holes to finish at 13-under 129.

Vance Veazey (66) and Alex Prugh (64) are at 12 under, tied for fourth.

Overnight leader D.A.Points (68) is sixth at 11 under.

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