Parnevik Leads, but Teen Makes Cut at Heron Bay

Jesper Parnevik maintained the lead and Ty Tryon stayed in the spotlight.

Parnevik shot a five-under-par 67 Friday in the second round of the Honda Classic at Coral Springs, Fla., and was three strokes ahead of John Huston (67), Mark Calcavecchia (68) and Chris Smith (68). Parnevik was at 132, 12 under after 36 holes on TPC at Heron Bay.

But Tryon, a 16-year-old high school sophomore from Orlando, held much of the attention for the second consecutive day.

Doing something that even Tiger Woods never did, Tryon made the cut in his first PGA Tour event. He shot a one-over 73 on a windy afternoon, but it was good enough to make him the second-youngest player to make the cut in a PGA Tour event.

Bob Panasik was 15 years, eight months old when he made the cut at the 1957 Canadian Open. At 16 years, nine months, Tryon finished the first two rounds at 140. The cut was 142.

“I’m incredibly happy right now, and if I didn’t finish so bad I would probably be crazy right now,” Tryon said after his round. “But I finished really bad, so that puts a little damper on my happiness.”

Woods was nine months younger than Tryon when he was given a sponsor’s exemption into the Los Angeles Open in 1992. But he missed the cut with rounds of 72 and 75.

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Jen Hanna is no one-day wonder.

The second-year LPGA Tour pro, stalled midway through her round, birdied three of the last six holes for a four-under 68 to keep her two shots ahead of defending champion Annika Sorenstam at the midpoint of the Welch’s-Circle K Championship at Tucson.

Hanna’s second consecutive bogey-free round followed an opening 63, which tied the Tucson record for a first-round score, and left her 13 under at 131--a 36-hole record for the event.

“I didn’t hit it quite as well today,” Hanna said. “I still felt good out there. It’s just that my missed shots were not quite as good.”

Sorenstam also shot 68.

Lorie Kane and former Tucson champions Dottie Pepper and Brandie Burton finished at 134, with Dorothy Delasin, Pat Hurst, Se Ri Pak and Deb Richard at 135.