WASHINGTON: Veteran Stewart Cink kept the accelerator down at the RBC Heritage on Friday, firing a second straight 63 to take a five-shot after the second round.
Cink, 47, is a two-time winner of the tournament at Harbour Town Golf Links, but his back-to-back rounds of eight-under are his best ever at the Hilton Head Island, South Carolina course, where his 16-under total put him five in front of Canadian Corey Conners.
Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo was alone in third after a 64 for 10-under 132.
“I don’t know,” said Cink, whose two prior Harbour Town wins came back in 2000 and 2004. “It doesn’t feel like anything all that special to be honest.
“We just kind of worked our game…