Donald takes charge at Heritage

Second-round leaderboard:
-10 L Donald (Eng) -9 Garrett Willis (US) -8 C Villegas (Col), J Furyk (US), J Day (Aus), C Campbell (US) -7 B Crane (US), I Poulter (Eng) Selected others: -5 G McDowell (NI) -4 K Na (US) -2 M Kuchar (US) Level B Davis (Eng) +5 R Fowler (US) +11 E Els (SA)

England's Luke Donald kept up his bid to become world number one by racing to a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of The Heritage event on the US PGA Tour.

Donald, who would overtake Lee Westwood and top-ranked Martin Kaymer if he wins, fired 65 to reach 10 under.

Garrett Willis (69) is second with Camilo Villegas (68), Jim Furyk (66), Chad Campbell and Jason Day (65) all eight under at Hilton Head Island.

Ian Poulter is one further back after a 66 at the Harbour Town course.

The 33-year-old Donald, the world number three, would claim the top spot if he wins in South Carolina because Kaymer is taking the week off and Westwood is playing in the Indonesian Masters which carries less ranking points.

Donald, who won the WGC Match Play earlier this year and was tied fourth in the Masters, carded five birdies on his front nine at the Harbour Town course before dropping a shot at the 10th and picking up two more strokes at 11 and 15.

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