Locked in
Jason Dufner hits out of a bunker onto the eighth green during the second round of the PGA Colonial golf tournament Friday, May 25, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Jason Dufner lists Ben Hogan as his hero.
At Hogan's Alley, Dufner had the lead halfway through the Colonial with a chance for a Texas two-step that only Hogan has accomplished.
Dufner had a bogey-free 6-under 64 on another windy day Friday to reach 11-under 129. A week after winning the Byron Nelson Championship, Dufner had a two-stroke lead over Zach Johnson — the 2010 winner who shot a 67.
The only player to win both PGA Tour events in the Dallas-Fort Worth market in the same year was Hogan in 1946.
"That would be great company to join, obviously," Dufner said. "To have anything compared to him or be talked in the same sentence with him is something that would be pretty unique and special to me."
With the way Dufner is playing these days, his game certainly is in a different class.
Both of Dufner's PGA Tour victories came in his previous three starts ...
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