Echavarria leads, Power shoots 62 at Zozo Championship

Nico Echavarria surged to a two-shot halfway lead at the Zozo Championship while Ireland's Seamus Power sizzled with an eight-under 62 in the second round at Narashino Country Club.

Former world number one Justin Thomas closed with a brilliant eagle on Friday to tie overnight leader Taylor Moore for second.

Colombia's Echavarria earned his first 36-hole lead on the PGA tour, matching his performance of 64 from the first round to finish at 12-under overall, sinking seven birdies to shake off the blemish of a bogey on the par-four 12th.

Power carded eight birdies in a bogey-free second round to finish tied for fourth, three shots off the pace.

Min Woo Lee was the leading Australian after a one-under 69 left him equal 42nd.

Thomas was bogey-free as his second shot on the par-five 18th flew over 200 yards to land just a few feet away from the hole and the eagle, along with his four birdies, helped him move up five places in the leaderboard.

"I feel like you can make a lot of birdies out here if I keep driving it like I have," two-time PGA Championship winner Thomas said. "But so can everybody else. Just got to keep the hammer down."

World number two Xander Schauffele was also error-free after Thursday's unfortunate quadruple-bogey, sinking five birdies to improve to two-under overall on his 31st birthday.

A bogey on the par-four ninth dropped Eric Cole to fourth place at nine-under.

American Moore, who led by one shot after the first round, had a bogey on the par-four 11th.