Saturday May 29, 2010, 02:03 AM

American Bryce Molder fired a career-best eight-under-par 62 to take the lead after the second round of the 6.2 million dollar PGA Colonial.

Molder got to 13 under with his round to take a one-shot lead over first-round co-leader Jason Bohn. He is two shots ahead of Kris Blanks and England's Brian Davis.

Molder had a chance to match the course record of 61, but missed an eight-foot birdie putt at the final hole.

"I read it correctly, lined it up correctly, felt like I was playing too much break, and I kind of just let myself pull it, I think, instead of just trusting my line," Molder said. "But you certainly get a little bit of excitement when you start shooting a low score."

The 31-year-old journeyman has split time between the PGA and Nationwide tours since his professional debut eight years ago.

Fellow American Phil Mickelson could have overtaken Tiger Woods for the No. 1 spot in the world ranking with a win at Colonial.

But Mickelson missed the cut at four over, failing to become one of the 76 players who made the cut which stood at two-under.

Mickelson won't take part in the Colonial's second "Pink Out" on Saturday.

The first "Pink Out" was held last year when Mickelson was unable to defend his 2008 Colonial title because his wife, Amy, had learned she had had breast cancer. A few weeks after that, Mickelson found out that his mother also had breast cancer.

"Although I will not be here to partake in it, I will be wearing pink tomorrow," Mickelson said before going home to San Diego to be with Amy, whose birthday is Monday.

Mickelson's return to Colonial began with birdies on the first two holes Thursday. But he had only three more birdies while shooting six over his last 34 holes and missing his first cut in 11 tournaments this year.

Molder has hit 32 of 36 greens in regulation this week and 22 of 28 fairways. He has one bogey, that coming Friday when he three-putted from 51 feet at the difficult par-three fourth hole.

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