Nineteen-year-old Chinese-American Norman Xiong followed up his opening 68 with a 67 to take the clubhouse lead at the Sanderson Farms. Xiong - playing on a sponsor's exemption - scattered an eagle, four birdies and a bogey across his card and moved to the top of the leaderboard with 36 holes to go. At nine under par, he had with a two-stroke lead over Hudson Swafford (68) and Seth Reeves (70). Shawn Stefani was in the first group of the afternoon wave and shot his second straight round of 68 to get to eight under par - a stroke behind Xiong. Stefani tied for 10th at this tournament last year, his best result of the season.