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Tampa's Kris Tamulis shares IOA Golf Classic lead

It was a race to finish before dark but Tampa’s Kris Tamulis shares the clubhouse lead at 4-under before play was suspended due to darkness in the second round of the IOA Golf Classic at Innisbrook.

A total of 38 players will return at 7:45 a.m. Sunday morning to complete their second rounds. The final-round of play is scheduled to start no earlier than 10:30 a.m. off the first and 10th tees.

Current LPGA Tour member Kris Tamulis fired her second consecutive 2-under 70 to climb her way to the top of the leaderboard. Starting the day on the back-nine, Tamulis got off to a rocky start with a bogey at the par-4 11th but quickly recovered with a birdie at the par-4 12th.

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Tampa high schooler Emmy Martin followed up her first round 75 with a 74, putting her two strokes inside the cutline with players still on the course.  She opened the day with a birdie on her first hole, which was the seventh hole of her first round because play was suspended on Friday. 

"I finished pretty well and I felt more confident when I went back out this afternoon so I was nearly as nervous as Friday," Martin said.  She opened her second round with two bogeys but settled down with a birdie on the third hole.  The highlight of her round was a 30 foot sliding birdie putt she sank on the ninth hole.  The goal for tomorrow, should she stay inside the cut line, is to stick with the basics.

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"I'm hitting my driver really straight, I just need to concentrate on keeping the ball below the hole," said Martin.  "I was above the hole a lot today and had some tough putts coming back."

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