Germany's Cejka leads by one in Puerto Rico

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(Reuters) - German veteran Alex Cejka, still seeking his first PGA Tour victory, birdied three of his last five holes to grab a one-shot lead after the second round of the Puerto Rico Open on Friday. The 44-year-old, who was born in communist Czechoslovakia and moved to Germany aged nine as a refugee with his father, fired a five-under-par 67 in blustery conditions on the Trump International course in Rio Grande. Cejka, a four-times winner on the European Tour who has twice been a runner-up on the U.S. PGA Tour, vaulted to the top of the leaderboard with late birdies at the fifth, seventh and ninth, his final hole of the day. I made a lot of putts when I needed to and I'm in a great position right now." American Chesson Hadley, who won last year's Puerto Rico Open as a PGA Tour rookie by two shots, was among a group of seven players knotted at three under after carding a 70.

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