Vegas fires a 60 to run-up big Barbasol lead

(Reuters) - Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela capped a sensational six-hole stretch with an ace on his way to an 11-under-par 60 on Friday that threatened to turn the Barbasol Championship in Alabama into a rout. Vegas, who shared the overnight lead with two-times major winner Angel Cabrera of Argentina at six-under, started at the 10th and played holes 12 through 17 in eight-under, including an eagle-three at 13 and a hole-in-one at the 213-yard 17th. "It was just incredible, to the point where I almost thought I was sleeping," Vegas said about the dream stretch of holes.

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