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Spieth steps it up as Lingmerth leads

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Jordan Spieth of the United States plays his shot from the fourth tee during the second round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits on August 14, 2015 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Kohler (United States) (AFP) - Jordan Spieth stepped up his bid for golf history at the PGA Championship on Friday, firing a second-round 67 that moved him within one stroke of David Lingmerth's clubhouse lead.

Sweden's Lingmerth had eight birdies, four bogeys and a double-bogey in a roller-coaster of a two-under par 70.

Lingmerth got as low as eight-under, and his 36-hole total of seven-under 137 gave him the outright lead with Dustin Johnson, the overnight leader on six-under, about to tee off.