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Wallace recorded a 6-under-par 66 at the
Corales Golf Course to move to 11-under 133 at the PGA Tour
event's midpoint.
Sam Stevens and Wyndham Clark each shot 65 on Friday to leave
them one stroke behind Wallace.
Akshay Bhatia (second-round 63), Tyler Duncan (65), Brice
Garnett (70) and Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard (65) are tied for
fourth at 8 under. Brandon Matthews (67) and Puerto Rico's
Rafael Campos (65) share eighth place at 7 under.
Wallace had three birdies and 12 pars through 15 holes before
adding another three birdies to move in front.
"Nice, nice day," Wallace said. "I hit it probably a little bit
better than yesterday, so didn't think that was possible but
it's nice to have that in the bank now and confidence has
grown."
Wallace, 32, has four career European Tour wins but none on the
U.S.-based PGA Tour.
Looking ahead to the weekend, he said, "I want to just keep
playing the way I'm playing, doesn't matter where I am on the
leaderboard. ... If we're at the top of the leaderboard ... I
want to keep pushing and playing really good golf and see where
that puts me because then I know what my levels are."
Stevens carded eight birdies and a bogey, while Clark had five
birdies and an eagle on the par-5 fourth hole.
Defending champion Chad Ramey of the United States withdrew from
the tournament due to a back injury after shooting a 71 on
Thursday.
--Field Level Media
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