Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. ? Robert Allenby finished his round around lunchtime and left PGA National thinking he’d be within two or three shots of the lead by day’s end. He ultimately was wrong and probably thrilled.

Allenby shot a 2-under 68 Friday, getting the Australian to 5 under after two rounds of the Honda Classic and into a tie atop the leaderboard with first-round leader Charlie Wi – who shot a wild round of even-par 70.

While the wind was down a bit from Thursday, the breezes did pick up as the second round went along – and par remained a very solid score. The cut was 4-over, and only 30 broke par, with 71.9 being the average score for the round.

Will MacKenzie and Steve Stricker were tied for third at 3 under after 69s, and Daniel Copra, Joe Ogilvie, Mathias Gronberg, Camilo Villegas and Mark Wilson were another shot back. Wilson and Gronberg shot 66s, the best score of the day.