Paul McBeth #27523 cooled down during Round 2 of the 2014 United States Disc Golf Championship on Thursday with a 60 (-7), but it was still enough to keep a fairly comfortable lead over second place, which shifted to JohnE McCray #9852, who is five strokes back of McBeth’s (-21) for the Championship.

Others still in it are: Patrick Brown #25713 (-15 ), 2-time US Champ Will Schusterick #29064 and Nate Sexton #18824 are both at (-13), and Jussi Meresmaa #14600 sits at (-12).

McCray – a masters aged player who’s had some impressive Open division finishes this season – made a big jump up the leaderboard by shooting a 58 (-9).

“(I’m) trying to catch up to Paul. Trying to claw my way back into it,” said McCray after the round.

McBeth was cruising for most of the front nine until he scored a triple bogey on Hole 9. The back nine he regrouped scoring five birdies.

Two-time US Champ Will Schusterick also made a large leap of his own with a (-8) on Thursday. Schusterick said he wants to recommit himself to his game plan after straying from it a few times and losing strokes. When asked if he felt he was within striking distance after his round he replied,

“I think you’re always within striking distance out here because there’s a lot of risk-reward,” said Schusterick, who birdied seven of the first nine holes.

Steve Rico #4666, who was tied for 4th before Thursday’s round, said he needs to make up strokes fast after his (-3) on Thursday. “I’m so far out of it now that I’ll be attacking the course tomorrow,” said Rico, who tied for 2nd at last year’s event.

Ace Alert: Mike Milne #14602 had an ace on the 389 foot Hole 3 on this morning. Congrats Mike!

There are plenty of ways to keep up with all the action for the third round of the 2014 United States Disc Golf Championship tomorrow afternoon. DiscGolfPlanet.tv will be streaming the lead card once again online, plus there are live scores on PDGAlive.com and USDGClive.com all day long. Follow @USDGClive on Twitter for updates with pictures and videos. The lead card tees off tomorrow at 2:20pm EDT, now featuring Paul McBeth, JohnE McCray, Patrick Brown, and Will Schusterick.

Two rounds down, and two to go!