The 23-year-old Californian stood on 17-under 199 after 54 holes at the Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi with Canada’s Corey Conners second after his own 64.
‘‘I enjoy it. It’s nice,’’ Champ said of the lead. ‘‘Still got one more to go. Looking forward to getting after it tomorrow. I’m going to be aggressive.’’
Champ led after 18 holes and shared a second-round advantage with Chinese-American Norman Xiong, who stumbled to a 76 Saturday to fall off the leaderboard.
