Tony Finau moves out in front in Mexico

Tony Finau tied for the best round of the day with a seven-under-par 64 and moved into a one-shot lead through two rounds of the Mexico Open at Vidanta in Vallarta on Friday.

He sits at 13-under 129, just ahead of USA's Brandon Wu and Erik van Rooyen of South Africa, who are at 12 under.

Finau, who started on the back nine, posted eight birdies, including two stretches of three birdies in a row. The first spurt was on holes 16-18, and the second was at 5-7. His only blemish was a bogey on the par-4 eighth hole.

"I played really nicely over the last couple days, was able to capitalise with the putter on shots that I hit pretty close.

"That was probably the biggest story, hitting it nicely, but being able to capitalise with the putter is very important out here and I was able to do that over the last couple days," said Finau, who shot a 65 on Thursday.

Finau has five Tour wins, the most recent coming at the Houston Open in November.

Wu, who is looking for his first Tour win, also fired a 64 with eight birdies and one bogey, which came on his first hole. He finished strongly, notching birdies on four of his final five holes, including three straight from the 16th to 18th.

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"I think the wind probably laid down just a little bit at the end there," Wu said. "The holes are still playing long and tough. I think I hit 4-iron into16 and 5-iron into 17 but luckily hit some good iron shots, made the putts to make birdie, so that was a nice way to finish."

Finau and Wu were among three golfers tied for second place at last year's tournament, one stroke behind Spain's Jon Rahm.

Van Rooyen, who started on the back nine, finished his 66 with seven birdies and two bogeys, one each on the front and back nine. He birdied three of