Adam Hadwin maintains a one shot lead heading into the weekend at Butterfield Bermuda

SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda – Adam Hadwin retained the lead in the windy Butterfield Bermuda Championship on Friday in a late bid to retain full PGA Tour playing privileges. He shot a 5-under 66 at Port Royal to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend.

Hadwin is 147th in the FedExCup standings, with the top 100 retaining their Tour cards for next year after the RSM Classic next week. The 38-year-old Canadian, PGA Tour winner and two-time Presidents Cup player, missed the FedExCup playoffs for the first time in his Tour career.

Hadwin had a total of 11-under 131 after opening with a 65 on Thursday.

“A little bit more scrambling than yesterday, but it didn’t work out that well,” Hadwin said. “A little off early. … A little off. I didn’t quite have the same feeling as yesterday, but scrambled really well. Short game, putting, made a ton of putts today.”

Chandler Phillips (64) and Braden Thornberry (65) tied for second place. Max McGreevy (64) and Noah Goodwin (67) were 9 under. Six players could not finish before dark.

McGreevy faced the toughest wind conditions and played late Thursday and early Friday.

“Being from Oklahoma and having seen a lot of wind in my life, I’ve seen my fair share of good and bad breaks,” McGreevy said. “You just have to deal with it a little bit.”

With winds gusting up to 26 miles per hour, Hadwin recovered from a double bogey on the par-3 13th – his fourth hole of the day – with an eagle from the rough on the short par-4 sixth.

“I thought I was just going to have to push it up there and get within 50, 60 yards of the green and just pitch back to that pin,” Hadwin said. “I thought as long as you keep it to the right of the bushes you have about 50, 60 yards to work with. It came out perfect, the pitch shot did too. You’re a bit lucky to get it, but I did exactly what I wanted to do:

He is making his 299th PGA Tour start. He won the 2017 Valspar Championship for his only PGA Tour title.

Tyler Watts, an 18-year-old high school student from Huntsville, Alabama, was tied for 35th at 2 under after a 69. The Tennessee-bound player finished in 53rd place in the Procore Championship in his only other tour start. This week he was given a spot in the field on sponsor exemption as a top performer in the Men’s Elite Amateur Cup.