The only other time he shot 64 in a PGA Tour event was the second round of the 2004 Michelin Championship at Las Vegas and that tournament didn't end so well. Reavie went on to finish last in the field by nine shots and would later have a recurring nightmare about the septuple-bogey 12 he took in the final round.

A dream Friday saw Reavie card a 64 to jump in front at the RBC Canadian Open, but he wasn't concerned about sleeping on this lead.

"I haven't had that nightmare in a long time," said the 26-year-old American. "I don't think it'll have anything to do with this week."

At least he'll have a good reason to try and get some rest.

He had to play 33 holes over nine gruelling hours at the rain-interrupted championship and emerged two shots ahead of Eric Axley when play was called due to darkness. Reavie was an amazing 13 under par on a day where he signed for rounds of 65 and 64 at Glen Abbey.

After all that golf, he was looking forward to a quiet night.

"I think today I have even more of an advantage because I played so many holes and I'm tired," said Reavie. "I'm going to go have dinner and I'm going to be ready to go to bed.

"I don't think it'll be very hard."

The hard part starts now for a guy who has never finished better than fifth at a PGA Tour event.

Axley will be among the 63 players who return early Saturday to complete their second round. The American lefty has one PGA Tour victory on his resume and is two shots back with two holes left.

"I feel like I'm playing well so hopefully it'll continue tomorrow," said Axley.

Cliff Kresge (64) is three behind along with Nathan Thompson, who has one hole left in his second round.

Overnight co-leader Mike Weir wasn't able to get much going on Friday but still has the best chance to end Canada's 54-year-old drought at the event. The native of Bright's Grove, Ont., was even par on his day and sits seven shots behind Reavie.

"There's tons of golf left," said Weir, who has two holes to finish in his second round. "He's never won before."

In fact, the popular lefty has more PGA Tour victories than any of the 13 players above him on the leaderboard.

There should be no shortage of Canadian content on display over the weekend. Jon Mills (69-71) of Oshawa, Ont., Calgary's Dustin Risdon (68-72), amateur Nick Taylor (70-70) of Abbotsford, B.C., Ian Leggatt (70-71) of Cambridge, Ont., and David Hearn (69-72) of Brantford, Ont., were also in position to make the cut.

Bryan DeCorso of Guelph, Ont., was one shot below the cut line and still had nine holes to play in his second round.

However, the top-ranked Canadian was one of the guys left making other plans. Calgary's Stephen Ames shot rounds of 72 and 71 and figured he'd be taking his kids to a nearby amusement park.

He was forced to play 27 holes on Friday but wasn't using that as an excuse for missing just the second cut of his season.

"I think everybody got the wrong half of the draw this week, unfortunately, with the way the weather has turned out," said Ames. "Hopefully it will finish on the (good) note that it is today, and we'll have a successful Canadian Open."

Reavie was one of 78 players that had to arrive early Friday to finish a rain-delayed first round before going straight back out for a second. He got on quite a roll and reeled off an eagle and 12 birdies against just one bogey over the 33 holes he played.

His 36-hole total of 129 matched the record Scott Dunlap set at the 104-year-old event in 1996.

"I got to keep my momentum and just kept playing all day," said Reavie.

Literally.

The highlight of his day came at the par-5 13th, where he holed out for eagle from 80 yards to pull clear of the field. It looked like Reavie might give back a stroke at the 18th but he got up-and-down from a greenside bunker to save par.

It was the perfect way to cap off a productive day.

"I felt fine on the last hole when I finished," said Reavie. "But when I signed my scorecard, I could kind of feel the energy just kind of leave my body. I'm definitely tired now."

Notes: Reavie is a huge baseball fan and is sponsored by the Arizona Diamondbacks ... Will MacKenzie shot an opening-round 70 but withdrew because his wife, Alli, is due to have their first child in Greenville, N.C. ... Jay Williamson (back) and Chris Stroud also pulled out ... Dunlap finished tied for third after his great start at the 1996 Canadian Open.