Area sports in brief | Myrtle Beach’s Yoshio Yamamoto three strokes off the lead

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NORTH MYRTLE BEACH Brock Elder, Yoshio Yamamoto, who is a Myrtle Beach resident, and Phil Hendrickson all came into the second day of the NGA Carolina Winter Series event on Wednesday at Barefoot Resort’s Norman Course tied for the lead.

Elder shot a 3-under 67 and had a three stroke lead over Yamamoto (2-under 70), while Hendrickson shot a 5-over 77 to fall seven spots to last when the day came to an end.

Murrells Inlet’s Zack Byrd, who was tied for last coming into the second day, had a 3-under 69 to climb into third, five strokes off the lead.

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