FORT WORTH, Texas — Jason Dufner lists Ben Hogan as his hero.

At Hogan’s Alley, Dufner had the lead halfway through the Colonial with a chance for a Texas two-step that only Hogan has accomplished.

Dufner had a bogey-free 6-under 64 on another windy day Friday to reach 11-under 129. A week after winning the Byron Nelson Championship, Dufner had a two-stroke lead over Zach Johnson — the 2010 winner who shot a 67.

The only player to win both PGA Tour events in the Dallas-Fort Worth market in the same year was Hogan in 1946.

“That would be great company to join, obviously,” Dufner said. “To have anything compared to him or be talked in the same sentence with him is something that would be pretty unique and special to me.”

With the way Dufner is playing these days, his game certainly is in a different class.

Both of Dufner’s PGA Tour victories came in his previous three starts. He has led or shared the lead after 11 of his last 34 rounds.

“When I step to the first tee, I feel like I’m going to play a good round of golf. That’s a nice way to play. It’s a comfortable way to play,” Dufner said.

“I’m just trying to be confident and think about the things I’ve been doing for almost a year now, and realize that those are the things that are making me successful out here, and not get too caught up in everything else that’s going on around me.”

Johnson, who had an opening bogey-free 64, started the second round eagle-birdie-bogey.

Then there was a four-hole stretch on the back nine when he alternated birdies and bogeys twice.

During the third round Saturday, Johnson will be paired with his buddy Dufner.

“He’s got a good rhythm about him, about his game right now,” Johnson said. “But it’s irrelevant who I play with. I’m not playing against him. I’m playing against the golf course and the conditions and the elements that are presented. So that’s my focus.”

Two years ago, Johnson set the Colonial tournament scoring record at 21-under 259 en route to the last of his seven PGA Tour victories.

Van Pelt (64) and Tommy Gainey (67) were tied for third at 133, a stroke better than Tom Gillis.

Defending Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial champion David Toms shot a 71 and missed the cut at 5-over 145.

With the wind again blowing steady about 20 mph with higher gusts, Dufner stood in the middle of the fairway at No. 5, his 14th hole of the day. Dufner stepped back twice before changing clubs, then hit the approach to about 18 feet for his sixth and last birdie.

That is the end of Colonial’s “horrible horseshoe” — as Nos. 3-5 are known because of their layout and with the longest par 4s sandwiching a 243-yard par 3.

Dufner has played those holes 4 under through two rounds, and wasn’t even aware of the trio’s reputation.

“It’s just a product of playing well and having good control of my golf ball,” he said. “It doesn’t really matter what holes you’re playing.”

Starting on the back nine, Dufner had two birdies, a 5-footer at the 166-yard 13th hole and 7-footer at the 363-yard 17th. He then birdied Nos. 1-3 for the second day in a row.

“I got off to a great start. ... I had a chance to catch Dufner, is he not hot right now,” said Gainey, who opened his round with three consecutive birdies before bogeys at Nos. 7 and 8. “I got hot and then let a couple get away.”

After Colonial, Dufner — who got married between his two victories — plans to take a short break before beginning preparations for the next major. The U.S. Open is in three weeks at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.

The 35-year-old Dufner, who has moved up to 14th in the world, had consecutive weekend rounds of 75 at the Masters and tied for 24th after starting 69-70.

It was during the final round of the PGA Championship last August when Dufner had consecutive bogeys on holes No. 15-17. That cost him the lead and forced him into a three-hole playoff that he lost to Keegan Bradley.

“I think it helped me out a lot this year. It kind reaffirmed the things that I was doing was right, and I was on the right direction and right path,” he said. “I didn’t think too much about losing. I just thought about all of the good things that happened. ... I think at the PGA kind of showed me that I could really play at a high level.”

Divots: Sergio Garcia, the ‘01 Colonial champ, followed his opening 66 with a 73. That included an 8 on the 387-yard ninth hole when he hit his approach into the water fronting the green, and then knocked his drop in there as well. ... Ben Crane (141), who lives just north of Fort Worth, finished his second-round 71 with an eagle at the ninth hole. He holed a wedge shot from 104 yards. ... Harrison Frazar missed the cut with rounds of 72 and 74. He still had a highlight Friday, a hole-in-one with an 8-iron at the 183-yard 16th. ... The last of 14 players to win both the Colonial and Byron Nelson Championship was Rory Sabbatini, at the 2007 Colonial and 2009 Nelson. When Hogan did it in 1946, the tournaments weren’t played in consecutive weeks.

CROWNE PLAZA

INVITATIONAL:

Friday — Second Round

Jason Dufner 65-64—129

Zach Johnson 64-67—131

Bo Van Pelt 69-64—133

Tommy Gainey 66-67—133

Tom Gillis 65-69—134

Ryan Palmer 68-67—135

Harris English 65-70—135

Rickie Fowler 68-68—136

John Huh 70-66—136

Ryan Moore 67-69—136

Bryce Molder 72-64—136

Kevin Chappell 70-67—137

Andres Romero 66-71—137

Kyle Reifers 65-72—137

Charlie Wi 68-69—137

Greg Owen 69-68—137

L. Oosthuizen 71-67—138

Bobby Gates 71-67—138

David Mathis 71-67—138

Jim Furyk 69-69—138

Greg Chalmers 70-69—139

Carl Pettersson 70-69—139

Vijay Singh 70-69—139

Charley Hoffman 69-70—139

Tim Clark 70-69—139

Seung-Yul Noh 70-69—139

John Daly 70-69—139

Sergio Garcia 66-73—139

Sung Kang 70-69—139

Marc Leishman 72-68—140

John Senden 69-71—140

Hunter Mahan 69-71—140

Chris Kirk 71-69—140

Sang-Moon Bae 70-70—140

M. Thompson 69-71—140

Jonas Blixt 73-67—140

Chris DiMarco 66-74—140

Geoff Ogilvy 70-70—140

Jason Bohn 70-70—140

Gary Woodland 70-70—140

Jonathan Byrd 72-68—140

B. de Jonge 67-74—141

Matt Kuchar 72-69—141

Kevin Na 70-71—141

Aaron Baddeley 71-70—141

Trevor Immelman 70-71—141

Brendon Todd 70-71—141

Martin Flores 68-73—141

William McGirt 70-71—141

Will Claxton 72-69—141

Blake Adams 69-72—141

Ben Crane 70-71—141

George McNeill 72-69—141

Corey Pavin 71-70—141

Josh Teater 70-71—141

Roberto Castro 67-74—141

Brandt Jobe 67-75—142

Chad Campbell 71-71—142

Y.E. Yang 73-69—142

Justin Leonard 69-73—142

Jerry Kelly 72-70—142

Kris Blanks 73-69—142

Kelly Kraft 71-71—142

J.J. Killeen 72-70—142

Chris Stroud 69-73—142

Nick Watney 71-71—142

Mark Wilson 71-71—142

Rory Sabbatini 71-71—142

Pat Perez 69-74—143

Heath Slocum 70-73—143

Hunter Haas 71-72—143

Edward Loar 72-71—143

Boo Weekley 72-71—143

Ken Duke 68-75—143

Bill Haas 72-71—143

Gary Christian 70-73—143

John Mallinger 71-72—143

David Hearn 71-72—143

M.A. Carballo 75-68—143

Failed to qualify

Jeff Overton 71-73—144

Jeff Maggert 72-72—144

Vaughn Taylor 74-70—144

J.J. Henry 71-73—144

Spencer Levin 72-72—144

Ryo Ishikawa 74-70—144

Bud Cauley 71-73—144

Graham DeLaet 72-72—144

John Rollins 72-72—144

Rod Pampling 73-72—145

Tim Herron 72-73—145

Ricky Barnes 74-71—145

David Toms 74-71—145

Bob Estes 72-73—145

D. Summerhays 67-78—145

Billy Mayfair 72-74—146

Kevin Streelman 73-73—146

James Driscoll 72-74—146

Kyle Stanley 72-74—146

Johnson Wagner 76-70—146

Harrison Frazar 72-74—146

D.J. Trahan 70-76—146

Kevin Stadler 74-72—146

Davis Love III 75-71—146

Michael Bradley 75-71—146

Brian Gay 74-72—146

C. Tringale 75-71—146

Chez Reavie 73-74—147

Mark Anderson 75-72—147

Fulton Allem 73-74—147

Scott Stallings 72-75—147

Matt Every 73-74—147

Brian Harman 76-72—148

B. Hurley III 71-77—148

Henrik Stenson 72-76—148

Steve Flesch 73-75—148

Dicky Pride 76-73—149

Erik Compton 72-78—150

Lucas Glover 74-76—150

Colt Knost 74-76—150

Robert Allenby 75-79—154

Peter Uihlein 74-80—154

K. Clearwater 78-81—159