Murakami hangs tough;
Artemio Murakami hung tough with even par 70 yesterday to retain a four-shot lead over amateur Rufino Bayron at the halfway mark of the P4.63 million The Country Club Invitational Friday.
JOHNNY Murtagh has failed in his bid to have a five-day suspension he picked up at Royal Ascot overturned, meaning he will miss the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown next week.