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Former Bettendorfer Brady Schnell is looking to go wire-to-wire at the front of the Canadian PGA Tour 2009 qualifying tournament.

Schnell, who took the first-day lead with an adventurous 5-under opening round of 67 on Tuesday, fired his second straight round of 2-under 70 on Thursday at Morningstar Golf Course on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.

At 9-under for the tournament, he will take a two-shot lead over fellow American Mike Roters into today's final Q-School round.

The top six players at the close of play on Friday will be exempt on the Canadian circuit this summer. The next six players will have non-exempt status.

The summer Canadian tour will consist of 10 events playing for purses of between $150,000 and $250,000. Players on the circuit also can qualify for the $5 million RBC Canadian Open, a PGA Tour-sanctioned event.

From the desk of GCM: John Deere, Lebanon partnership unveiled at GIS

John Deere and LebanonTurf will officially announce a partnership today at the Golf Industry Show that will result in Deere distributing LebanonTurf's line of methylene urea fertilizer products under the Country Club brand.

Country Club is Lebanon's premier line of homogeneous methylene urea fertilizers. Both fairway and greens grade will be available from John Deere Golf Stores on Wheels, from John Deere sales representatives and in John Deere Landscapes stores.

“Country Club has been a preferred choice among superintendents for decades based on its performance and results,” Gregg Breningmeyer, group director of sales and marketing for John Deere Golf, said in a news release about the partnership. “We’re pleased to offer these proven agronomic solutions to our customers.”

“We’re extremely proud that John Deere Golf will retail this line of Country Club products and expand the availability of these products,” said Dave Heegard, vice president and general manager of LebanonTurf.

Source: From the desk of GCM: John Deere, Lebanon partnership unveiled at GIS