Corey Ellis emerged as the lead after round two of the 2023 Portland Open. Photo: Kevin Huver / DGPT

Kristin Tattar grew her lead and Corey Ellis emerged at the top on Friday at the 2023 DGPT – Portland Open presented by Latitude 64, the first Elite+ event of the season.

Other than Tattar at the top of FPO — now with a six-stroke lead — things are moving in Oregon, including Calvin Heimburg surging to the lead card on Saturday, when action shifts to the East course at Glendoveer Golf Club.

Kristin Tattar is averaging 1008 golf so far in Portland. Photo: Kevin Huver / DGPT

Tattar dropped a bogey-free 9-under round, unofficially rated 1018, to move to 14-under at the midway point. Through two rounds, Tattar is 100% from C1X, which gives her a 7.76 mark in strokes gained putting, according to UDisc.

Juliana Korver jumped five spots into solo third place. Photo: Kevin Huver / DGPT

Juliana Korver, less than a week from claiming her 10th PDGA Major title at the PDGA Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Championships, followed with a 6-under round, the second-hottest round in the entire field by two strokes. Korver jumped five spots into solo third.

Sai Ananda had a clean 4-under round to maintain her second-place spot.

Rounding out the lead card is Ella Hansen at 5-under. Hansen jumped four spots into a tie for fourth with Paige Pierce.

Ellis overcame a round-opening double bogey and played clean the rest of the way for a 7-under round and a one-stroke lead at 15-under. Ellis bounced back with four-straight birdies on holes 2-5, the only player in the field to get that stretch. He connected on back-to-back C2 putts in a turkey on 10-12 and finished with a pair of birdies on 17 and 18.

Calvin Heimburg's 9-under round lifted him into a tie for second. Photo: Kevin Huver / DGPT

A few cards back, Heimburg began his surge by going 5-under through the first four holes and 9-under through 12. Despite bogies on 13 and 17, Heimburg (-9) jumped nine spots into a tie for second with Aaron Gossage and Isaac Robinson, who both had 6-under rounds to maintain their spots for Saturday’s lead card.

Alden Harris jumped six spots to lead the chase card at 13-under, tied with 15-year-old Carter Ahrens. Drew Gibson’s 7-under sent him 10 spots up the leaderboard into a tie with James Proctor and Adam Hammes.

FPO coverage begins at 12 p.m. ET with Tournament Central. Lead card tees at 12:55 p.m. ET on the Disc Golf Network. Tournament Central begins at 5:30 p.m. ET for MPO with the lead card teeing at 6:25 p.m. ET.