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Storm entered Friday's second round of the USPGA Championship with a two-shot lead, but a six-over-par 76 has him at one over 141 through 36 holes and four shots off the lead.

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Graeme Storm chips on the third fairway at the PGA championship

After playing in one of the final groups on Thursday, Storm was in the first group off the first tee on Friday.

He spent much of the time in between worried about missing his tee time, but he should have been more concerned with how he would play.

"I didn't get much sleep," Storm admitted. "I went to sleep at 10pm and woke up about 2am and was on and off after that.

"I was worried about missing my alarm call, which I normally don't think about. But, when you're leading a major, it's slightly different."

Playing in his first USPGA, Storm fired a bogey-free 65 on Thursday but things were certainly different on Friday.

He started with a par but back-to-back bogeys dropped him into a share of the lead with John Daly, who had yet to tee off.

Storm responded with consecutive birdies at the fourth and fifth but then bogeyed the seventh and ran up a double bogey at the par-three eighth.

He closed his front nine with a birdie to go out in 37 but bogeyed the 10th and 12th and carded his last birdie at the par-five 13th, converting from just inside two feet after missing a long eagle attempt.

Still in red numbers and just a shot off the lead, Storm had a rough finish, bogeying the 15th, 16th and 18th.

"I didn't get the run of the ball that I did yesterday," he said. "I am still in contention but disappointed.

"I didn't play that badly but I was punished when I made a mistake."

Canadian Stephen Ames held the lead at four under after birdies at the 13th and 14th.

Scott Verplank moved to three under and a share of second with Daly after playing his first 15 holes in three under.