Scotland’s Martin Laird was soaring after eagling his last hole to grad an early share of the clubhouse lead with an eight-under par 63 on day two of the Shriners Hospital for Children Open in Las Vegas

Laird, 37 hit a 237-yard second shot to just three-feet at the par-5 ninth hole and the last of his round for a 14-under par tally on the TPC Summerlin course.

And Laird is no stranger to going low in the gambling capital of the world having won the event in 2009, and his first of three PGA Tour wins.

He said:  “It was a nice way to finish.  I wasn’t sure I could get there with the 5-iron I had, so I was just trying to hit out in front of the green and it came out really good and skipped up there to four feet.

“That was a nice way to finish what was overall a very good day.

“I’ve been hitting it great feel like for a while. Been working hard on the putting. It’s coming around nicely.

“I putted pretty nicely last week. Just didn’t make enough in the 15- to 20-footer range. Holed out really nicely, so took a lot the positives out of that. I knew if I kept — my swing feels great. It’s right where I want it.

“I feel like I’m controlling my ball flight really well, and knew I just needed to make some putts. Even yesterday. I putted okay yesterday, not great, and had a good round.

“I said to my coach last night, If I just keep doing this and I get a day when the putts start going in, it could get really good. They finally went in on that back nine today and it was fun”.

His round also included six earlier birdies to match a similar score he posted in February this year on route to a share of sixth in the Puerto Rico Open.

The now Denver-based Laird was then joined in the Las Vegas lead by American Patrick Cantlay who birdied his last hole in a score of 65.

Spain’s Sergio Garcia, and who won last week in Mississippi, was sharing third place on 12-under par.

Overnight leader Bryson DeChambeau, who had equalled the course record with an opening 62, was out in the afternoon half of the draw in $US 7m event.