Reigning FedEx Cup champion Cantlay shoots second-round 68 at Nicklaus Match Route; Tom Hoge one shot additional again, whilst Will Zalatoris is one in every of 5 avid gamers in a tie for 3rd position after an 11-under 61 – watch reside all the way through the week on Sky Sports activities Golfing
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Patrick Cantlay holds a one-shot lead after 36 holes at The American Specific
Patrick Cantlay survived two bogeys in his ultimate 9 holes in gusting wind to card a four-under 68 and declare a one-stroke lead after around two of The American Specific, with Will Zalatoris in a tie for 3rd after a birdie-laden around.
Reigning FedEx Cup champion Cantlay moved to 14-under for the week, main Tom Hoge by means of a shot. A five-way tie for 3rd at 12-under contains Zalatoris, who fired an 11-under 61 after birdieing his final seven holes.
Golfers at The American Specific will play one around at 3 other lessons – Los angeles Quinta Nation Membership, the PGA West Stadium Route and the PGA West Nicklaus Match Route – prior to the overall around returns to the Stadium Route following a 54-hole lower.
Joseph Bramlett, enjoying within the final crew off the tenth tee at Los angeles Quinta, bogeyed the overall two holes in robust wind for a 67 to drop into the five-man tie for 3rd spot.
Following his opening-round 62 at Los angeles Quinta Nation Membership, Cantlay performed the Nicklaus Match Route on Friday, making six birdies and two bogeys, together with a three-putt at No. 8.
Cantlay stated: “I in fact putted in reality neatly and made not anything. The vegetables had been a little bit beat up and it was once laborious to make putts. However I rolled it in reality neatly and I rolled it how I sought after to, I simply did not get any to head in.”
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Now Cantlay will have to play his ultimate two rounds at the Stadium Route, regarded as probably the most difficult of the 3.
In final yr’s version of the development, the 29-year-old carded an 11-under 61 within the ultimate around to complete in moment.
Cantlay added: “It is a golfing path that fits my recreation. We’re going to see the way it performs with the larger wind and for those who power the ball within the fairway, you get a large number of possibilities.”
Hoge, who’s but win at the PGA Excursion, performed the Stadium Route in his moment around and posted a bogey-free, six-under 66 to transport into moment position. Hoge has 13 birdies and no bogeys after two days.
Zalatoris, the 2021 PGA Excursion Rookie of the 12 months, matched his career-low around of 61 set previous this season on the Sanderson Farms Championship.
Will Zalatoris birdied his ultimate seven holes to transport right into a five-way tie for 3rd position
Beginning at the again 9 on the Nicklaus Match Route, Zalatoris made the flip in 32 prior to damn off birdies on his ultimate seven holes for a 29.
He wrapped up with a birdie at the par-four 9th gap regardless of hitting a wayward tee shot that ended up in an adjoining fairway.
Tied with Zalatoris at 12 below are Lanto Griffin (65, Stadium Route), Greyson Sigg (67, Stadium Route), Cameron Younger (68, Nicklaus Match Route) and Joseph Bramlett (67, Los angeles Quinta C.C.).
Global No. 1 Jon Rahm posted a two-under 70 on the Nicklaus Match Route, tying him for thirty second at eight-under. Phil Mickelson is a hundred and fifty fifth within the 156-man box, at seven over, following a 73 at Nicklaus.
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