Protecting champion Koepka in tied-second with Schauffele, as Sahith Theegala holds a two-shot benefit and international Number one Jon Rahm is seven again; Watch the 3rd around live to tell the tale Saturday from 5pm on Sky Sports activities Golfing
By way of Ali Stafford
Closing Up to date: 12/02/22 12:52am
Brooks Koepka is having a look to protect his name in Phoenix
Brooks Koepka and Xander Schauffele are two pictures off the lead at midway degree of the WM Phoenix Open, with FedExCup champion Patrick Cantlay additionally in rivalry.
Koepka carded a second-round 67 at TPC Scottsdale to transport to ten below along Schauffele, who fired a bogey-free 65, maintaining them in contact with noon pacesetter Sahith Theegala.
Theegala misplaced his in a single day benefit when the younger American returned on Friday morning to bogey the overall two holes of his opening-round 66, best to reply by means of birdieing 4 of the primary 5 holes of his moment around.
Sahith Theegala carded rounds of 66 and 64 over the primary two days
The sector No 318, a sponsor’s invite, spoke back to lacking a six-footer to avoid wasting par on the 8th by means of posting back-to-back positive factors from the thirteenth, with successive birdies over his ultimate two holes seeing him shut a blemish-free 64 and head into the weekend on 12 below.
“I have never had time to let it set in and with a bit of luck I don’t believe an excessive amount of about it as a result of clearly what I have been doing has been running the primary couple days,” Theegala stated. Simply grateful that I am right here and seeking to take advantage of out of the chance. No expectancies in any respect, in truth.”
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Cantlay made 3 birdies in a five-hole stretch to leap to 9 below and fourth spot, whilst final week’s AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am champion Talor Gooch matched Theegala’s second-round 64 to get inside 4 of the lead.
Patrick Cantlay is chasing a primary victory of the season
Gooch is joined on 8 below by means of Max Homa and Canada’s Adam Hadwin, whilst Alex Noren leads the Eu contingent and is 5 strokes again after a three-under 68 on Friday.
Two-time Phoenix Open champion Hideki Matsuyama has opened with back-to-back 68s and international Number one Jon Rahm is seven at the back of along Justin Thomas, with Jordan Spieth in tied-Forty fourth and Viktor Hovland making an early go out after a one-over 72.
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