the canadian Mackenzie Hughes shot the lowest round of the day, a 9 under par 63 of the course, to tie this Friday for the lead Sanderson Farms Championship including the Belgians Thomas Detry.
The pair is tied for first place with a -10 under par total of 134 through two rounds at Jackson Country Club. The duo got a blow from the Austrian sepp strakathird with -9.
Hughes he recorded nine bogey-free birdies, including birdies on holes 1, 2, 3 and 5 to start the day off right. He finished the day with birdies on the last two holes after good approach shots to 6 feet and 8 feet, respectively.
“I started with a new coach a few weeks ago in Napa and worked on some little things that were noticeable on the golf course,” Hughes said. “I’ve been working a lot in the gym and on the shooting range to increase clubhead speed and ball speed. ball, so it was also showing,” Hughes celebrated after his return.
delete, For his part, he achieved 67 for the second consecutive day, after registering six birdies and one bogey. After several years playing mainly in Europe, Detry earned his PGA Tour card last summer through the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, giving him access to more events in the United States.
“I qualified for the Finals last year. I didn’t go and I’m sorry,” Detry said. “This year I was between going and not going, and I made a last minute decision to go. It was worth it,” he celebrated.
In its part, straka he started his round on the back nine and made five birdies in the first six holes in a row. He finished his day with eight birdies and two bogeys for a 66. Straka is having his best PGA Tour season to date. He won the Honda Classic and fell in a playoff at FedEx St. Jude Championship, a FedEx Cup playoff event.
“I really don’t know what to expect this week”Straka said. “I took a few weeks off after the Tour Championship, and I didn’t really know where my game was, and I just tried to find it here this week, and luckily after a tough first nine yesterday, it went well. “
Scott Stallings (67 on Friday), Mark Hubbard (69) and the South African Garrick Higgo (66) tied for fourth at 8-under. The co-leader of the first round, Davis-Rileyshot 71 and tied for seventh place at 7 under par with Nick Hardy (67) and German stephan jaeger (68).
the defending champion Sam Burns he shot a 69 on Friday and is tied for 18th at 5 under. Notable names that didn’t make the cut in the bottom 2 are included Gary Woodland (pair), Russell Henley (+4) and Jason Dufner (+4).
Classification after the second round (par 72)
1. Thomas Detry (BEL) -10 (67-67)
1. Mackenzie Hughes (CAN) -10 (71-63)
3. Sepp Straka (AUT) -9 (69-66)
4. Garrick Higgo (RSA) -8 (70-66)
4. Mark Hubbard (USA) -8 (67-69)
4. Scott Stallings (USA) -8 (69-67)
7. Nick Hardy (USA) -7 (70-67)
7. Stephan Jaeger (GER) -7 (69-68)
7. Davis Riley (USA) -7 (66-71)
10. Dean Burmester (RSA) -6 (70-68)
10. Trevor Cone (USA) -6 (67-71)
10. Ben Griffin (USA) -6 (72-66)
10. Emiliano Grillo (ARG) -6 (73-65)
10. Kevin Streelman (USA) -6 (71-67)
10. Nick Taylor (CAN) -6 (68-70)
10. Kyle Westmoreland (USA) -6 (71-67)
10. Brandon Wu (USA) -6 (69-69)
Source: La Verdad
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