The American Russell Henley signed this Friday’s second round of 63 shots to become the new leader of the Mayakoba PGA tournamentwhere Argentine Emiliano Grillo and Colombian Sebastián Muñoz are the only Latinos alive when they make the cut.
Henley was second best on day one, last Thursday, where he also shot 63 shots. In the second, the 59th ranked golfer in the world made four birdies.
The American Will Gordon, the surprise leader of the first round, fell to second place ending with 67 strokes.
the defending champion Viktor Hovland still did not show his best golf and now dropped from seventh to fourteenth place because of his 69 strokes.
Grillo is the best Latin placed twenty-ninth, the same place as the favorite to take Mayakoba, the American Scottie Scheffler, second in the PGA ranking; Munoz is in 55th place.
The tournament, held at the ‘El chameleon’ club in the Riviera Maya, in the Mexican Caribbean, distributes a purse of 8.2 million dollars and this Saturday continues with its third and penultimate round.
Sorting after the second day
1. Russell Henley (USA) 63 63 126
.two. Sam Ryder (USA) 64 65 129
.=. Will Gordon (USA) 62 67 129
.4. Patton Kizzire (USA) 65 65 130
.5. David Lingmerth (SUE) 65 66 131
.6. Brian Harman (USA) 66 66 132
.=. Harry Higgs (USA) 70 62 132
.=. Martin Laird (SCO) 65 67 132
.9. Maverick McNealy (USA) 65 68 133
.=. Matt Kuchar (USA) 66 67 133
.=. Greyson Sigg (USA) 66 67 133
.=. Scott Piercy (USA) 64 69 133
.=. Patrick Rodgers (USA) 66 67 133
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14. Viktor Hovland (NOR) 65 69 134
29. Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 67 69 136
.=. Scottie Scheffler (USA) 65 71 136
55. Sebastian Munoz (COL) 70 68 138
Source: La Verdad
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