Xander Schauffele leads Travelers

The American Xander Schauffele signed a 63 stroke card, seven under par, as he had already done in the opening round, and led the tournament on Friday traveler from Cromwell (Connecticut, USA), from the PGA Tour, with a combined -14 and five shots ahead of his first chases.

Five shots away from Schauffele was a group of five players, made up of Americans Patrick Cantlay, Harris English, Nick Hardy and Kevin Kisner and of the Australian Cameron Davis.

SchauffeleSi, number 15 in the world rankings, has shown a high level with Cromwell and has yet to bogey so far in the tournament.

the northern irish Rory McIlroywinner of the Canadian Open a few weeks ago and recently snatched world number two from Spaniard Jon Rahm, didn’t have a good day this Friday and signed on par (70 strokes), after being best on Thursday.

After -8 of the first round, McIlroy dropped to seventh position, six shots behind Schauffele.

The Chilean Pabula Pereira was the best in the Hispanic delegation and finished his round with 66 strokes (-1 in total), four under par, while his compatriot Joachim Niemann he signed par (3 over par in total).

The Argentinian Emiliano Grillo delivered a card of 71 hits, one in total, while the Venezuelan Jonathan Vegas he needed 72 shots, two over par (4 over par total).

Classification after the second round (par 70)

1. Xander Schauffele (United States) 126 (63-63)
2. Patrick Cantlay (USA) 131 (64-67)
2. Harris English (United States) 131 (66-65)
2. Nick Hardy (USA) 131 (67-64)
2. Cam Davis (Australia) 131 (65-66)
2. Kevin Kisner (USA) 131 (67-64)
7. KH Lee (South Korea) 132 (68-64)
7. JT Poston (USA) 132 (62-70)
7. Seamus Power (Ireland) 132 (67-65)
7. Sahith Theegala (USA) 132 (67-65)
7. Charles Howell III (United States) 132 (64-68)
7. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 132 (62-70)
7. Martin Laird (Scotland) 132 (63-69)
7. Matthew NeSmith (USA) 132 (65-67)
7. John Huh (USA) 132 (67-65)