Nine under at TPC Southwind
Scottie Scheffler carded a 61, nine under par, on Friday in Memphis in the second round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The world No 1 reaches the halfway point on 129, 11 under, and leads by three strokes.
It started with five straight birdies. A sixth dropped at the 7th. But bogeys at 8 and 12 stalled what had been shaping up as a round under 60. Scheffler then closed with four birdies in his final six holes.
The stat that says it all: 13 one-putts over 18 holes. The putter had been his weak spot in several events this season. He picked the right time to wake it up.
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A win to end a seven-month wait
“I wouldn’t say golf is easy. I did some good things out there. I hit some irons close and rolled in a few putts,” the American said after his round.
Scheffler has not won since January. For a player who rules the world rankings and sits top of the FedEx Cup standings, that dry spell is unusual. A win in Memphis would do nothing to change his position in the playoff standings, where he is already first. It would change plenty else.
Im and Hovland lurking, McIlroy struggling
South Korean Sungjae Im (66) and Norway’s Viktor Hovland (64) share second place at 8 under. Im has plenty on the line: 53rd in the FedEx Cup standings, he needs to break into the top 50 to reach next week’s BMW Championship. Hovland, meanwhile, posted six birdies without a bogey, including four putts from beyond three metres.
Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg sits alone in fourth on 7 under. Jordan Spieth, joint leader after round one, signed for a 69 and is 6 under, tied with Tommy Fleetwood, Nico Echavarria and Brian Harman.
Rory McIlroy is still stuck at 4 over after a 70 undone by bogeys at 17 and 18. The playoff events do not have a 36-hole cut, so he has two more days to claw his way back.
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