Defending champion Justin Thomas six off the tempo; Rory McIlroy within the group tied-26th after second-round 69
By Ali Stafford
Final Up to date: 17/10/20 1:28am
Xander Schauffele opened up a three-shot lead on the CJ Cup
Xander Schauffele produced a powerful birdie run to open up a three-shot lead on the midway stage of The CJ Cup at Las Vegas.
Schauffele posted six straight birdies on his method to a blemish-free 64 in good scoring situations at Shadow Creek, taking him to 14 underneath and pulling him away from nearest challenger Tyrrell Hatton.
Hatton, the in a single day chief, birdied his remaining two holes to put up a four-under 68 and soar into second forward of Russell Henley, with Talor Gooch six strokes again in fourth after a bogey-free 65.
Hatton is on the lookout for a second win in as many weeks, having gained the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday
It was a pleasant stretch,” Schauffele mentioned about his birdie run. “Obtained just a little bit stale there on the opposite aspect. Tempo of play slowed down so much, sort of scorching and it is simple to let the thoughts wander. Upset I did not make extra birdies, however happy I did not make any bogeys.”
Beginning on the again 9, Schauffele missed a four-foot birdie alternative on the tenth however holed one from an analogous distance on the subsequent and fired his tee shot on the par-three 13th to tap-in vary.
1:00 Xander Schauffele criticised the tempo of play after transferring high of the leaderboard at The CJ Cup in Las Vegas.
Schauffele holed additional birdies from 25 ft on the 14th and 35 ft on the 15th earlier than getting up and down from the perimeter to choose up one other shot on the par-five 16th after which chipping in from off the 17th inexperienced.
The world No eight reached the flip in 29 after draining a 15-footer on the 18th for a sixth consecutive birdie, solely to see his run finish with a two-putt on the first. Schauffele made a 15-footer on the seventh to increase his lead, earlier than changing a ten-footer to avoid wasting par on his remaining gap.
1:00 Xander Schauffele criticised the tempo of play after transferring high of the leaderboard at The CJ Cup in Las Vegas.
Hatton had set the tempo after an opening-round 65 and continued his sturdy begin with a birdie on the fifth and back-to-back positive factors from the seventh, solely to bogey the 11th after failing to stand up and down from the greenside bunker.
The Englishman responded with a 25-foot birdie on the subsequent and rolled in a 10-footer on the 14th, earlier than cancelling out successive bogeys from the 15th by producing a birdie-birdie end to get again to 11 underneath.
Hatton will play alongside Schauffele on Saturday
PGA Champion Collin Morikawa jumped inside six of the lead after a bogey-free 65 and Matt Fitzpatrick sits an additional shot again regardless of a double-bogey and two bogeys over his closing 5 holes, whereas defending champion Justin Thomas heads into the weekend tied-eighth after a six-under 66.
Jon Rahm – the highest-ranked participant within the discipline – struggled to a one-over 73 to drop again to 4 underneath, with Rory McIlroy an additional two strokes behind after mixing seven birdies with 4 bogeys in an eventful 69.
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