Rory McIlroy sits one shot behind leaders Marco Penge and Jacob Bridgeman on the midway stage of the Genesis Invitational.
England’s Penge hit 5 birdies in his last seven holes to submit an eight-under-par 64 and transfer to 12 underneath general after two rounds in Los Angeles.
Penge’s 27-hole Friday was all of the extra exceptional, as he needed to full his 9 holes from a weather-delayed spherical one earlier than shifting on to his second spherical.
Northern Eire’s McIlroy carded a seven-under-par 65 to maneuver to 11 underneath and having struggled to complete joint 14th at Pebble Seashore final week, stated the course on the Riviera Nation Membership was extra forgiving.
“There is not any Pacific Ocean to hit it into round this golf course, in order that helps,” stated world quantity two McIlroy.
“I nonetheless hit some free photographs, however the course set-up is in a manner that you may get away with it a bit of bit extra.
“However I’ve hit it effectively, I’ve managed my distance effectively for essentially the most half, and I’ve holed some good putts from inside eight ft for pars once I’ve wanted to.”
