| –16 V Hovland (Nor), C Morikawa (US); -14 S Scheffler (US); -13 Okay Bradley (US),;-12 J Rahm (Spa), X Schauffele |
| Chosen others:-10 R McIlroy (NI); -9 T Hatton (Eng), M Fitzpatrick; -2 T Fleetwood (Eng) |
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Viktor Hovland made 4 birdies in a row throughout his again 9 to finish the second day of the Tour Championship in Atlanta degree on the prime of the leaderboard with Collin Morikawa.
Each gamers carded six-under 64s on Friday on the season-ending occasion to maneuver to 16 beneath par.
Keegan Bradley, who shared the lead after the primary spherical, dropped again to a few pictures off the lead on 13-under.
“It felt like I did a variety of the identical stuff as yesterday,” Hovland stated.
“It is actually cool. We have grinded out the entire yr to be right here. I’ve simply bought to maintain going the way in which I have been enjoying and we’ll see what occurs.
“When issues really feel good you belief your self.”
Morikawa accomplished one other bogey-free spherical on Friday after his bogey-free nine-under-par on Thursday.
“I did not make too many errors,” he stated. “I really like being on this place, being within the ultimate teams and having the followers cheer us on. I am excited for this weekend. You are going to see a variety of birdies and I have to hold my foot on the gasoline.”
World quantity two Rory McIlroy continued to be concerned by a again damage however the defending champion, seeking to win the FedEx Cup for the fourth time, carded a three-under 67.
That left him in seventh place on 10 beneath, six off the tempo.
The PGA Tour’s season-ending event makes use of a stroke-based bonus system, which provides golfers completely different scores to start out their opening spherical.
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