Vacationers Championship second spherical
-16 S Scheffler (US); -14 V Hovland (Nor); -12 E Cole (US), A Bhatia (US); -10 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), B Griffin (US), B Cauley (US)
Chosen others: -9 J Rose (Eng), T Fleetwood (Eng); -8 R MacIntyre (Sco), W Clark (US); -7 A Rai (Eng), S Lowry (Ire)
Scottie Scheffler fired a 10-under-par 60 to carry the lead after the second spherical of the PGA Tour Vacationers Championship.
The world primary made 11 birdies and a lone bogey on Friday to maneuver to 16 beneath at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.
That put him two photographs away from Norway’s Viktor Hovland, who additionally threatened a uncommon spherical of 59 as he fired a bogey-free 61 which included seven birdies and an eagle.
Jim Furyk holds the tour-record lowest spherical at 58, however Scheffler is considered one of 14 gamers to have made a 59, which for him got here in the course of the 2020 Northern Belief at TPC Boston.
The 30-year-old American had the prospect to repeat the feat with a birdie on the 18th gap however missed from simply outdoors 26 ft.
“It was a bit difficult,” Scheffler mentioned. “It really went proper to begin, and there was a tonne of break proper to left on the finish.
“It was a troublesome learn, however general it was a extremely stable day. I used to be fairly pleased with my execution.”
On his plans for the weekend, the four-time main winner added: “Laborious to maintain up that tempo, however proceed to execute, proceed to present myself seems to be.”
Compatriot Akshay Bhatia sat 4 photographs off the lead in a share of third place having matched his career-low spherical with a bogey-free 62, with fellow American Eric Cole alongside him after a 65.
England’s Matt Fitzpatrick lurked two strokes again on 10 beneath, having needed to accept a four-under 66 after two bogeys on his last three holes, with Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood a single shot additional behind and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre at eight beneath.
