Australia Cam Davis has rebounded from a nightmare begin to The Sentry, recording the joint greatest second-round rating of the day to maneuver up inside the highest 20 on the leaderboard by the day’s finish.
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Davis smashed a nine-under 64 on Friday, an enormous enchancment on the even-par 73 he managed on Thursday, to sit down alongside fellow Australian Adam Scott on 9 beneath for the event.
Davis had 9 birdies on the day whereas Scott, who opened the spherical with two-straight bogeys, recovered properly by recording three fast birdies after which one other 4 on the again 9.
Scott mentioned he was “very completely happy” along with his first spherical and on Thursday revealed discovering motivation is certainly not a problem at this level of his profession.
“I don’t suppose it’s unrealistic, given the best way I’ve performed actually the final six or eight months, to get myself again up towards the highest of the rankings once more,” mentioned Scott, who’s at the moment at 18 in golf’s official world rankings.
“I don’t suppose it’s unrealistic to suppose I can nonetheless obtain a pair huge victories out right here that I would love, and that’s actually what drives me.”
Away from the Australian contingent, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama shot an 8-under-par 65 to seize a one-stroke lead over Collin Morikawa on the PGA Tour’s season-opening event.
With the same old wind issue nearly absent, it was a day of low-scoring on the gorgeous Plantation Course with solely two gamers taking pictures over-par.
Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters champion, hit his stride with a run of three straight birdies from the fourth gap on, including one other on the par-3 eighth.
He added 4 extra birdies on the again 9, together with a 35-foot birdie putt on the eleventh, and mentioned he felt his damage issues had been now out of his thoughts.
Matsuyama sits on 16-under after two rounds and doesn’t have to fret a couple of cost from world primary Scottie Scheffler, who’s lacking the occasion after hurting his hand in a Christmas Day cooking accident.
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However Californian Morikawa, whose grandparents had been born simply 10 miles from the course in Lahaina, additionally shot 65 to verify he heads into the weekend in competition.
Morikawa took full benefit of the birdie possibilities on the again 9 with a streak of 5 straight birdies from the thirteenth gap.
A quartet of gamers had been an additional shot again of Morikawa — Canadian Corey Conners, American Maverick McNealy, who shot 64, in a single day chief Tom Hoge, who slipped again after his 68, and Belgian Thomas Detry (65).
USA Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley additionally shot 64 and sits three pictures off the lead after ending his spherical with an eagle on the 18th, the place he sank a 29-foot putt.
Wyndham Clark, the 2023 US Open winner, was additionally on 13-under after his 64, which included seven birdies on the again 9.
LEADERBOARD
1. Hideki Matsuyama (-16)
2. Collin Morikawa (-15)
T3. Maverick McNealy, Tom Hoge, Corey Conners, Thomas Detry (-14)
T7. Wyndham Clark, Keegan Bradley, Cameron Younger, Harry Corridor (-13)
11. Sepp Straka (-12)
12. Will Zalatoris (-11)
T20: Cam Davis (-9)
T20: Adam Scott (-9)