Australia Jason Day is effectively positioned on the finish of the second spherical of the PGA Tour’s American Categorical Event in California.
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Day is in a tie for fifth on -14, two photographs behind chief Charley Hoffman (-16).
The Aussie carded a six underneath 66 to again up a stellar opening spherical 64 as he goals to document his first PGA Tour win in 21 months since taking out the Byron Nelson in Could 2023.
The American Categorical, in any other case often known as the ‘Desert Basic’ holds the excellence of being the one PGA Tour occasion on the calendar held on three totally different programs.
Day has already had rounds on the La Qunita Course and the Jack Nicklaus Event Course. He’ll play his last two rounds on the Pete Dye Stadium Course.
Day fired seven birdies throughout his second spherical, with one bogey approaching the par 5 sixteenth.
The 37-year-old says whereas he’s proud of how he’s performed to this point, the hardest take a look at on the Stadium course continues to be to come back.
“It was good, only one blemish on that par 5. Total, very stable from tee to inexperienced, placing feels good going into the powerful take a look at beginning tomorrow,” Day stated.
“They’re saying it’s enjoying round even par. That’s undoubtedly a giant change in comparison with the final two days so the sport plan goes to have to alter a bit, going to need to be a bit extra conservative.
“The subsequent two days are going to be powerful. We’ll need to mentally put together for a brand new golf course.”
CBS golf announcer Mark Immelman was in awe of Day’s brief recreation in Spherical 1 and says he’s to this point doing every little thing effectively this weekend, believing he’s the favorite to win the occasion from right here.
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“He’s struck the ball fantastically from tee-to-green at the moment however in Spherical 1, it was classic Jason Day,” Immelman stated through the Spherical 2 broadcast.
“As he hits these inexperienced aspect photographs, discover how the membership head stays beneath his fingers all through. It turned a masterclass from inexperienced aspect.
“It was virtuoso from Jason Day across the greens and that is what he does … He was cooking with a wedge in hand in Spherical 1.
“At the moment, the iron recreation is there, so that you have a look at the menu, he’s driving it nice, putting irons effectively and the brief recreation is on fireplace. You must keep in entrance of this man if you wish to win the occasion.”
AMERICAN EXPRESS LEADERBOARD – ROUND 2
T1 C. Hoffman -16
T1 R. Hoey -16
T3 J. Decrease -15
T3 M. Hubbard -15
T5 Jason Day -14
T5 J.J Spaun -14
T42 Cam Davis -8