Davis Thompson closed with a birdie to grab a one-stroke lead over top-ranked Scottie Scheffler with Rory McIlroy three adrift after Saturday’s second spherical of the PGA Genesis Invitational.
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Thompson landed his third shot on the par-5 18th solely 12 inches from the outlet after which tapped in for a six-under par 66 and the solo lead.
The 25-year-old was on eight-under 136 after 36 holes. Thompson, who wanted solely 23 putts in his spherical, seeks his second PGA title after successful the John Deere Traditional final July.
As for the Australians in motion, Adam Scott shot a two-under 70 and is tied for 18th total, up seven spots from the place he discovered himself after the primary spherical.
Min Woo Lee and Jason Day, in the meantime, are approach again tied for forty eighth after a nightmare second spherical for the previous.
Lee completed the opening spherical three behind the chief and in a tie for seventh however unraveled on Saturday, capturing a five-over 77 which included six bogeys and a double bogey.
Each Lee and Day simply scraped by means of after making the reduce of +4.
Scheffler, whose season begin was delayed by a proper hand damage, fired a 67 with three birdies and an eagle regardless of discovering solely 5 of 14 fairways in his spherical. He reached 13 of 18 greens in regulation and completed bogey free.
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In a single day chief Denny McCarthy shot 70 to seize third on 138, one stroke forward of third-ranked McIlroy, a winner two weeks in the past at Pebble Seashore who fired a 67.
Thompson made a 28-foot birdie putt on the second then landed his strategy 4 inches from the outlet to arrange a tap-in birdie on the fifth and birdied the par-3 eighth from simply inside eight ft.
He reeled off three birdies in a row with a 26-foot chip in from the tough on the par-3 eleventh, a 40-yard pitch in from the golf green on the par-4 twelfth and an 11-foot putt on the par-5 thirteenth.
However Thompson missed the inexperienced and made bogeys at 14 and 15, lacking par putts from 5 and 7 ft, solely to sink a birdie putt from simply inside 27 ft on the par-3 sixteenth earlier than his closing birdie.
Reigning Olympic champion Scheffler, a back-nine starter, made a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-5 thirteenth, birdied from simply outdoors seven ft on the par-5 18th and rolled in a birdie putt from simply past 15 ft on the par-3 third.
On the par-5 sixth, Scheffler holed out from a greenside bunker for eagle.
“I’m fairly glad with the way in which I scored,” he mentioned.
“I used to be out of place loads, however did an excellent job of muscling some pictures up there on the inexperienced and getting up and down after I wanted to as nicely.”