Australia’s Adam Scott’s hopes of constructing the FedEx Cup playoffs are slipping away as American Cameron Younger (-14) leads the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Nation Membership in North Carolina.
The second spherical of the finale occasion of the PGA Tour’s common season was suspended as a result of harmful climate with the afternoon teams nonetheless out on track, together with Scott who’s -4 general, ten photographs off the lead with 4 holes remaining in his spherical.
The 45-year-old wants to return in not less than a two-way tie for third to advance to the FedEx Cup playoffs, however Scott is just one shot above the projected lower line at current.
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The 2013 Masters champion made a promising begin to the event with a gap spherical 65 as seeks to keep away from lacking the playoffs for the second time in three years after 16 straight appearances within the post-season occasions.
However the veteran fell 33 locations down the leaderboard as he’s one-over par after 14 holes in his second spherical.
Scott made three birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey, however may have the possibility to realize extra a shot, or even perhaps two again, after piping a drive on the par 5 fifteenth earlier than the horn blew.
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The spotlight of the day belonged to Gary Woodland (-9) because the 2019 US Open champion made a shocking albatross, a two, on the par 5 fifth.
Woodland holed a seven-iron from 186 yards out after a 337-yard drive for the second albatross of the 41-year-old’s life.
The earlier one got here when he was in highschool, and coincidentally was with a seven-iron as nicely.
“The secret’s clearly get it within the fairway and provides your self an opportunity,” Woodland stated.
“I hit a pleasant drive, had 186 gap, we had been making an attempt to land it 183 and the wind was just a little in so we thought it was an ideal 7-iron and it got here off proper the place we had been wanting, landed 183, landed three brief.
“Good to see the group go nuts to verify it went in. It was a great shot, but it surely was plenty of luck and one which I’ll keep in mind, for certain.”
He added: “I imply, from that far-off you’re simply, I’m hoping the group goes nuts first after which I’ll know the ball disappeared.
“You possibly can’t inform if it went behind the pin or not. Someone yelled “go in” when it landed and in order that was a pleasant bonus for certain.”
On the prime of the leaderboard, Younger has three holes to go in his second spherical.
The American adopted up his opening spherical 63 by being seven-under par for the spherical to steer by a shot from England’s Aaron Rai, who has 5 holes left to play.
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Mac Meissner and Sungjae Im (-12) are the clubhouse leaders after Meissner shot an equal low spherical of the day 63 alongside fellow American Cameron Rodgers (-7).
In the meantime, on the different finish of the leaderboard, huge names Max Homa (-1 with 5 holes to play) and Tom Kim (+2 with 5 holes to play) seem set to overlook the lower and finish their hopes of reaching the playoffs.
PGA Tour rookie Karl Vilips, who wants a solo fourth end or higher to leap into the highest 70 within the FedEx Cup standings, is the perfect positioned of the Australians at -6 following a second straight spherical of 67, whereas Aaron Baddeley has additionally made the lower at -3 following a 67 of his personal.
Cam Davis is on the projected lower line at -3 with seven holes remaining when play resumes.