Australians dominated the second spherical of the Houston Open, however America’s Gary Woodland holds the lead after one other spectacular outing at Memorial Park Golf Course.
Woodland shot a seven-under 63 on Friday, ending the spherical with three consecutive birdies to complete 4 strokes forward of his nearest Australian rival, Min Woo Lee.
The reigning champion, sitting at tied fourth alongside countryman Jason Day, trails Denmark’s Nicolai Højgaard and America’s Jackson Suber, after two rounds of motion. Lee managed an eagle on Gap 16 to complete the day at nine-under par.
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Compatriot Jason Day additionally loved a profitable, bogey-free day in Houston, firing a seven-under 63 to complete the day 9 beneath.
Elsewhere, Fellow Australians Adam Scott and Karl Vilips have been tied in fourth at seven-under par. Vilips recovered from an early bogie to hit a five-under 65, recording six birdies.
Englishman Paul Waring, who was main after the primary spherical, completed the day one-over to drop all the way down to a share of eleventh.
Twelve months in the past, Lee broke by way of for his first PGA Tour title on the Houston Open.
“As we speak was actually good,” Lee mentioned.
“Cleaned it up a bit bit extra and it was strong. Didn’t actually do an excessive amount of fallacious, and yeah, quite a lot of good issues. Possibly a pair issues to nonetheless clear up, nevertheless it was cleaned up from yesterday so good step ahead.”
The general prize cash payout for this weekend’s occasion is $9.9 million with the winner claiming $1.782 million.
Houston Open Leaderboard
1 – Gary Woodland (USA) -13
T2 – Jackson Suber (USA), Nicolai Højgaard (DEN) -10
T4 – Jason Day (AUS), Min Woo Lee (AUS) -9
T6 – Samuel Stevens (USA), Michael Thorbjornsen (USA) -8
T8 – Adam Scott (AUS), Karl Vilips (AUS), Dou Zecheng -7