PONTE VEDRA COASTLINE, Fla.– Chad Ramey came to be the only gamer to get to dual numbers under the same level at thePlayers Championship The TPC Sawgrass, as typical, had the last word.
Ramey placed two tee shots in the water on the island-green 17th opening Friday for a quintuple bogey that cost him a 3-shot lead on a day of wild swings and also, at some point, wild climate.
The 2nd round was put on hold with half the area not able to complete the round due to a tornado system anticipated to unload a half-inch of rain on the Players Stadium Course.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa and also Adam Svensson of Canada shared the lead at 8-under the same level, both doing what it requires to remain in front on this training course. They really did not make a bogey Friday– Bezuidenhout via 14 openings, Svensson via 11 openings– and also they have just one for the week.
Ben Griffin was the club leader. The previous mortgage policeman, that currently had one close telephone call in Bermuda late in 2015, was playing a splendid round up until taking dual bogey on his last opening for a 1-under 71.
Griffin went to 6-under 138. Two- time significant champ Collin Morikawa was 6 under via 11 openings, while Min Woo Lee went to 6 under with 3 openings left in his round.
(*2 *) Morikawa claimed.
Players were to return at 7 a.m. Saturday to complete the 2nd round. The 3rd round is timetable for trios off both tees and also need to have the ability to complete prior to dusk. That depends on the speed of play, and also several of that depends on Sawgrass.
Jon Rahm missed out on every one of this. The globe’sNo 1 gamer had a poor tummy insect and also took out regarding half an hour prior to his tee time. That places his position at risk, as Scottie Scheffler and also Rory McIlroy can surpass him.
The benefit mosts likely to Scheffler, that looked unsteady very early and also resolved right into his round. He birdied his last two openings of the day prior to the suspension–Nos 9 and also 10– to reach 5 under. He has a 15-foot eagle putt on the 16th opening when play returns to.
McIlroy, on the other hand, took a dual bogey on the 6th opening and also went to 6 over for the competition. He had 8 openings to attempt to slash off 4 strokes that likely will be required to make it.
Rahm made every cut in 2015, and also he last missed out on a cut on the PGA Tour at the Fortinet Championship in September 2021, right prior to the Ryder Cup.
The training course given out some harsh penalties in the 2nd round.
Start with Max McGreevy, that was 20 shots even worse than his opening up round. He shot 89, connecting the incorrect sort of training course document as the greatest rating published at the TPCSawgrass The various other gamer that fired 89 was Michael Campbell in the preliminary in 2003.
Viktor Hovland was 5 under for his round via 11 openings, also obtaining a break when his tee shot on the par-3 17th jumped off the wood structure of the island and also onto the environment-friendly. But after that he faced difficulty over his last 7 openings and also needed to opt for a 71.
Hovland went to 4-under 140 together with Will Gordon (67) and also the resurgent Jason Day (70 ), a previous globeNo 1 that is gradually functioning his back. Day started the year atNo 112 worldwide, and also he can take a huge action today in guaranteeing he remains in the leading 50 the following two weeks to enter into the Masters.
As for Jordan Spieth, he saw his tee shot airborne on his last opening at the par-5 nine and also figured it was time to clean his storage locker. But as opposed to entering into water– it was until now appropriate the water usually isn’t in play– it struck a viewer in the leg and also recuperated to the fairway. Spieth struck 3-wood to the collar of the environment-friendly and also contributed for eagle.
That enabled him to recover a 75, and also he was secure to make it.
“I got an extremely lucky break on 9 or I wouldn’t be playing the weekend,” claimed Spieth, that went to even-par 144. “Trying to get that guy’s information and see literally whatever he wants this weekend. Because everything from here on out is because it hit him.”
Ramey opened up with a 64 on Thursday and also birdied two of his opening up 3 openings to get to 10 under, broadening his lead to 3 strokes. After his quintuple bogey on the 17th, he needed to make a 30-foot putt to conserve the same level on the 18th, and after that went down one more shot on the very first with a wild drive to the right. He was 4 under with 8 openings left in his round.
