Snedeker still leading at Wyndham
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Brandt Snedeker couldn’t block out the buzz that surrounded his first-round 11-under 59 at the Wyndham Championship. He refocused just in time to reclaim the lead.
Snedeker followed his historic opening score with a 67 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead into the weekend.
A day after becoming the 10th player in PGA Tour history to break 60, Snedeker moved to 14-under 126 halfway through the final PGA Tour event before the playoffs.
“You hear people telling you every two seconds, ‘Mr. 59,’ or saying how cool it was to watch it,” Snedeker said. “So, yes, totally on your mind.”
D.A. Points shot a 64 to reach 12 under — one stroke ahead of C.T. Pan, who also had a 64. David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., Peter Malnati, Keith Mitchell, Harris English, Brett Stegmaier and Sergio Garcia were 9 under in a tie for fourth.
Nick Taylor of Abbotsford shot a 3-under 67 to move up into a tie for 10th, while Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., hit a 69 to drop into a tie for 26th.
Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., shot a 2-under 68 for the second consecutive day and is in a tie for 41st. Ben Silverman of Thornhill, Ont., missed the cut.
Snedeker, the 2012 FedEx Cup champion, won this tournament in 2007 before it moved across town to the par-70 Sedgefield Country Club. He had the tour’s first 59 of the year during the first round and posted the best two-round score at this tournament since Carl Pettersson’s 125 a decade ago.
Brian Gay had Friday’s best round, a 63 tarnished only by a bogey on his final hole on which he missed a four-foot par putt.
A key subplot at Sedgefield every year is the push by bubble players to earn postseason spots. The top 125 players on the points list make the field for the Northern Trust in New Jersey, and everyone from No. 122 to No. 132 is playing this weekend.
Bill Haas, who at No. 150 is in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time, made the cut at 3 under. Garcia, at No. 131, also is trying to make it for the 12th straight year.