Finau, Cauley tied atop Texas Open
Finau blows chance to match course record with bogey.
Tony Finau arrived at the 18th tee with a chance at a course record, but his approach splashed in the water and his bogey dropped him into a second-round tie for the lead with Bud Cauley at the Valero Texas Open on Friday.
A birdie at the par-5 final hole would have given Finau a share of the course record, but he settled for a 7-under 65 and is tied with Cauley at 8 under through 36 holes at TPC San Antonio.
Ian Poulter, Europe’s Ryder Cup star, missed the cut and lost his fully exempt status on the PGA Tour.
Poulter fell about $30,000 short of the required earnings to keep his status through a medical exemption because of a foot injury last year.
European Tour: Bernd Wiesberger of Austria shot a bogey-free 7-under 65 to lead by four shots when the second round of the Shenzhen International in China was suspended due to storms on Friday.
Wiesberger completed his first round in the morning after lightning also halted play Thursday, and birdied the par-5 17th to get within one of the lead.
He added another seven birdies in round two to get to 12 under overall.
“I was feeling comfortable when I was getting the ball on the green and rolling in well on the green,” Wiesberger said.
Dylan Frittelli of South Africa and Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark carded matching rounds of 68-68 and were tied for second at 8 under.
Richie Ramsay of Scotland also had a 68 and was a further shot back alongside Gregory Bourdy of France (2 under through four holes) and overnight leader Bubba Watson (1 under through five).
Wiesberger has not missed a cut over the last eight months while claiming seven top-five finishes as he seeks a fourth European Tour title.
Watson had a birdie on the second in his first five holes, while Bourdy birdied the second and fourth and will have 14 holes to complete today.
George Coetzee, Scott Jamieson, and Jordan Smith were in the clubhouse at 6 under.
Haydn Porteous was with them through eight holes.
In all, 75 players were yet to finish round two.
Asian Tour: Jason Knutzon of the United States shot a 2-under-par 69 to maintain a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Panasonic Open in Noda, Japan.
Knutzon offset two bogeys with four birdies at Chiba Country Club to finish at 9-under 133, two strokes ahead of a group of four golfers that included Juvic Pagunsan (67) of the Philippines and Hur In-hoi (68) of South Korea.
Yujiro Ohori of Japan shot the day’s lowest score of 65 and was also two strokes back with Panuphol Pittayarat (68) of Thailand.