Snedeker follows 59 with a 67
Brandt Snedeker followed his opening 11-under-par 59 with a 67 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead into the weekend at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
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, Peter Malnati, Keith Mitchell, Harris English, Brett Stegmaier and Sergio Garcia were at 9-under.
By the time Snedeker teed off Friday afternoon, his 11-under opening round had held up for a one-stroke lead. It temporarily slipped away when he had three bogeys on the front nine.
He reclaimed the lead late in his round with some nifty putting. He sank two putts longer than 30 feet, one for eagle on the par-5 15th and another for birdie on the par-4 16th, and wrapped up with the best two-round score at this tournament since Carl Pettersson’s 125 a decade ago.
“When I finally convinced myself to hit a few putts, they started going in,” Snedeker said. “Over 72 holes, you’re going to have stretches where balls don’t go in the hole, you’ve got to be able to kind of overcome, be patient, wait for the long ones to fall, and luckily I made a couple coming down the stretch.” LPGA Tour: Sung Hyun Park shot a 9-under 63 for a share of the lead with Lizette Salas in the Indy Women in Tech Championship in Indianapolis.
“The best round of the year,” Park said through an interpreter. “My putting overall was what really helped.”
Salas, the first-round leader after a 62, had a 69 to match Park at 13 under at Brickyard Crossing. Danielle Kang and Nasa Hataoka were two shots back.
Rain prevented more than half of the 142 players in the field from completing their second round. European Tour: England’s Paul Waring birdied four of the last seven holes for a 7-under 63 and a share of the Nordea Masters lead with Scotland’s Scott Jamison.
Jamison birdied the last three for a 65 to match Waring at 11-under 129 at Hills Golf Club in Gothenburg, Sweden. PGA Tour Champions: Doug Garwood birdied the final three holes for an 8-under 64 and the first-round lead in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open at Endicott, N.Y.
Michael Bradley and Marco Dawson shot 65, Woody Austin and Clark Dennis followed at 66, and Bob Estes and Tom Gillis were at 67.