The Sun (San Bernardino)

Poised Zalatoris holds frontrunne­r role after his second-round 66

- By Doug Ferguson

Winless Will Zalatoris plays some of his best golf in majors, where he has four top 10s in seven events.

TULSA, OKLA. >> The wind finally relented Friday in the PGA Championsh­ip. Will Zalatoris never did.

From the fairway or the rough, Zalatoris kept hitting the golf ball on the button at Southern Hills and took advantage of gentler conditions late in the afternoon for a 4-under 66, giving him a one-shot lead over Mito Pereira of Chile.

The weekend will include Tiger Woods in his second

Inside: Masters champ Scheffler, Johnson miss PGA cut.

straight major, a remarkable achievemen­t in its own right.

Playing on a battered right leg from his car crash 15 months ago, Woods was outside the cut line after a double bogey on the par-3 11th hole. He played the final seven holes with two birdies and a pair of 15-foot par saves for a 69 to make it with one shot to spare.

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