Playing his home course Webb Simpson chipped in twice for birdie and shot a -5 67 for a share of the second-round lead with Robert Streb in the Wells Fargo Championship. Streb had a 69 to match Simpson at -10 134
However two of golf’s top names are right behind him. Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson are three shots back. Mickelson with 7 birdies shot 66, McIlroy had 5 in his round of 67.
The biggest surprise high on the leaderboard is 22-year-old Pat Rodgers who is T3 at -8, he is a regular on the Web.com Tour who is playing on a sponsor’s exemption. He ranks 333rd in the world and has never finished in the top 25 on the PGA Tour.
The tournament was not so kind to some former Wells Fargo champions as J.B. Holmes, Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh and Derek Ernst all failed to make the cut as did all the Canadians, David Hearn, Nick Taylor, Corey Conners, Adam Hadwin, Roger Sloan and Mike Weir
Bryan Angus (notes from BBC Reuters and AP)
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