The benign conditions on Thursday gave way to the wind today and scoring rose as a result, however 31 year old Kevin Kisner playing with a sore back got off to a great start then finished strong for a -6 66 added to his opening 64 to move to the top of the leaderboard at -14 under, two shots better than Scotland's Russell Knox who had the round of the day at -7 65.
The pair shared the lead for much of the day but birdies on 16 and 18 edged Kisner ahead. Kisner had gone out in -4 32 and is the only player in this elite field with no bogey's.
There were only 6 rounds over par on Thursday, 29 today, 144 bogey's Thursday but 204 today with the scoring average up 2 shots from 70 to 72.
First round leader Branden Grace followed his opening 63 with a -1 71 and is at -10. Rory McIlroy had a mixed day with four birdies and four bogeys, narrowly missing a hole in one with a 5 iron on the 225 yard par 3 12th, on his way to E 72 in a group at -4 which includes Canadian Richard T Lee and Jordan Spieth (72). Spieth's caddie Micheal Greller was named the tour's top caddie and wore a special "caddy of the year" bib.
Three consecutive birdies from the 14th helped Bernd Wiesberger to a 66 and eight under alongside Dustin Johnson who had a quiet day until making birdies on the last 3 holes and Hunter Mahan who had a great back nine with birdies on the tenth and 11th and an eagle on the 16th for a -4 68
Rookie of the Year favourite Matthew Fitzpatrick (69) picked up four shots in his last five holes to sit at -7 with Louis Oosthuizen who also shot 69.
Bryan Angus
The pair shared the lead for much of the day but birdies on 16 and 18 edged Kisner ahead. Kisner had gone out in -4 32 and is the only player in this elite field with no bogey's.
There were only 6 rounds over par on Thursday, 29 today, 144 bogey's Thursday but 204 today with the scoring average up 2 shots from 70 to 72.
First round leader Branden Grace followed his opening 63 with a -1 71 and is at -10. Rory McIlroy had a mixed day with four birdies and four bogeys, narrowly missing a hole in one with a 5 iron on the 225 yard par 3 12th, on his way to E 72 in a group at -4 which includes Canadian Richard T Lee and Jordan Spieth (72). Spieth's caddie Micheal Greller was named the tour's top caddie and wore a special "caddy of the year" bib.
Three consecutive birdies from the 14th helped Bernd Wiesberger to a 66 and eight under alongside Dustin Johnson who had a quiet day until making birdies on the last 3 holes and Hunter Mahan who had a great back nine with birdies on the tenth and 11th and an eagle on the 16th for a -4 68
Rookie of the Year favourite Matthew Fitzpatrick (69) picked up four shots in his last five holes to sit at -7 with Louis Oosthuizen who also shot 69.
Bryan Angus
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