SOUTH KOREA’S TOM Kim has held onto his lead as Ireland’s Shane Lowry and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre both shot into contention in a weather-hit second round of the Travelers Championship.
On his 22nd birthday, Kim added a 65 to his opening 62 to reach 13-under-par at the halfway stage at TPC River Highlands
World number one Scottie Scheffler marked his 28th birthday with a 64 to sit two strokes back, alongside Collin Morikawa and Akshay Bhatia after a three-hour delay due to lightning in the area.
Xander Schauffele is a shot further back, one clear of a group which includes Lowry, who included six birdies and an eagle in his eight-under-par 62. A mixed opening day had left the Offaly native one-under 69, but he soared up the leaderboard to a tie for sixth.
Lowry’s sizzling 62 was matched by MacIntyre, who birdied his last two holes to sit a shot further back.
Kim, who had a faultless round with five birdies, said the work he has been doing over the past few months has made him feel confident among the strong competition.
“I think this stretch is making me more sharper and more ready and I think it’s kind of time to show,” he said.
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After an impressive start on Thursday that saw him finish three-under 67, Seamus Power dropped 17 places and is tied for 35th after carding a 70.
The Waterford native finished his round before play was suspended, registering four birdies and four bogeys and leaving him on three under par overall.
Elsewhere, Leona Maguire is three shots off the lead at the Women’s PGA Championship.
Sarah Schmelzel and Amy Yang grabbed the halfway lead as world number one Nelly Korda collapsed to a second round 81.
Korda, who opened with an 80 in the US Open two weeks ago after six wins in her previous seven starts, missed the cut after starting the tournament tied for second.
She opened her second round with four straight bogeys and had to wait until the 18th for her only birdie of the day to miss the cut by a stroke at the Sahalee Country Club in Washington state.
“No words for how I’m playing right now,” said Korda. “I’m just going to go home and try to reset.
“A lot went my way at the beginning part of the year, and just giving it back.”
American Schmelzel carded six birdies in a five-under-par 67 to top the leaderboard alongside South Korea’s Yang, who had a bogey-free 68.
Schmelzel, without a win in six years on the LPGA Tour, said: “I kind of caught a glimpse of leaderboard on 17 and saw I was right around the lead.
“It was just nice to be able to finish that well, too, knowing I was around the lead in a major.
Overnight leader Lexi Thompson recovered from an early double bogey, making three birdies coming home in a 72 which leaves her two strokes back alongside Korea’s Jin Young Ko and Hinako Shibuno from Japan.
Maguire carded a 71 to sit in a group three strokes off the lead with England’s Charley Hull a further two shots back after a 73.
The Cavan star shot birdies on the eighth, 11th, 14th, 16th and 18th, while bogeys on holes one and 12 and a double bogey on 17 set her back.
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- Updated Saturday morning after the rounds finished.
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Shane Lowry shoots 62 at Travelers Championship, Leona Maguire in the hunt in Washington
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SOUTH KOREA’S TOM Kim has held onto his lead as Ireland’s Shane Lowry and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre both shot into contention in a weather-hit second round of the Travelers Championship.
On his 22nd birthday, Kim added a 65 to his opening 62 to reach 13-under-par at the halfway stage at TPC River Highlands
World number one Scottie Scheffler marked his 28th birthday with a 64 to sit two strokes back, alongside Collin Morikawa and Akshay Bhatia after a three-hour delay due to lightning in the area.
Xander Schauffele is a shot further back, one clear of a group which includes Lowry, who included six birdies and an eagle in his eight-under-par 62. A mixed opening day had left the Offaly native one-under 69, but he soared up the leaderboard to a tie for sixth.
Lowry’s sizzling 62 was matched by MacIntyre, who birdied his last two holes to sit a shot further back.
Kim, who had a faultless round with five birdies, said the work he has been doing over the past few months has made him feel confident among the strong competition.
“I think this stretch is making me more sharper and more ready and I think it’s kind of time to show,” he said.
After an impressive start on Thursday that saw him finish three-under 67, Seamus Power dropped 17 places and is tied for 35th after carding a 70.
The Waterford native finished his round before play was suspended, registering four birdies and four bogeys and leaving him on three under par overall.
Elsewhere, Leona Maguire is three shots off the lead at the Women’s PGA Championship.
Sarah Schmelzel and Amy Yang grabbed the halfway lead as world number one Nelly Korda collapsed to a second round 81.
Korda, who opened with an 80 in the US Open two weeks ago after six wins in her previous seven starts, missed the cut after starting the tournament tied for second.
She opened her second round with four straight bogeys and had to wait until the 18th for her only birdie of the day to miss the cut by a stroke at the Sahalee Country Club in Washington state.
“No words for how I’m playing right now,” said Korda. “I’m just going to go home and try to reset.
“A lot went my way at the beginning part of the year, and just giving it back.”
American Schmelzel carded six birdies in a five-under-par 67 to top the leaderboard alongside South Korea’s Yang, who had a bogey-free 68.
Schmelzel, without a win in six years on the LPGA Tour, said: “I kind of caught a glimpse of leaderboard on 17 and saw I was right around the lead.
“It was just nice to be able to finish that well, too, knowing I was around the lead in a major.
Overnight leader Lexi Thompson recovered from an early double bogey, making three birdies coming home in a 72 which leaves her two strokes back alongside Korea’s Jin Young Ko and Hinako Shibuno from Japan.
Maguire carded a 71 to sit in a group three strokes off the lead with England’s Charley Hull a further two shots back after a 73.
The Cavan star shot birdies on the eighth, 11th, 14th, 16th and 18th, while bogeys on holes one and 12 and a double bogey on 17 set her back.
- Updated Saturday morning after the rounds finished.
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