Hero World Challenge R2 leaderboard: Late double bogey costs Scottie Scheffler
Hero World Challenge leaderboard: Scottie Scheffler trails the leaders by one shot after 36 holes at Tiger Woods' PGA Tour event in the Bahamas.
1 | Cameron Young | -10 |
1 | J. J. Spaun | -10 |
1 | Hideki Matsuyama | -10 |
1 | Wyndham Clark | -10 |
1 | Akshay Bhatia | -10 |
6 | Sepp Straka | -9 |
6 | Scottie Scheffler | -9 |
6 | Alexander Noren | -9 |
9 | Justin Rose | -8 |
10 | Harris English | -7 |
10 | Corey Conners | -7 |
World number one Scottie Scheffler is one shot off the lead at the halfway stage of the Hero World Challenge.
The 29-year-old carded a three-under 69 on Friday to reach nine-under par.
Cameron Young, Hideki Matsuyama, Wyndham Clark, Akshay Bhatia and reigning U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun are tied at the top on 10-under.
Open champion Scheffler looked as though he would be taking the lead into the third round but he came unstuck on the 16th hole.
Scheffler was forced to take a drop after wayward tee shot and his third clipped a bush.
It led to a double bogey and was particularly frustrating given he had played the previous two holes in three-under after holing a 17-foot putt for eagle at the 15th.
"I think I did some good things out there," Scheffler said. "Just a few too many mistakes, but overall still felt pretty good."
Scheffler has a new driver in play this week. After two years, the four-time major champion has switched out his TaylorMade Qi10 for the Qi4D.
Neither Scheffler nor Rory McIlroy - who is playing in Australia this week - got on with the newer Qi35.
Scheffler liked what he saw in round one in Albany and is satisfied with his game considering he has not played since the Ryder Cup.
"I like some stuff that I'm seeing out there," he said. "Outside of a few mistakes today and yesterday, I did some really solid stuff."
The Hero World Challenge is an invite-only PGA Tour event contested by a field of 20 players.
There is no cut and the winner receives a cheque for $1m. Scheffler is the defending champion and the tournament is hosted by Tiger Woods.
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