Eire’s Seamus Energy fired the bottom spherical of the day to leap inside three strokes of the midway lead on the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship in Japan.
Energy carded eight birdies in a bogey-free 62 at Narashino Nation Membership, lifting him to tied-fourth on 9 below and in contact with midway chief Nico Echavarria.
Echavarria blended seven birdies with a lone bogey to register a second successive 64 and transfer two forward, whereas a final-hole eagle took Justin Thomas tied-second alongside first-round chief Taylor Moore.
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“I’ve never had a lead after 36 holes,” Echavarria mentioned. “I’ve had it after 54, but never after 36, so good to be in this position. Game feels good. Not much is going to change and hopefully we can keep putting it like that.”
Rickie Fowler lies tied-seventh alongside Max Greyserman, having made a six-under 64 to match Echavarria’s rating, as defending champion Collin Morikawa slipped eight again to tied-Twenty second regardless of a second-round 67.
World No 2 Xander Schauffele marked his thirty first birthday by responding to an opening-round 73 to card a five-under 65 on Friday, leaving him 10 strokes adrift, whereas residence favorite Hideki Matsuyama languishes in tied-Sixty fifth after back-to-back 71s.
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Xander Schauffele tried a number of instances to hack out from tree roots on the par-four ninth throughout his opening spherical, leading to an unsightly quadruple-bogey
How Energy moved into PGA Tour competition
Energy holed prolonged putts for par on every of his opening three holes earlier than beginning his birdie run by rolling in from 15 toes on the par-four fourth, then chipped in from off the par-three fifth inexperienced and drained a 20-footer on the par-five sixth.
The 2-time PGA Tour winner fired his tee shot on the par-three seventh to tap-in vary, leading to a fourth consecutive birdie to see him attain the flip in 30, with Energy ending a run of pars by profiting from the par-five 14th.
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Seamus Energy carded a second-round 62 to maneuver into competition in Japan
Energy added additional birdies over his subsequent two holes and closed his spherical with one other on the par-five final, his eighth of the day, leaving him tied-fourth alongside Eric Cole and CT Pan.
“I mean obviously when you shoot 62, most things go your way,” Energy mentioned. “It was interesting because it was kind of an unusual start. I ended up having to make a good par save on one, two and three.
“From there on it was lots of good things, every part type of felt fairly good. It was good yesterday – I simply did not make the putts and in the present day clearly was significantly better on the greens.”
Watch the Zozo Championship all through the week dwell on Sky Sports activities. Stay protection continues on Saturday from 4am on Sky Sports activities Golf or stream with NOW, with the occasion a part of a triple-header of dwell golf.
