WASHINGTON (AFP) – World number two Scottie Scheffler fired his second straight 64 on Friday to take a one-shot lead in the US PGA Tour Byron Nelson, the Texan’s home tournament in suburban Dallas.
Scheffler’s round was less eventful than his seven-under effort in the first round, which featured two eagles and three bogeys along with six birdies.
On Friday, Scheffler had eight birdies with just one bogey on the par-71 TPC Craig Ranch course and was one stroke clear of fellow American Ryan Palmer and Canadian Mackenzie Hughes.
“Yeah, just solid golf,” Scheffler said. “I didn’t really struggle for too many pars out there, and I felt like I putted a little bit better today than yesterday.”
Scheffler opened his round with a nine-foot birdie at the 10th hole and rolled in a five-footer at 11. He drained a 34-foot birdie putt at the 16th and got up and down for birdie at 18.
After an 11-foot birdie at the third he made back to back birdies at the fifth and sixth, and followed his lone miscue of the day at the eighth with a birdie at the ninth.
