Nick Taylor of Canada shot a tie in a tie with Ben Griffin for the second round at the Memorial Tournament on Friday in Dublin, Ohio, a bogie-free, 4-under-Burbar 68.
Griffin had a single lead after day 1, but was shot by a equilibrium from 72 on Friday, tied to 7-under 137 with a five-time winner Taylor on a PGA tour.
They are two strokes ahead of Akshay Bhatia, who gave a card of 69 to go below 5 for this program. Scotty Sheffer beaten a double bogie to shoot his second straight round of 70, placed it in fourth place and striking up 4 under 4.
The day round was that of Sheffer’s friend Sam Burns, 65 in its first round improvement in 11-stroke. He finished 3rd in a tie in fifth place with Jordan Spith (69) and Irishman Shane Lori (72).
Only other players are Russell Henley (68), Xander Schaffele (69), Tom Hoge (69) and Colin Moricawa (75) under 36 holes.
The $ 20 million signature program organized by Jack Nicoss comes with a cut in top 50 players and relationships. The cut was estimated at more than 5.
Justin Thomas, who opened with 80, cleaned his act and posted in a second round for more than 5 69 and cut the number with Vyadham Clarke and Japan’s Hideki Matsuama. The deduction is expected to recall that it included Sahith Thegla (7 overs) and Brian Harman (10 overs).
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