The Daug Ghim shot 3-under-legs 68 and held a one-stroke lead on Max Homa and on Friday a group of contenders in John Dere Classic in Silvis, Il.
Homa is part of a five-way tie for another after posting 68 late on Friday afternoon in TPC Dere Run. He matched the ghim at 12 with a Birdi in the 12th Hole, but after finding a bunker from the 18th T, he failed to save equal and dropped a shot.
29 -year -old Illinois native Ghim is expecting the victory of his first PGA Tour in his home state. He created an eagle for the second straight round, which is in the 15th position Par-4 from a distance of 179 yards.
After arriving under 13 under 13 for the tournament with the back-to-back-back beardi in Nos 4-5, the ghim bogged its closing hole, number 9.
The day’s round was of defending champion Davis Thompson, whose bogie-free 63 reduced it to 11. Bryan Campbell (66), David Lipsky (67) and Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo (66) tied with Homa and Thompson.
Camilo Vilegas (66) of Columbia and C Wu Kim (67) of South Korea are part of a group on 10, as the second round ended late Friday night.
Ricky Fouler dropped four shots in four-hal spans on nine of his back with two bogies and a double bogie, but he finished number 17 to finish 1-over 72 and reach 5 under 5. The fauler is in queue to cut, is estimated at 4 at 4.
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