Adam Hadwin performed within the morning when the wind wasn’t fairly so sturdy, however it did not take a lot.
The Canadian was at 8 underneath within the Memorial till he drove right into a bunker on the seventeenth, might solely advance it again to the green, discovered the deep bunker wanting the inexperienced and wound up with a double bogey.
The Abbotsford, B.C., golfer is tied with Viktor Hovland at 6-under after capturing a fair par 72 within the second spherical.
Asked find out how to gauge the wind, Hadwin stated, “I’ll be shocked if any other player said it was anything other than a guess.”
“That’s all we’re doing. It’s just educated guessing, really,” he stated. “You try and control the ball flight to limit the amount the wind will affect it. That’s probably one of the biggest things that we can do out here.”
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Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., carded a fair par 72, to sit down at 6-under, three photographs again of chief Scottie Scheffler, following the second spherical of the Memorial Tournament.
And with a dry forecast to get the Muirfield Village course even firmer, it most definitely will solely get tougher on the weekend.
Scheffler takes 3-shot lead
Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is just making it look straightforward proper now. It did not really feel that approach Friday on a agency course in gusty wind, the place he completed sturdy for a 4-under 68 to go from a tie to a three-shot lead.
Scheffler hit a 3-iron into the wind that narrowly cleared the bunker and rode the slope to eight ft for eagle on the par-5 fifteenth, and he closed with two stable par saves and a shot from a fairway bunker to 12 ft for birdie on the final to construct some separation.
He was at 9-under 135, three photographs forward of Hovland and Hadwin, chasing one other $4 million US prize in opposition to a all of the sudden smaller subject.
That despatched house 22 gamers, an inventory that features Jordan Spieth, U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay and Rickie Fowler, who needed to play the ultimate eight holes in even par to submit an 82.
And then there was Scheffler, hardly ever moving into hassle till a tough patch early on the again 9 when the wind was at his strongest, finally regaining these misplaced strokes.
“I really just love competing out here, and I don’t really think about whether or not it’s easy or hard,” Scheffler stated. “And some days I play good and some days I don’t. And outside of that, I’m just out here trying to compete.”
It was telling, although, when requested the final time he walked off the course and informed his caddie that he felt as although he did not have his greatest stuff.
Scheffler was fast to jokingly level out, “That was another caddie so we’ll blame him for that.” His common caddie, Ted Scott, missed that spherical as a result of he had gone house to Louisiana for his daughter’s highschool commencement.
Hovland’s confidence is constructing each spherical, and he performed bogey-free on the again 9 of Muirfield Village, no small feat. He completed with a shot from 181 yards into two ft for birdie.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa had the low spherical of the day at 67 and was 4 photographs behind, together with Keegan Bradley (69). Ludvig Aberg, who spent two days watching Scheffler placed on one other clinic, shot 72 and was 5 again.
“He’s playing very, very good golf and it doesn’t look very difficult when he’s playing,” Aberg stated. “But all I can do is try to keep up and make sure I’m not too far behind, I guess.”
Aberg holed a bunker shot on the seventeenth, the ball smacking off the pin, coming again out after which dropping into the cup. He bogeyed the ultimate gap.
PGA champion Xander Schauffele holed out a bunker shot for birdie after a wild 14th gap, one of many few brilliant spots in his 73 that put him six behind, together with Rory McIlroy (71).
It was an excellent two days for these on the U.S. Open alternate checklist. Lee Hodges, in a tie for twentieth, was the one participant from the highest 28 on the leaderboard who shouldn’t be already in Pinehurst No. 2 subsequent week. Five U.S. Open spots are being held for late qualifiers.
Canadian Olympic crunch
For Hadwin, he’s in a decent race with Corey Conners for the ultimate Olympic spot for Canada. That will likely be determined after the U.S. Open. That’s rather a lot to absorb.
“I am going to do my best to try and win a golf tournament. That’s it. That’s my sole focus,” Hadwin stated.
That means making up floor on Scheffler, and that the majority actually shouldn’t be straightforward.
Conners (76) was tied for twentieth at even par. Taylor Pendrith (71) of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Adam Svensson (73) of Surrey, B.C., have been tied for twenty ninth at 1 over. Nick Taylor (73) of Abbotsford was tied for thirty sixth at 2 over and Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., missed the reduce.