Going into the weekend on the Valspar Championship Adam Schenk was at seven-under 135, one shot forward of Kramer Hickok; Tommy Fleetwood, Jordan Spieth, Cody Gribble and Davis Riley are two behind Schenk after the primary two rounds
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Highlights from day two of the Valspar Championship, happening in Palm Harbor, Florida.
Highlights from day two of the Valspar Championship, happening in Palm Harbor, Florida.
Adam Schenk scored a two-under 69 to carry a one-shot lead after the primary two rounds on the Valspar Championship on Friday.
Schenk had 4 birdies, all however one in all them from inside 10 toes, and completed with a bogey from the bunker wanting the 18th on the Copperhead course at Innisbrook.
After the 20-foot putt he made for par on the par-3 eighth, the 10-footer for par he made on the tenth and the lengthy up-and-down for par on the par-5 eleventh, that did not hassle him.
Adam Schenk hits out of the bunker (AP Picture/Mike Carlson)
“I really feel like a variety of occasions you … possibly shoot 2 beneath and you are like, ‘It might have been 6 or 7.’ However it actually could not have been a ton higher with the quantity of putts I made,” he stated.
He was at 7-under 135, one shot forward of Kramer Hickok, who had a 68.
Schenk is enjoying for his tenth consecutive week on the PGA Tour.
There’s much more focus to his work this 12 months as a result of his spouse is anticipating their first baby, a boy, in simply over a month.
“Making an attempt to make as many factors as I can to take as a lot day without work as I can and spend time with him and my spouse, which will probably be very particular,” Schenk stated.
Fleetwood performs out of a bunker (AP Picture/Mike Carlson)
He began his 12 months in Honolulu on the Sony Open and hasn’t had per week off since then, going to California and Arizona, and each cease on the Florida swing. He had made the minimize in all however two of them and is No. 72 within the FedEx Cup.
The missed minimize final week at The Gamers Championship might need helped.
“I used to be house for 3 1/2 days and did not contact a membership,” Schenk stated. “I’d have practised, however the climate was so dangerous in Indiana, I actually could not. So flew into Valspar Tuesday afternoon and bought a little bit observe in after which performed 9 holes after which teed up within the pro-am and away we went.”
Tommy Fleetwood was two pictures behind the chief (AP Picture/Mike Carlson)
Jordan Spieth will probably be an enormous a part of the weekend, losing an ideal spherical of driving with some suspect quick irons. He nonetheless posted a 70 and was solely two pictures behind.
Tommy Fleetwood had a 69 and joined Spieth within the group two pictures behind together with Cody Gribble (65) and Davis Riley (68), who misplaced in a playoff to Sam Burns at Innisbrook final 12 months.
Burns, the two-time defending champion, is attempting to grow to be the primary participant to win the identical match three straight years since Steve Stricker on the John Deere Traditional (2009-11). He had a 73 and was seven pictures behind.
Justin Thomas had a 70 and was within the group at 3-under 139.
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