Tournament of Champions 2021: Harris English Moves into Lead with 2nd-Spherical 67
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Harris English took sole possession of first self-discipline on the 2021 Sentry Tournament of Champions on Friday, breaking a tie with Justin Thomas after Thursday’s opening spherical.
The Georgia native opened up a two-stroke lead over the self-discipline as he seeks his first PGA victory in eight years.
Here’s a investigate cross-test on the leaderboard after two rounds of play on the Plantation Course on the Kapalua Resort in Hawaii.
Spherical 2 Leaderboard
1. Harris English (-14)
T2. Daniel Berger (-12)
T2. Colin Morikawa (-12)
T2. Ryan Palmer (-12)
T2. Justin Thomas (-12)
T6. Xander Schauffele (-11)
T6. Brendon Todd (-11)
T6. Sungjae Im (-11)
T6. Patrick Reed (-11)
Notables: T10. Dustin Johnson (-10), T10. Jon Rahm (-10), T10. Bryson DeChambeau (-10), T17. Viktor Hovland (-9), T22. Sergio Garcia (-8)
Fat leaderboard on hand via PGAtour.com.
Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa and Daniel Berger carved up the route Friday as every achieved with a 65 in their second spherical. That lifted Berger and Morikawa into a tie for second self-discipline whereas Johnson sits two strokes back and tied for tenth.
It was as soon as an awfully impressive spherical for Johnson, who shot a 71 on Thursday sooner than rallying back on Day 2.
The No. 1-ranked golfer on this planet played a bogey-free spherical with eight birdies, collectively with 5 on the back nine as he works towards a third decide on the Tournament of Champions. Hitting 83.33 p.c of his greens in law and not utilizing a doubt went an excellent method for Johnson as he obtained a stroke on three of the four par-fives.
English did him one better, notching a birdie on every par 5 Friday as well to 2 par fours whereas also shooting a bogey-free spherical.
After posting his be pleased 65 on Thursday, English shot a 67 in spherical two to take sole possession of first self-discipline heading into the weekend. The 31-one year-faded made a grand push on the end of closing season by finishing fourth on the U.S. Originate however could seemingly seemingly no longer ruin thru in 2020. The 2021 season could seemingly also discover him taking that next step.
Up to now as his play in Hawaii is concerned, English appears to be like to be more than prepared to notch his first tour victory since 2013.
He’ll have to fend off closing one year’s Sentry champion, Justin Thomas, and 2019 winner Xander Schauffele for the next two days to carry out so. It obtained’t be easy, however this would maybe seemingly yell just correct the build English’s skills are at because the 2021 season picks up.