Playa del Carmen, Mexico: Matthew Wolff was on the verge of making a big lead at Mayakoba on Friday until a pair of late bogeys forced him to settle for 3-under 68 and two on Scotty Scheffler. Shot took the lead. World Wide Technology Championship.
Wolff had no trouble making a birdie the day after opening with a 10-birdie round of 61. He birdied all par 5s at El Camelion for the second day in a row, with the last pitch at 6ft No. Which took him down to 15.
But he found a greenside bunker on a tough par-4 16th, played in a light breeze, and failed to get up-and-down with a 35-yard sand shot. His 3-wood from the tee on the 18th went into a bunker, and he missed a 12-foot par putt on his final hole.
It dropped him to 13-under 129, yet he was in the lead and looking to take command of his game. 16th and 18th are two of the three toughest holes on the course.
Wolff said it was a tough ending, but I was really happy with the way I played today. Felt like this afternoon was really tough. … After a round like yesterday, it’s not always easy to come out and continue making birdies and I’m glad I proved to myself that I can do it. I’ve put myself in a really good place, so I’m excited for this week.
Schaeffler, who has done well in the Majors and the Ryder Cup but hasn’t won on the PGA Tour, was closer to the cut line than the lead until he ran five straight birdies, the last a 35-foot putt. Was. Para-3 Eighth.
He finished with a par 64 and was injured within two shots of the lead.
I think I’m doing a good job of getting the ball in the right position and making myself look great, I think I’ll start scoring a little bit better.
Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz and defending champion Viktor Hovland of Norway each had 65 and were three shots behind. Howland overcame a bizarre break at No 1 when he took the turn when his approach took a wild bounce and went out of bounds, causing a double bogey.
I pushed it a bit and landed literally four steps to the right of the pin, hit a sprinkler head and went into the green trees, Hovland said. It’s a bad brake, but it’s not like I cut it obi or something like that. I knew I was playing good golf, so I just had to reset.
He did so, making the remaining five birdies.
It doesn’t take much to get out of the position, and all the key players spoke about the importance of keeping the ball in play.
That’s exactly what Brooks Koepka was doing until the worst moment. He rallied to pull his drive into the mangroves on the left of 16th only to go inside the cut line. He took a penalty drop and his next shot was less of a hassle. He triple bogeyed, was 71 more and missed the cut. Koepka has not been in the top 20 since July.
Ricky Fowler quickly corrected his mistakes. He played par 5s with a bogey and a double bogey on the front nine, and then failed to birdie on par 5–13th. He was just outside the cut to make it to number 17 to birdie for 72.
The cut was at 4-under 138.
Ten players finished fifth at 9-under 135, a group that included Justin Thomas. The surprise in that group might be Bill Haas, who is using a one-time discount for career money to have a full card this year.
Haas, who won the FedEx Cup in 2011 and played on two Presidents’ Cup teams, went more than six years without a win and is number 744 in the world. He opened with 65 and scored another bogey-free round of 67 to stay in the mix.
“I’ve been grinding for three years, trying to figure out what’s going to be consistent and what will help me get over that hump,” Haas said. Right now I have a swing idea which is working fine. And I want that to last more than a couple of days. I would love to keep it that way and hopefully have a good few months.
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