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Sam Burns builds 5-shot lead at halfway point at Riviera
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Sam Burns wished to pay regard to difficult Riviera by playing it safe. It resulted in a 5-under 66 on Friday to connect the 36-hole record at the Genesis Invitational and construct a five-shot lead entering into the weekend.
Amongst those going after is Dustin Johnson, the No. 1 gamer on the planet and a previous winner at Riviera. Another shot back was Jordan Spieth, who is beginning to make himself at house near the top of the leaderboard.
Burns kept his bogey-free day undamaged towards completion of the round when he lost of the 8th green, his 17th of the early morning. He cracked it about 10 feet brief – anything too strong might lead to huge difficulty – and made the par putt.
He likewise dealt with 2 of the par fives, and got a lot roll on the company grass at the 476-yard 12th hole that he had just a pitching wedge into the green and made a 5-foot putt.
“Whenever we were kind of in a tricky spot, just kind of took what the golf course gave us,” Burns stated. “There’s definitely times where I’ve tried to force it a little bit, but this just is not a golf course you want to do that.”
Burns was at 12-under 130, matching the record last set in 2004 by Mike Dam and Shigeki Maruyama.
Johnson led a group at 7-under 135 in spite of playing the 3 par fives in just 1 under for the week. Part of the issue is that Johnson has actually struck just one fairway on the par fives. That was the last one he played Friday, the 17th, and it established an easy up-and-down that moved him a little bit more detailed.
He likewise has an easy option to enhance his par-5 efficiency.
“Drive it in the fairway,” he stated. “I feel like I’m playing really well. Just need to get a little bit more out of the rounds.”
Joaquin Niemann ended up with 8 pars for his round of 68 and was 5 shots behind. He and Johnson were signed up with by Tyler McCumber and Jason Kokrak, who each shot 68 in the early morning.
McCumber is the wonder employee today. His finger got captured attempting to open a window is his hotel space Tuesday, and his finest choice was for a physician to get rid of the nail on his left forefinger. He did that Wednesday, struck about 5 balls and figured he might offer it a shot.
“It’s pretty wild how quickly the body does adapt to things,” McCumber stated. “I thought it was a little better today just to focus on the golf and not really worry about the finger.”
Riviera hurt a few of the video games finest gamers.
Rory McIlroy made just one birdie in his round of 76 and missed out on the cut. Justin Thomas followed his opening 77 with a 73 and missed out on the cut. So did U.S. Open champ Bryson DeChambeau after a 69.
McIlroy had the PGA Trip’s longest active cut streak at 25 occasions dating to the 2019 British Open at Royal Portrush. The streak now comes from Xander Schauffele at 22.
Burns is a 24-year-old from LSU has what it takes win when it forms. He connected for 6th at the Barbasol Champion when he was still an amateur, and it took him just one year on the Korn Ferryboat Trip prior to he remained in the major leagues. Not its’ a matter of breaking through, and he’s off to a strong start at Riviera.
“I’d like to think that I have all the tools to win out here,” Burns stated. “There’s a lot of good players – really, really good players. I try not to get caught up in that and just trying to get better each week.”
Riviera is playing quickly and tough this year with such lovely weather condition and periodic gusts of wind. Aside from Burns and his excellent play over 36 holes, nobody else was much better than 7-under par.
10 gamers in the 120-man field had 2 rounds in the 60s while playing in perfect weather condition.
“It’s one of those rare weeks where you can’t get away with firing at flagsticks,” Spieth stated. “There’s very little rough, however when you get in the rough it takes the spin off enough to where you can’t enter pins. A great deal of times when you miss out on the greens, it’s more difficult to get it closer than where you might have struck your technique.
“It’s such a different experience from what we normally have on tour.”
Spieth was 3 shots behind entering into the weekend in the Phoenix Open, shot 61 and shared the 54-hole lead. He connected for 4th. Recently at Pebble Beach, he had a one-shot lead after 36 holes and led by 2 entering into the last round prior to connecting for 3rd.
Now he’s 6 shots behind Burns, however in affordable position on the leaderboard. It’s an upward pattern.
“It’s not like you can go chase people on this golf course,” Spieth stated. “So I’m happy with where I’m at, but just eliminate a couple of the minor mistakes here and there and try to keep clean cards on the weekend and let the rest of it take care of itself.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Sam Burns wished to pay regard to difficult Riviera by playing it safe. It resulted in a 5-under 66 on Friday to connect the 36-hole record at the Genesis Invitational and construct a five-shot lead entering into the weekend.
Amongst those going after is Dustin Johnson, the No. 1 gamer on the planet and a previous winner at Riviera. Another shot back was Jordan Spieth, who is beginning to make himself at house near the top of the leaderboard.
Burns kept his bogey-free day undamaged towards completion of the round when he lost of the 8th green, his 17th of the early morning. He cracked it about 10 feet brief – anything too strong might lead to huge difficulty – and made the par putt.
He likewise dealt with 2 of the par fives, and got a lot roll on the company grass at the 476-yard 12th hole that he had just a pitching wedge into the green and made a 5-foot putt.
“Whenever we were kind of in a tricky spot, just kind of took what the golf course gave us,” Burns stated. “There’s definitely times where I’ve tried to force it a little bit, but this just is not a golf course you want to do that.”
Burns was at 12-under 130, matching the record last set in 2004 by Mike Dam and Shigeki Maruyama.
Johnson led a group at 7-under 135 in spite of playing the 3 par fives in just 1 under for the week. Part of the issue is that Johnson has actually struck just one fairway on the par fives. That was the last one he played Friday, the 17th, and it established an easy up-and-down that moved him a little bit more detailed.
He likewise has an easy option to enhance his par-5 efficiency.
“Drive it in the fairway,” he stated. “I feel like I’m playing really well. Just need to get a little bit more out of the rounds.”
Joaquin Niemann ended up with 8 pars for his round of 68 and was 5 shots behind. He and Johnson were signed up with by Tyler McCumber and Jason Kokrak, who each shot 68 in the early morning.
McCumber is the wonder employee today. His finger got captured attempting to open a window is his hotel space Tuesday, and his finest choice was for a physician to get rid of the nail on his left forefinger. He did that Wednesday, struck about 5 balls and figured he might offer it a shot.
“It’s pretty wild how quickly the body does adapt to things,” McCumber stated. “I thought it was a little better today just to focus on the golf and not really worry about the finger.”
Riviera hurt a few of the video games finest gamers.
Rory McIlroy made just one birdie in his round of 76 and missed out on the cut. Justin Thomas followed his opening 77 with a 73 and missed out on the cut. So did U.S. Open champ Bryson DeChambeau after a 69.
McIlroy had the PGA Trip’s longest active cut streak at 25 occasions dating to the 2019 British Open at Royal Portrush. The streak now comes from Xander Schauffele at 22.
Burns is a 24-year-old from LSU has what it takes win when it forms. He connected for 6th at the Barbasol Champion when he was still an amateur, and it took him just one year on the Korn Ferryboat Trip prior to he remained in the major leagues. Not its’ a matter of breaking through, and he’s off to a strong start at Riviera.
“I’d like to think that I have all the tools to win out here,” Burns stated. “There’s a lot of good players – really, really good players. I try not to get caught up in that and just trying to get better each week.”
Riviera is playing quickly and tough this year with such lovely weather condition and periodic gusts of wind. Aside from Burns and his excellent play over 36 holes, nobody else was much better than 7-under par.
10 gamers in the 120-man field had 2 rounds in the 60s while playing in perfect weather condition.
“It’s one of those rare weeks where you can’t get away with firing at flagsticks,” Spieth stated. “There’s very little rough, however when you get in the rough it takes the spin off enough to where you can’t enter pins. A great deal of times when you miss out on the greens, it’s more difficult to get it closer than where you might have struck your technique.
“It’s such a different experience from what we normally have on tour.”
Spieth was 3 shots behind entering into the weekend in the Phoenix Open, shot 61 and shared the 54-hole lead. He connected for 4th. Recently at Pebble Beach, he had a one-shot lead after 36 holes and led by 2 entering into the last round prior to connecting for 3rd.
Now he’s 6 shots behind Burns, however in affordable position on the leaderboard. It’s an upward pattern.
“It’s not like you can go chase people on this golf course,” Spieth stated. “So I’m happy with where I’m at, but just eliminate a couple of the minor mistakes here and there and try to keep clean cards on the weekend and let the rest of it take care of itself.”
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