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 certainly one of them from inside 10 ft, and completed with a bogey from the bunker in need of 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 trouble him.
Adam Schenk hits out of the bunker (AP Photograph/Mike Carlson)
“I really feel like numerous occasions you … possibly shoot 2 beneath and you are like, ‘It may have been 6 or 7.’ Nevertheless 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.
“Attempting to make as many factors as I can to take as a lot time without work as I can and spend time with him and my spouse, which will likely be very particular,” Schenk stated.
Fleetwood performs out of a bunker (AP Photograph/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 reduce in all however two of them and is No. 72 within the FedEx Cup.
The missed reduce final week at The Gamers Championship may need helped.
“I used to be dwelling for 3 1/2 days and did not contact a membership,” Schenk stated. “I’d have practised, however the climate was so unhealthy in Indiana, I actually could not. So flew into Valspar Tuesday afternoon and obtained slightly 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 Photograph/Mike Carlson)
Jordan Spieth will likely be an enormous a part of the weekend, losing an amazing spherical of driving with some suspect brief 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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