Tony Finau de l’Utah goes to the third round of Saturday of the 107th PGA championship on a rabbit, after playing the last four holes in his second round with an eagle on n ° 15 and a Birdie on n ° 17.
The other Utahn in the field of 156 at the Hollow Golf Club quail this week, the former star of Byu, Patrick Fishburn, also finished his second round in a fine way, but is not going.
Fishburn concluded his first major championship with a score of 4 against 146, missing the three -shooting cut.
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Finau carded a 69 in the second round on Friday to end the day at 3 sous and easily cup, which arrived at +1. It was a nice rebound in a major for Finau, which missed the Masters Cup last month for the first time.
Finau, 35, has now cut in 10 of the 11 PGA championships in which he competed, and 28 of the 36 majors.
It is equal to 17th place, and in decent position to challenge its first major championship if it can continue the momentum.
Jhonattan Vegas du Venezuela is at -8 and leads the tournament halfway, after shooting a 70 Friday to go with the sensational 64 of Thursday. Matthieu Pavon, Matt Fitzpatrick and if Woo Kim, who knew the par-3 of 252 yards on the 6th hole on Friday, are linked to the second at 6.
The best Americans are Max Homa, who pulled a 64 on Friday, and Scottie Scheffler. Both are tied in fifth row at 5 sous.
Finau made an eagle on the 15th par-5, shaking a 41-foot putt after its 255 yarn approach in the Fairway found green. This led him to 2 sous the tournament and almost watched over what he would play this weekend.
He sank a seldy putt of 7 feet on the 17th hole of 185 yards to reach 3 sous.
Meanwhile, Fishburn played much better on Friday than Thursday, when he opened with a 77. But it was too little, too late.
He bogey his fifth hole on Friday, then played the last 13 holes in 3 sous, sorting out on 6, 10 and 15.
He even looked at a birdie on the 18th treacherous hole, but missed a 13 feet.
Fishburn’s Standing on the Fedex Cup Points should go from 107 to 111. For the tournament, he made 22 pars, five birdies and nine Bogeys.
The next step for Fishburn is the Charles Schwab Challenge at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. His good friend and game partner in the Zurich Classic, former Golfer byu Zac Blair, is also registered in the event on an exemption from sponsors.
Finau, which recently warmed with equality for 38th at the RBC Heritage and equality for the 15th in the Truist championship, is 43rd in the ranking of the Fedex Cup and 37th in the official ranking of the world golf.
