John Deere Classic R2

Simon Bale|July 6, 2024

Keywords: Aaron Rai, C.T. Pan, John Deere Classic, PGA Tour, Silvis, TPC Deere Run

C.T. Pan from Chinese Taipei closed with a bogey-free 63 featuring an eagle at the par-4 14th to take a share of the lead at the John Deere Classic. He seeks a second PGA Tour victory in his 193rd start.

“I’m actually impressed by myself. It’s pretty tough out there when the wind picks up 15, 20 mile out there.

“Like I said, it’s totally opposite wind direction as well so hitting different tee shot, different clubs and have different numbers for the approach shots,” said Pan.

“I was able to hit a lot of good iron shots to give myself birdie chances out there. Eagle on 14 is always good feeling.

“It’s been a while since the last time I shot 63 so this is a good week so far.”

England’s Aaron Rai, who held a share of the 36-hole lead at last week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic and finished with a career-high T2, fired a bogey-free 63 to have another chance at a first PGA Tour title in his 86th start.

His 128 total is another new career-best opening 36-hole besting his 131 last week.

“Definitely tougher today,” said Rai. “I think we had great conditions yesterday, as good as we can get.

“Today was pretty different. A lot of crosswinds, probably blew 10 to 15 all day. Played well. Good ball flights tee to green. Had a lot of opportunities and made a lot of putts as well.”

At 13-under 129, Harry Hall matched his career-best opening 36-hole score at the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge where he finished with a career-best T3. He lies in solo third place at 13-under.

Overnight leader Hayden Springer who opened with a 59 on Friday, shot a 71 aftr a pair of bogeys and a double bogey at the par-4 6th to slip down into a share of fourth place at 12-under alongside fellow Americans Eric Cole (68), Davis Thompson (67), Denny McCarthy (66), Luke Clanton (67) and Korean Sungjae Im who closed with a 64.

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
T1	C.T. Pan	-14	65	63	128
T1	Aaron Rai	-14	65	63	128
3	Harry Hall	-13	63	66	129
T4	Eric Cole	-12	62	68	130
T4	Davis Thompson	-12	63	67	130
T4	Denny McCarthy	-12	64	66	130
T4	Luke Clanton(a)	-12	63	67	130
T4	Sungjae Im	-12	66	64	130
T4	Hayden Springer	-12	59	71	130
T10	Adam Svensson	-11	64	67	131
T10	Brendon Todd	-11	66	65	131
T10	Kevin Yu	-11	68	63	131
T10	Rico Hoey	-11	67	64	131
T10	Chan Kim	-11	63	68	131
T10	Joshua Creel	-11	67	64	131
T10	Andrew Novak	-11	67	64	131
T10	Michael Thorbjornsen	-11	67	64	131
T18	Chandler Phillips	-10	64	68	132
T18	Max Greyserman	-10	66	66	132
T18	Lucas Glover	-10	64	68	132
T18	Beau Hossler	-10	65	67	132
T18	Keith Mitchell	-10	+69	+63	+132
T18	Jhonattan Vegas	-10	68	64	132
T18	Zach Johnson	-10	65	67	132
T18	J.J. Spaun	-10	65	67	132
T18	Carson Young	-10	67	65	132
T27	Sami Valimaki	-9	61	72	133
T27	Lee Hodges	-9	66	67	133
T27	Robby Shelton	-9	65	68	133
T27	Chesson Hadley	-9	66	67	133
T27	Justin Lower	-9	67	66	133
T32	Ryo Hisatsune	-8	67	67	134
T32	Seamus Power	-8	64	70	134
T32	Austin Smotherman	-8	66	68	134
T32	Ben Silverman	-8	66	68	134
T32	Patrick Rodgers	-8	66	68	134
T32	Trace Crowe	-8	70	64	134
T32	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-8	66	68	134
T39	Ben Taylor	-7	69	66	135
T39	Dylan Frittelli	-7	70	65	135
T39	Mac Meissner	-7	67	68	135
T39	Ben Griffin	-7	68	67	135
T39	S.H. Kim	-7	66	69	135
T39	J.T. Poston	-7	66	69	135
T39	Zac Blair	-7	66	69	135
T39	Doug Ghim	-7	66	69	135
T47	Ben Kohles	-6	71	65	136
T47	Jason Day	-6	69	67	136
T47	Kevin Dougherty	-6	65	71	136
T47	Mark Hubbard	-6	68	68	136
T47	Sam Ryder	-6	69	67	136
T47	Scott Gutschewski	-6	68	68	136
T47	Jordan Spieth	-6	69	67	136
T47	Sam Stevens	-6	70	66	136
T47	Hayden Buckley	-6	64	72	136
T47	Roger Sloan	-6	67	69	136
T47	David Lipsky	-6	65	71	136
T47	Kyle Westmoreland	-6	65	71	136
T59	Joel Dahmen	-5	68	69	137
T59	Bill Haas	-5	69	68	137
T59	Henrik Norlander	-5	67	70	137
T59	Brice Garnett	-5	68	69	137
T59	Sepp Straka	-5	66	71	137
T59	James Hahn	-5	68	69	137
T59	Matt NeSmith	-5	69	68	137
T59	Pierceson Coody	-5	67	70	137
T59	Blaine Hale, Jr.	-5	71	66	137
T59	Bud Cauley	-5	65	72	137
T59	Kevin Chappell	-5	64	73	137
T59	Kevin Streelman	-5	68	69	137
T59	Jake Knapp	-5	66	71	137
T59	Nico Echavarria	-5	66	71	137
T59	Stewart Cink	-5	68	69	137
T59	Justin Suh	-5	68	69	137
T59	Ryan Palmer	-5	69	68	137
T59	Thorbjørn Olesen	-5	69	68	137
T59	Wilson Furr	-5	67	70	137
CUT	Sean O'Hair	-4	69	69	138
CUT	Michael Kim	-4	70	68	138
CUT	Dylan Wu	-4	68	70	138
CUT	Joe Highsmith	-4	69	69	138
CUT	Tom Whitney	-4	71	67	138
CUT	Ryan Moore	-4	70	68	138
CUT	K.H. Lee	-4	66	72	138
CUT	Martin Trainer	-4	67	71	138
CUT	Jackson Buchanan(a)	-4	70	68	138
CUT	Rafael Campos	-4	68	70	138
CUT	Daniel Berger	-4	68	70	138
CUT	Vince Whaley	-3	71	68	139
CUT	Tyler Duncan	-3	71	68	139
CUT	Cameron Champ	-3	70	69	139
CUT	Chase Johnson	-3	69	70	139
CUT	Harry Higgs	-3	72	67	139
CUT	S.Y. Noh	-3	68	71	139
CUT	Chris Gotterup	-3	66	73	139
CUT	Chad Ramey	-3	66	73	139
CUT	Andrew Putnam	-3	66	73	139
CUT	Patrick Fishburn	-3	65	74	139
CUT	Matt Kuchar	-3	69	70	139
CUT	Anders Albertson	-3	67	72	139
CUT	Greyson Sigg	-3	70	69	139
CUT	Harrison Endycott	-3	68	71	139
CUT	Nick Dunlap	-3	69	70	139
CUT	Parker Coody	-3	65	74	139
CUT	Garrick Higgo	-2	68	72	140
CUT	Lanto Griffin	-2	71	69	140
CUT	Adam Schenk	-2	69	71	140
CUT	Jacob Bridgeman	-2	67	73	140
CUT	Kevin Kisner	-2	68	72	140
CUT	Nicholas Lindheim	-2	68	72	140
CUT	Troy Merritt	-2	69	71	140
CUT	Kevin Tway	-1	70	71	141
CUT	Josh Teater	-1	68	73	141
CUT	Andrew Landry	-1	73	68	141
CUT	Ryan Brehm	-1	71	70	141
CUT	Patton Kizzire	-1	71	70	141
CUT	Joseph Bramlett	-1	73	68	141
CUT	Raul Pereda	-1	68	73	141
CUT	Russell Knox	-1	70	71	141
CUT	Maverick McNealy	Par	67	75	142
CUT	Nick Hardy	Par	70	72	142
CUT	Austin Cook	Par	71	71	142
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	Par	67	75	142
CUT	Zecheng Dou	Par	67	75	142
CUT	Alex Smalley	Par	70	72	142
CUT	Chez Reavie	Par	68	74	142
CUT	Richy Werenski	Par	71	71	142
CUT	Scott Piercy	Par	72	70	142
CUT	Nate Lashley	Par	70	72	142
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+1	70	73	143
CUT	Luke List	+1	71	72	143
CUT	Cole Sherwood	+1	71	72	143
CUT	Carl Yuan	+1	69	74	143
CUT	David Skinns	+1	68	75	143
CUT	Jorge Campillo	+1	72	71	143
CUT	Wesley Bryan	+1	69	74	143
CUT	Brandon Wu	+1	69	74	143
CUT	Peter Malnati	+1	70	73	143
CUT	Paul Barjon	+2	72	72	144
CUT	Will Gordon	+2	70	74	144
CUT	Neal Shipley	+2	70	74	144
CUT	Kelly Kraft	+2	70	74	144
CUT	Martin Laird	+2	69	75	144
CUT	Tyson Alexander	+2	69	75	144
CUT	Callum Tarren	+2	71	73	144
CUT	Camilo Villegas	+3	71	74	145
CUT	Erik Barnes	+3	75	70	145
CUT	Ryan McCormick	+4	68	78	146
CUT	Nick Watney	+4	71	75	146
CUT	Davis Riley	+5	73	74	147
CUT	Adam Long	+5	68	79	147
CUT	Cody Gribble	+7	72	77	149
CUT	Blake Hathcoat	+9	74	77	151
CUT	Tracy Vest	+14	75	81	156
CUT	Anders Larson(a)	+24	80	86	166
W/D	Jimmy Stanger	-	75

Simon Bale

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