Davis Thompson takes two-shot lead into the weekend

The American Express R2

PGA Tour rookie Davis Thompson, playing the Nicklaus Tournament Course, fired three more eagles on Friday. He closed with a 64 to hold on to his two-shot lead at 18-under in The American Express.

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The American holds his first 36-hole lead or co-lead on Tour and tied the most eagles made in a 72-hole event on record (1983-present).

“I just had some good numbers into par-5s and was able to execute my shots. I had some putts drop. So it was nice to make some eagles.”

“I think putting the ball in the fairway, hitting a lot of greens and really seeing lines well on my putts[went well],” said Thompson. “Just everything is kind of clicking these last two days and I’m just looking forward to trying to keep it rolling tomorrow.”

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Jon Rahm, also playing playing the Nicklaus Tournament Course, lies in second place at 16-under after carding a second 64.

He holds the Tour’s longest active made-cuts streak (20) with his last missed cut coming at the 2021 Fortinet Championship.

“Feeling great. Lot of confidence,” said the Spaniard. “Having essentially the hardest course two days in a row, but I’m in a really good position. So hopefully I can keep the good game going.”

Tom Kim shot the low round of the day with a 10-under 62 on the Nicklaus Course. He shares third place at 13-under with fellow South Korean Sungjae Im (66), Americans J.T. Poston (66) and Tyler Duncan (67) and Australian Jason Day (64).

Pos.PlayerTo ParR1R2Total
1Davis Thompson (NT)-186264126
2Jon Rahm (NT)-166464128
T3Tom Kim (NT)-136962131
T3J.T. Poston (SC)-136566131
T3Sungjae Im (SC)-136566131
T3Jason Day (SC)-136764131
T3Tyler Duncan (SC)-136467131
8Patton Kizzire (NT)-126963132
T9Xander Schauffele (NT)-116568133
T9Scott Piercy (NT)-116667133
T9Justin Rose (NT)-116667133
T9Scottie Scheffler (NT)-116865133
T9Taylor Montgomery (NT)-116469133
T14Kevin Tway (SC)-106767134
T14Andrew Landry (NT)-106866134
T14Patrick Cantlay (NT)-106866134
T14Beau Hossler (NT)-106866134
T14Si Woo Kim (NT)-107064134
T14Sam Burns (LQ)-106470134
T14Robby Shelton (LQ)-106668134
T21Stewart Cink (NT)-96768135
T21Christiaan Bezuidenhout (LQ)-96867135
T21Eric Cole (SC)-96570135
T21Danny Lee (LQ)-96768135
T21Ryan Brehm (SC)-96768135
T21Alex Smalley (LQ)-96768135
T21Carson Young (SC)-96768135
T21Trevor Werbylo (SC)-96669135
T21Greyson Sigg (SC)-96669135
T21Garrick Higgo (LQ)-96768135
T21Thomas Detry (NT)-96966135
T21Zach Johnson (LQ)-96768135
T21Russell Knox (LQ)-96669135
T34Sahith Theegala (NT)-86670136
T34Michael Block (SC)-86571136
T34Denny McCarthy (NT)-86571136
T34Matti Schmid (LQ)-86472136
T34Chris Kirk (NT)-86967136
T34Harry Higgs (LQ)-87066136
T34Rickie Fowler (NT)-86868136
T34Tony Finau (NT)-86967136
T34Keith Mitchell (LQ)-86670136
T34Joseph Bramlett (SC)-86670136
T34Dean Burmester (SC)-86571136
T34Harrison Endycott (LQ)-86571136
T46Matthias Schwab (LQ)-76671137
T46Tano Goya (LQ)-76671137
T46Ryan Armour (NT)-76968137
T46Davis Riley (NT)-77067137
T46Michael Kim (LQ)-76770137
T46Taylor Moore (NT)-76869137
T46Erik van Rooyen (LQ)-76572137
T46Tom Hoge (LQ)-77166137
T46Harry Hall (LQ)-77265137
T46Stephan Jaeger (LQ)-76869137
T46Ben Taylor (LQ)-76869137
T46Adam Hadwin (NT)-76869137
T46Justin Suh (NT)-77265137
T59Ben Martin (SC)-67266138
T59Mark Hubbard (SC)-66771138
T59Brendon Todd (SC)-66870138
T59Sebastián Muñoz (LQ)-67167138
T59Will Gordon (NT)-66870138
T59Andrew Putnam (LQ)-66969138
T59Callum Tarren (LQ)-67167138
T59Charley Hoffman (NT)-66771138
T59Dylan Wu (LQ)-66969138
T59Kevin Roy (SC)-67068138
T59Sam Stevens (NT)-67068138
T59Austin Cook (SC)-66870138
T59Cameron Young (SC)-66870138
T59Will Zalatoris (SC)-66969138
T59Richy Werenski (SC)-66870138
T59Taylor Pendrith (NT)-67167138
T59Kevin Yu (SC)-67167138
T59Zecheng Dou (LQ)-67068138
T59John Pak (LQ)-67068138
T78Sam Ryder (LQ)-56970139
T78Justin Lower (NT)-57168139
T78David Lingmerth (LQ)-57168139
T78Vincent Norrman (LQ)-57069139
T78Jimmy Walker (SC)-56871139
T78Jhonattan Vegas (SC)-57366139
T78Harris English (LQ)-56871139
T78Aaron Baddeley (LQ)-57168139
T78Paul Haley II (SC)-57267139
T78MJ Daffue (NT)-56871139
T88Peter Malnati (SC)-46872140
T88Zac Blair (SC)-46971140
T88Aaron Wise (LQ)-47070140
T88Augusto Núñez (LQ)-47070140
T88Anders Albertson (LQ)-46872140
T88K.H. Lee (LQ)-47268140
T88Luke List (LQ)-47367140
T88Caleb Surratt (SC) (a)-47169140
T88Nate Lashley (SC)-46971140
T88Martin Laird (NT)-47169140
T88Ben Griffin (SC)-47367140
T88Scott Harrington (NT)-46971140
T88Troy Merritt (LQ)-46971140
T101Brendan Steele (NT)-36873141
T101Wesley Bryan (SC)-36774141
T101Trevor Cone (NT)-36972141
T101S.Y. Noh (SC)-36774141
T101Aaron Rai (SC)-37071141
T101Byeong Hun An (SC)-36774141
T101Brian Harman (SC)-37170141
T101Brice Garnett (SC)-37269141
T101Doug Ghim (NT)-36972141
T101Wyndham Clark (LQ)-37071141
T101Nick Taylor (NT)-37071141
T101Bill Haas (NT)-36972141
T101Kramer Hickok (LQ)-37170141
T101Lucas Glover (LQ)-36972141
T101Nico Echavarria (LQ)-37071141
T116Ryan Moore (LQ)-27270142
T116Erik Barnes (LQ)-27369142
T116Emiliano Grillo (SC)-26973142
T116Adam Long (NT)-27171142
T120Brandon Wu (LQ)-17568143
T120Cam Davis (LQ)-17271143
T120Carl Yuan (SC)-17073143
T120S.H. Kim (SC)-17073143
T120Kyle Westmoreland (NT)-17667143
T120Satoshi Kodaira (SC)-17568143
T120Kevin Chappell (SC)-16974143
T120Matthew NeSmith (NT)-17568143
T120Patrick Rodgers (NT)-16875143
T120David Lipsky (LQ)-17271143
T120Michael Gligic (LQ)-17370143
T120Jason Dufner (SC)-16974143
T120Chesson Hadley (LQ)-17370143
T133Lee Hodges (LQ)Par7668144
T133Philip Knowles (LQ)Par7272144
T133Jonathan Byrd (SC)Par7173144
T133James Hahn (SC)Par7371144
T133Danny Willett (SC)Par7173144
T133Max McGreevy (NT)Par7272144
T133Tyson Alexander (SC)Par7074144
T140Michael Thompson (SC)+17471145
T140Hank Lebioda (NT)+17075145
T140Taiga Semikawa (SC)+17075145
T140Gunner Wiebe (SC)+17075145
T140Nick Watney (SC)+17075145
T140Chez Reavie (NT)+17174145
T146Sung Kang (NT)+27571146
T146Rory Sabbatini (LQ)+27472146
T146Brandon Matthews (NT)+27076146
T146Austin Eckroat (NT)+27274146
T150Dylan Frittelli (NT)+37473147
T150Martin Trainer (SC)+37473147
T150Robert Streb (LQ)+37176147
153Brian Stuard (SC)+47276148
154Brent Grant (NT)+57574149
155Andrew Novak (NT)+87379152
156Adam Schenk (NT)+97776153
Updated: November 29, 2023
The American Express 2023
Date: 19th January - 22nd January, 2023
Location: La Quinta / Nicklaus Tournament Course / Pete Dye Stadium Course, La Quinta, California
Purse: $8,000,000