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. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davis Thompson (NT) | -18 | 62 | 64 | 126 |
| 2 | Jon Rahm (NT) | -16 | 64 | 64 | 128 |
| T3 | Tom Kim (NT) | -13 | 69 | 62 | 131 |
| T3 | J.T. Poston (SC) | -13 | 65 | 66 | 131 |
| T3 | Sungjae Im (SC) | -13 | 65 | 66 | 131 |
| T3 | Jason Day (SC) | -13 | 67 | 64 | 131 |
| T3 | Tyler Duncan (SC) | -13 | 64 | 67 | 131 |
| 8 | Patton Kizzire (NT) | -12 | 69 | 63 | 132 |
| T9 | Xander Schauffele (NT) | -11 | 65 | 68 | 133 |
| T9 | Scott Piercy (NT) | -11 | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T9 | Justin Rose (NT) | -11 | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T9 | Scottie Scheffler (NT) | -11 | 68 | 65 | 133 |
| T9 | Taylor Montgomery (NT) | -11 | 64 | 69 | 133 |
| T14 | Kevin Tway (SC) | -10 | 67 | 67 | 134 |
| T14 | Andrew Landry (NT) | -10 | 68 | 66 | 134 |
| T14 | Patrick Cantlay (NT) | -10 | 68 | 66 | 134 |
| T14 | Beau Hossler (NT) | -10 | 68 | 66 | 134 |
| T14 | Si Woo Kim (NT) | -10 | 70 | 64 | 134 |
| T14 | Sam Burns (LQ) | -10 | 64 | 70 | 134 |
| T14 | Robby Shelton (LQ) | -10 | 66 | 68 | 134 |
| T21 | Stewart Cink (NT) | -9 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T21 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout (LQ) | -9 | 68 | 67 | 135 |
| T21 | Eric Cole (SC) | -9 | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| T21 | Danny Lee (LQ) | -9 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T21 | Ryan Brehm (SC) | -9 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T21 | Alex Smalley (LQ) | -9 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T21 | Carson Young (SC) | -9 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T21 | Trevor Werbylo (SC) | -9 | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T21 | Greyson Sigg (SC) | -9 | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T21 | Garrick Higgo (LQ) | -9 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T21 | Thomas Detry (NT) | -9 | 69 | 66 | 135 |
| T21 | Zach Johnson (LQ) | -9 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T21 | Russell Knox (LQ) | -9 | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T34 | Sahith Theegala (NT) | -8 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T34 | Michael Block (SC) | -8 | 65 | 71 | 136 |
| T34 | Denny McCarthy (NT) | -8 | 65 | 71 | 136 |
| T34 | Matti Schmid (LQ) | -8 | 64 | 72 | 136 |
| T34 | Chris Kirk (NT) | -8 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T34 | Harry Higgs (LQ) | -8 | 70 | 66 | 136 |
| T34 | Rickie Fowler (NT) | -8 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T34 | Tony Finau (NT) | -8 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T34 | Keith Mitchell (LQ) | -8 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T34 | Joseph Bramlett (SC) | -8 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T34 | Dean Burmester (SC) | -8 | 65 | 71 | 136 |
| T34 | Harrison Endycott (LQ) | -8 | 65 | 71 | 136 |
| T46 | Matthias Schwab (LQ) | -7 | 66 | 71 | 137 |
| T46 | Tano Goya (LQ) | -7 | 66 | 71 | 137 |
| T46 | Ryan Armour (NT) | -7 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T46 | Davis Riley (NT) | -7 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T46 | Michael Kim (LQ) | -7 | 67 | 70 | 137 |
| T46 | Taylor Moore (NT) | -7 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T46 | Erik van Rooyen (LQ) | -7 | 65 | 72 | 137 |
| T46 | Tom Hoge (LQ) | -7 | 71 | 66 | 137 |
| T46 | Harry Hall (LQ) | -7 | 72 | 65 | 137 |
| T46 | Stephan Jaeger (LQ) | -7 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T46 | Ben Taylor (LQ) | -7 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T46 | Adam Hadwin (NT) | -7 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T46 | Justin Suh (NT) | -7 | 72 | 65 | 137 |
| T59 | Ben Martin (SC) | -6 | 72 | 66 | 138 |
| T59 | Mark Hubbard (SC) | -6 | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| T59 | Brendon Todd (SC) | -6 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| T59 | Sebastián Muñoz (LQ) | -6 | 71 | 67 | 138 |
| T59 | Will Gordon (NT) | -6 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| T59 | Andrew Putnam (LQ) | -6 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T59 | Callum Tarren (LQ) | -6 | 71 | 67 | 138 |
| T59 | Charley Hoffman (NT) | -6 | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| T59 | Dylan Wu (LQ) | -6 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T59 | Kevin Roy (SC) | -6 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T59 | Sam Stevens (NT) | -6 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T59 | Austin Cook (SC) | -6 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| T59 | Cameron Young (SC) | -6 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| T59 | Will Zalatoris (SC) | -6 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T59 | Richy Werenski (SC) | -6 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| T59 | Taylor Pendrith (NT) | -6 | 71 | 67 | 138 |
| T59 | Kevin Yu (SC) | -6 | 71 | 67 | 138 |
| T59 | Zecheng Dou (LQ) | -6 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T59 | John Pak (LQ) | -6 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T78 | Sam Ryder (LQ) | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T78 | Justin Lower (NT) | -5 | 71 | 68 | 139 |
| T78 | David Lingmerth (LQ) | -5 | 71 | 68 | 139 |
| T78 | Vincent Norrman (LQ) | -5 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| T78 | Jimmy Walker (SC) | -5 | 68 | 71 | 139 |
| T78 | Jhonattan Vegas (SC) | -5 | 73 | 66 | 139 |
| T78 | Harris English (LQ) | -5 | 68 | 71 | 139 |
| T78 | Aaron Baddeley (LQ) | -5 | 71 | 68 | 139 |
| T78 | Paul Haley II (SC) | -5 | 72 | 67 | 139 |
| T78 | MJ Daffue (NT) | -5 | 68 | 71 | 139 |
| T88 | Peter Malnati (SC) | -4 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| T88 | Zac Blair (SC) | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| T88 | Aaron Wise (LQ) | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| T88 | Augusto Núñez (LQ) | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| T88 | Anders Albertson (LQ) | -4 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| T88 | K.H. Lee (LQ) | -4 | 72 | 68 | 140 |
| T88 | Luke List (LQ) | -4 | 73 | 67 | 140 |
| T88 | Caleb Surratt (SC) (a) | -4 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| T88 | Nate Lashley (SC) | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| T88 | Martin Laird (NT) | -4 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| T88 | Ben Griffin (SC) | -4 | 73 | 67 | 140 |
| T88 | Scott Harrington (NT) | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| T88 | Troy Merritt (LQ) | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| T101 | Brendan Steele (NT) | -3 | 68 | 73 | 141 |
| T101 | Wesley Bryan (SC) | -3 | 67 | 74 | 141 |
| T101 | Trevor Cone (NT) | -3 | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| T101 | S.Y. Noh (SC) | -3 | 67 | 74 | 141 |
| T101 | Aaron Rai (SC) | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| T101 | Byeong Hun An (SC) | -3 | 67 | 74 | 141 |
| T101 | Brian Harman (SC) | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| T101 | Brice Garnett (SC) | -3 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| T101 | Doug Ghim (NT) | -3 | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| T101 | Wyndham Clark (LQ) | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| T101 | Nick Taylor (NT) | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| T101 | Bill Haas (NT) | -3 | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| T101 | Kramer Hickok (LQ) | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| T101 | Lucas Glover (LQ) | -3 | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| T101 | Nico Echavarria (LQ) | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| T116 | Ryan Moore (LQ) | -2 | 72 | 70 | 142 |
| T116 | Erik Barnes (LQ) | -2 | 73 | 69 | 142 |
| T116 | Emiliano Grillo (SC) | -2 | 69 | 73 | 142 |
| T116 | Adam Long (NT) | -2 | 71 | 71 | 142 |
| T120 | Brandon Wu (LQ) | -1 | 75 | 68 | 143 |
| T120 | Cam Davis (LQ) | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| T120 | Carl Yuan (SC) | -1 | 70 | 73 | 143 |
| T120 | S.H. Kim (SC) | -1 | 70 | 73 | 143 |
| T120 | Kyle Westmoreland (NT) | -1 | 76 | 67 | 143 |
| T120 | Satoshi Kodaira (SC) | -1 | 75 | 68 | 143 |
| T120 | Kevin Chappell (SC) | -1 | 69 | 74 | 143 |
| T120 | Matthew NeSmith (NT) | -1 | 75 | 68 | 143 |
| T120 | Patrick Rodgers (NT) | -1 | 68 | 75 | 143 |
| T120 | David Lipsky (LQ) | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| T120 | Michael Gligic (LQ) | -1 | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| T120 | Jason Dufner (SC) | -1 | 69 | 74 | 143 |
| T120 | Chesson Hadley (LQ) | -1 | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| T133 | Lee Hodges (LQ) | Par | 76 | 68 | 144 |
| T133 | Philip Knowles (LQ) | Par | 72 | 72 | 144 |
| T133 | Jonathan Byrd (SC) | Par | 71 | 73 | 144 |
| T133 | James Hahn (SC) | Par | 73 | 71 | 144 |
| T133 | Danny Willett (SC) | Par | 71 | 73 | 144 |
| T133 | Max McGreevy (NT) | Par | 72 | 72 | 144 |
| T133 | Tyson Alexander (SC) | Par | 70 | 74 | 144 |
| T140 | Michael Thompson (SC) | +1 | 74 | 71 | 145 |
| T140 | Hank Lebioda (NT) | +1 | 70 | 75 | 145 |
| T140 | Taiga Semikawa (SC) | +1 | 70 | 75 | 145 |
| T140 | Gunner Wiebe (SC) | +1 | 70 | 75 | 145 |
| T140 | Nick Watney (SC) | +1 | 70 | 75 | 145 |
| T140 | Chez Reavie (NT) | +1 | 71 | 74 | 145 |
| T146 | Sung Kang (NT) | +2 | 75 | 71 | 146 |
| T146 | Rory Sabbatini (LQ) | +2 | 74 | 72 | 146 |
| T146 | Brandon Matthews (NT) | +2 | 70 | 76 | 146 |
| T146 | Austin Eckroat (NT) | +2 | 72 | 74 | 146 |
| T150 | Dylan Frittelli (NT) | +3 | 74 | 73 | 147 |
| T150 | Martin Trainer (SC) | +3 | 74 | 73 | 147 |
| T150 | Robert Streb (LQ) | +3 | 71 | 76 | 147 |
| 153 | Brian Stuard (SC) | +4 | 72 | 76 | 148 |
| 154 | Brent Grant (NT) | +5 | 75 | 74 | 149 |
| 155 | Andrew Novak (NT) | +8 | 73 | 79 | 152 |
| 156 | Adam Schenk (NT) | +9 | 77 | 76 | 153 |
