July 18-21
Keene Trace Golf Club, Nicholasville, Kentucky
$3,500,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4
Jim Herman took the Barbasol Championship lead - with some help from President Donald Trump.
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2. @BHaasGolf -13
T3. @DJTrahanPGA -12@KKraft11@DavidTomsGolf @KramerHickok
T7. @JSMunozGolf -11@AustinCookGolf
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Trump's regular golf partner while working as an assistant professional at Trump National Bedminster in New Jersey, Herman changed to a conventional putting grip and clubhead at the president's suggestion.
''He gave me a good talking to and told me to use a different style if it's not working,'' Herman said. ''So, that was a couple weeks ago and I finally put it into play.''
It has worked well at rain-softened Keene Trace, with Herman shooting his second straight 7-under 65 on Friday to take the second-round lead in the PGA Tour event. Encouraged years ago by Trump to pursue a playing career, Herman is in position for his second PGA Tour victory.
''Some great advice, so I appreciate it,'' Herman said. ''Seems like I played pretty well after I played with him. I played with him the week before I won Houston, so maybe that's a sign to come, hopefully.''
Herman had a one-stroke lead over Bill Haas.
''Everything seems to be working this week,'' Herman said. ''Nice change up. I haven't been playing very well or had the best results lately. Just some good play. โฆ Hitting a lot of greens and making some putts and that's always a good combination.''
Haas followed his opening 65 with a 66. He made a 45-foot eagle putt on the par-5 eighth, his 17th hole.
''The eagle was nice,'' Haas said. ''That drive I won't say is uncomfortable for me, but I just fear left a lot. I feel like I could hit it left, so I tend to miss those tee shots right. I hit a nice tee shot down the fairway and I just told myself to be aggressive with a nice drawing iron in there. Aggressive was still 30 feet right. So, 30 footer up over a slope, I just would have been happy with a two putt there. Just fortunate to make a long one.''
David Toms was two strokes back at 12 under after a 64. The 52-year-old Toms made a 13-foot eagle putt on the par-5 fifth, his 14th hole of the day. D.J. Trahan, Kelly Kraft and Kramer Hickok also were 12 under, each shooting 67.
''Just really solid,'' Toms said. ''Probably the key to today is I had a couple pitch-ins from off the green in tough situations on a couple of the par 3s, so to hole those kind of kept my round going. But other than that, I hit a lot of shots in the fairway, I had a lot of birdie chances.''
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez (65), Austin Cook (66), Sebastian Munoz (68) and Wes Roach (69) were 11 under.
Tom Lovelady played the first six holes on the back nine in 7 under, capped by a 10-foot eagle putt on the par-5 15th. He bogeyed the par-3 16th and parred the last two for a 65 to top the group at 10 under.
J.T. Poston, the first-round leader after a 62, had a 73 to drop into a tie for 18th at 9 under. Canadian Nick Taylor, a stroke behind Poston after an opening 63, also was 9 under after a 72.
John Daly missed the cut with rounds of 71 and 72. Fighting osteoarthritis in his right knee, the 53-year-old Daly was playing his first PGA Tour event since he was approved for a cart last fall. Denied a cart by the R&A for the British Open, he has been approved for a cart at PGA Tour events until the end of the year.
The winner will receive a spot in the PGA Championship, but not in the Masters.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
Score |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
1 |
Jim Herman | USA |
-14 |
65 |
65 |
130 |
2 |
Bill Haas | USA |
-13 |
65 |
66 |
131 |
T3 |
D. J. Trahan | USA |
-12 |
65 |
67 |
132 |
T3 |
Kelly Kraft | USA |
-12 |
65 |
67 |
132 |
T3 |
David Toms | USA |
-12 |
68 |
64 |
132 |
T3 |
Kramer Hickok | USA |
-12 |
65 |
67 |
132 |
T7 |
Sebastian Munoz | COL |
-11 |
65 |
68 |
133 |
T7 |
Austin Cook | USA |
-11 |
67 |
66 |
133 |
T7 |
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez | MEX |
-11 |
68 |
65 |
133 |
T7 |
Wes Roach | USA |
-11 |
64 |
69 |
133 |
T11 |
Roberto Castro | USA |
-10 |
65 |
69 |
134 |
T11 |
Charlie Beljan | USA |
-10 |
68 |
66 |
134 |
T11 |
Chase Wright | USA |
-10 |
67 |
67 |
134 |
T11 |
Hank Lebioda | USA |
-10 |
70 |
64 |
134 |
T11 |
Cody Gribble | USA |
-10 |
68 |
66 |
134 |
T11 |
Martin Laird | SCO |
-10 |
68 |
66 |
134 |
T11 |
Tom Lovelady | USA |
-10 |
69 |
65 |
134 |
T18 |
Billy Hurley III | USA |
-9 |
68 |
67 |
135 |
T18 |
Josh Teater | USA |
-9 |
65 |
70 |
135 |
T18 |
Robert Garrigus | USA |
-9 |
70 |
65 |
135 |
T18 |
Zack Sucher | USA |
-9 |
70 |
65 |
135 |
T18 |
Case Cochran | USA |
-9 |
71 |
64 |
135 |
T18 |
Dominic Bozzelli | USA |
-9 |
67 |
68 |
135 |
T18 |
Fredrik Jacobson | SWE |
-9 |
67 |
68 |
135 |
T18 |
J. T. Poston | USA |
-9 |
62 |
73 |
135 |
T18 |
Nick Taylor | CAN |
-9 |
63 |
72 |
135 |
T27 |
Tyrone van Aswegen | RSA |
-8 |
70 |
66 |
136 |
T27 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-8 |
70 |
66 |
136 |
T27 |
Will MacKenzie | USA |
-8 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T27 |
Cameron Davis | AUS |
-8 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T27 |
Tom Hoge | USA |
-8 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T27 |
Richy Werenski | USA |
-8 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T27 |
Brice Garnett | USA |
-8 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T27 |
Denny McCarthy | USA |
-8 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T27 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
-8 |
66 |
70 |
136 |
T27 |
John Merrick | USA |
-8 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T27 |
Ricky Barnes | USA |
-8 |
66 |
70 |
136 |
T27 |
Sepp Straka | AUT |
-8 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T27 |
Anders Albertson | USA |
-8 |
66 |
70 |
136 |
T40 |
Jason Dufner | USA |
-7 |
67 |
70 |
137 |
T40 |
Alex Prugh | USA |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
137 |
T40 |
Scott Langley | USA |
-7 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
T40 |
Ryan Armour | USA |
-7 |
70 |
67 |
137 |
T44 |
Seamus Power | IRL |
-6 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T44 |
Harris English | USA |
-6 |
72 |
66 |
138 |
T44 |
George McNeill | USA |
-6 |
71 |
67 |
138 |
T44 |
Benjamin Silverman | CAN |
-6 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
T44 |
Chip McDaniel | USA |
-6 |
71 |
67 |
138 |
T44 |
Peter Malnati | USA |
-6 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
T44 |
Ryan Blaum | USA |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T44 |
Peter Uihlein | USA |
-6 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T44 |
Jhonattan Vegas | VEN |
-6 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T44 |
David Hearn | CAN |
-6 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T44 |
Kyle Jones | USA |
-6 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
T44 |
Stephen Stallings Jr. | USA |
-6 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
T44 |
Stephan Jaeger | GER |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T57 |
Chris Couch | USA |
-5 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
T57 |
Fabian Gomez | ARG |
-5 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T57 |
Rod Pampling | AUS |
-5 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
T57 |
Satoshi Kodaira | JPN |
-5 |
67 |
72 |
139 |
T57 |
Jonathan Byrd | USA |
-5 |
73 |
66 |
139 |
T57 |
Shawn Stefani | USA |
-5 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T57 |
Nicholas Lindheim | USA |
-5 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T57 |
Julian Etulain | ARG |
-5 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T57 |
Meen-Whee Kim | KOR |
-5 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T57 |
Ted Potter Jr. | USA |
-5 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T57 |
John Chin | USA |
-5 |
73 |
66 |
139 |
T68 |
Johnson Wagner | USA |
-4 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T68 |
Arjun Atwal | IND |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T68 |
Hunter Mahan | USA |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T68 |
Heath Slocum | USA |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T68 |
Cullan Brown | USA |
-4 |
72 |
68 |
140 |
T68 |
Boo Weekley | USA |
-4 |
68 |
72 |
140 |
T68 |
Brandon Harkins | USA |
-4 |
68 |
72 |
140 |
T68 |
Charlie Wi | KOR |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T68 |
Sam Saunders | USA |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T68 |
Daniel Chopra | SWE |
-4 |
67 |
73 |
140 |
T68 |
Tommy Gainey | USA |
-4 |
72 |
68 |
140 |
T68 |
Brendon Todd | USA |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
CUT |
Adam Svensson | CAN |
-3 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
CUT |
Brian Gay | USA |
-3 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
CUT |
J. J. Henry | USA |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
CUT |
Lukas Euler | GER |
-3 |
74 |
67 |
141 |
CUT |
Troy Matteson | USA |
-3 |
68 |
73 |
141 |
CUT |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
-3 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
CUT |
Andres Romero | ARG |
-2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
CUT |
Chad Collins | USA |
-2 |
68 |
74 |
142 |
CUT |
Chris Thompson | USA |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
CUT |
Danny Lee | NZL |
-2 |
75 |
67 |
142 |
CUT |
David Lingmerth | SWE |
-2 |
79 |
63 |
142 |
CUT |
Derek Fathauer | USA |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
CUT |
John Rollins | USA |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
CUT |
Martin Piller | USA |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
CUT |
Callum Bruce | SCO |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
CUT |
Chris Wilson | USA |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
CUT |
Derek Ernst | USA |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
CUT |
Grover Justice | USA |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
CUT |
Jason Bohn | USA |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
CUT |
John Daly | USA |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
CUT |
Jonathan Kaye | USA |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
CUT |
Mark Wilson | USA |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
CUT |
Parker McLachlin | USA |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
CUT |
Patrick Rodgers | USA |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
CUT |
Roberto Diaz | MEX |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
CUT |
Steve Flesch | USA |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
CUT |
Troy Merritt | USA |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
CUT |
Brian Stuard | USA |
Par |
75 |
69 |
144 |
CUT |
Hunter Richardson | USA |
Par |
75 |
69 |
144 |
CUT |
Mike Weir | CAN |
Par |
76 |
68 |
144 |
CUT |
Ollie Schniederjans | USA |
Par |
74 |
70 |
144 |
CUT |
Robert Streb | USA |
Par |
76 |
68 |
144 |
CUT |
Will Claxton | USA |
Par |
74 |
70 |
144 |
CUT |
Yong-Eun Yang | KOR |
Par |
75 |
69 |
144 |
CUT |
Berry Henson | USA |
1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
CUT |
Joey Garber | USA |
1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
CUT |
Marcus Montenegro | ARG |
1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
CUT |
Steve Allan | AUS |
1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
CUT |
Beau Hossler | USA |
2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
CUT |
Brendon de Jonge | ZIM |
2 |
70 |
76 |
146 |
CUT |
Chad Campbell | USA |
2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
CUT |
Cooper Musselman | USA |
2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
CUT |
Trey Mullinax | USA |
2 |
69 |
77 |
146 |
CUT |
Eric Axley | USA |
3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Jay McLuen | USA |
4 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
CUT |
Omar Uresti | USA |
4 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
CUT |
Seth Reeves | USA |
4 |
72 |
76 |
148 |
CUT |
Tim Herron | USA |
4 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
CUT |
Hunter Stewart | USA |
5 |
76 |
73 |
149 |
CUT |
John Senden | AUS |
5 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
CUT |
Robert Allenby | AUS |
6 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
CUT |
Brian Davis | ENG |
8 |
76 |
76 |
152 |
RET |
Brady Schnell | USA |
Par |
75 |
- |
75 |