Fortinet Championship R2

Fortinet Championship 2021 R2
September 16-19
Silverado Resort and Spa North, Napa, California
$7,000,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes

Maverick McNealy, still looking for a first victory after sixty six starts on the PGA Tour, started the day three shots behind the lead and finished his round in style to take a two-shot lead in the Fortinet Championship.

Fortinet Championship 2021 R2

He started on the back nine with five birdies to make the turn in 31. He bogeyed the first three holes on the front nine and recovered with birdies on the next four holes before closing with an eagle at the par-5 9th for an 8-under 64.

“It was a rollercoaster day. The front nine I played just about flawless golf, hit it where I wanted to. Then I got to the first hole and funny lie in the right rough and dumped it in the bunker shot and shanked the bunker shot, got up and down for bogey and then bogeyed the next two. I was kind of going, oh, man, this is going the wrong way quick.

Fortinet Championship 2021 R2

“The fourth hole was kind of a pivotal hole for me. My caddie, he walks the entire golf course every week before I even play it and he gets all of his numbers. He got me a really good number to cover on that bunker on that wedge shot, hit a great wedge in there to eight feet and made birdie and that kind of turned things around and finished strong.

“I hit a great drive,” he said of his final eagle. “That’s a tough fairway to hit with that angle and that wind. Hit a really good approach shot just trying to keep it short of the hole knowing that it’s easier shots from short of the green. Then I hit it and I was actually a little nervous because it looked like it landed in a pitch mark and then shot forward and right. Turns out it was a great kick.”

Fortinet Championship 2021 R2

Fellow American Beau Hossler signed for a bogey-free 64 for a share of second place at 10-under alongside Chilean Mito Pereira who produced five birdies, two bogeys and an eagle at the par-5 5th.

“You can hit driver pretty much on every hole here if you want to,”said Hossler. “With that being said, the way the course is playing, it’s very firm, even in the morning it was firm, and you get pins that are kind of tucked or three, four paces on the green. If you’re not hitting into the greens from the fairway, you have no chance of stopping the ball. Even from the fairway it’s challenging as well. I think you kind of have to pick your spots. I don’t think you’re going at the flags that often out here. Like I said, if you can get some mid-range putts, the greens are rolling nicely and you can make them. Then try and take advantage of the par-5s just like any or golf course.”

Fortinet Championship 2021 R2

Overnight leader Chez Reavie made the cut, but only just, after a round that featured four birdies, five bogeys and a double bogey at the par-3 11th for a 75.

World number 1 Jon Rahm, who has been suffering from an upset stomach, failed to make the cut after carding a second round 71.

“It’s very simple: not my best ball-striking-wise. Still wasn’t bad. Could have been better on the greens, you know. Feel like I might have made a couple of mistakes mentally on some approach shots, maybe I could have focused a little more, visualized better, but I think I left a lot of shots on the greens.”

Rahm, who heads to the Ryder Cup next week, hadn’t missed a cut sice the Wells Fargo Championship in May.

“Well, I’ve got two more days off. I think it’s primarily rest. I just, you know, I feel
like with having those stomach issues early, I wasn’t nearly as rested as I could have been, my body got a little bit tight, but I’m feeling good today.

“It was a tough course out there. If anything, I get to rest a couple extra days and be able to figure out what’s going on with my swing, which technically is not really anything bad. It’s just I think a lot of those swings were made to look worse because of how tough it is out there. It’s firm, it’s fast, the fairways are hard to hit. I just maybe didn’t hit the shot sometimes. I just feel I could have been rewarded
a little bit more, that’s about it.”

Fortinet Championship 2021 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Maverick McNealy	-12	68	64	132
T2	Beau Hossler	-10	70	64	134
T2	Mito Pereira	-10	67	67	134
T4	Troy Merritt	-9	67	68	135
T4	Will Zalatoris	-9	68	67	135
T4	Bronson Burgoon	-9	68	67	135
T7	Harold Varner III	-8	68	68	136
T7	Matt Kuchar	-8	70	66	136
T7	Russell Knox	-8	69	67	136
T10	Tom Hoge	-7	71	66	137
T10	Jim Knous	-7	70	67	137
T10	David Lipsky	-7	73	64	137
T10	Peter Malnati	-7	71	66	137
T10	Nate Lashley	-7	67	70	137
T10	Scott Stallings	-7	67	70	137
T10	John Augenstein	-7	68	69	137
T17	Hideki Matsuyama	-6	69	69	138
T17	Scott Piercy	-6	69	69	138
T17	Mark Hubbard	-6	70	68	138
T17	Patrick Rodgers	-6	68	70	138
T17	Si Woo Kim	-6	68	70	138
T17	Cameron Tringale	-6	66	72	138
T17	Dawie van der Walt	-6	68	70	138
T24	Jason Dufner	-5	67	72	139
T24	C.T. Pan	-5	71	68	139
T24	Patton Kizzire	-5	69	70	139
T24	Aaron Baddeley	-5	71	68	139
T24	Austin Cook	-5	68	71	139
T24	Austin Smotherman	-5	70	69	139
T24	Sahith Theegala	-5	69	70	139
T24	Taylor Pendrith	-5	71	68	139
T24	Talor Gooch	-5	69	70	139
T24	Max Homa	-5	67	72	139
T24	Phil Mickelson	-5	70	69	139
T24	Kevin Tway	-5	70	69	139
T24	Wyndham Clark	-5	68	71	139
T24	Scott Gutschewski	-5	69	70	139
T38	Sam Ryder	-4	69	71	140
T38	Cameron Percy	-4	71	69	140
T38	Charley Hoffman	-4	69	71	140
T38	Marc Leishman	-4	69	71	140
T38	Ryan Armour	-4	72	68	140
T38	Joseph Bramlett	-4	70	70	140
T38	Greyson Sigg	-4	68	72	140
T38	Chez Reavie	-4	65	75	140
T38	Chase Seiffert	-4	73	67	140
T38	Adam Svensson	-4	70	70	140
T38	Dylan Wu	-4	70	70	140
T49	Brendan Steele	-3	70	71	141
T49	Jim Herman	-3	70	71	141
T49	Nick Taylor	-3	70	71	141
T49	Adam Schenk	-3	68	73	141
T49	Matthew NeSmith	-3	73	68	141
T49	Vaughn Taylor	-3	70	71	141
T49	Michael Gligic	-3	71	70	141
T49	Quade Cummins	-3	72	69	141
T49	Andrew Putnam	-3	72	69	141
T49	Sean O’Hair	-3	69	72	141
T49	Michael Thompson	-3	72	69	141
T49	Webb Simpson	-3	70	71	141
T49	Brendon Todd	-3	71	70	141
T49	Lanto Griffin	-3	73	68	141
T49	Sung Kang	-3	70	71	141
T49	Peter Uihlein	-3	68	73	141
T49	Nick Watney	-3	71	70	141
T49	Luke List	-3	71	70	141
T49	Nick Hardy	-3	69	72	141
T49	Justin Suh	-3	70	71	141
T49	David Skinns	-3	70	71	141
T49	Paul Barjon	-3	70	71	141
CUT	Doc Redman	-2	71	71	142
CUT	Bo Van Pelt	-2	75	67	142
CUT	Tyler Duncan	-2	74	68	142
CUT	Charles Howell III	-2	70	72	142
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	-2	68	74	142
CUT	Trey Mullinax	-2	73	69	142
CUT	Davis Riley	-2	72	70	142
CUT	James Hahn	-2	73	69	142
CUT	Chad Ramey	-2	73	69	142
CUT	Kyle Stanley	-2	71	71	142
CUT	J.J. Spaun	-2	70	72	142
CUT	Danny Willett	-2	70	72	142
CUT	J.B. Holmes	-2	71	71	142
CUT	Adam Long	-2	70	72	142
CUT	Martin Trainer	-2	70	72	142
CUT	Aaron Rai	-2	70	72	142
CUT	Curtis Thompson	-2	71	71	142
CUT	Ryan Moore	-1	74	69	143
CUT	William McGirt	-1	71	72	143
CUT	Roger Sloan	-1	70	73	143
CUT	Bo Hoag	-1	72	71	143
CUT	Turk Pettit	-1	71	72	143
CUT	Bill Haas	-1	69	74	143
CUT	Jon Rahm	-1	72	71	143
CUT	Hank Lebioda	-1	71	72	143
CUT	Harry Higgs	-1	71	72	143
CUT	Scott Brown	-1	70	73	143
CUT	Adam Hadwin	-1	66	77	143
CUT	Lucas Herbert	-1	71	72	143
CUT	Kristoffer Ventura	-1	72	71	143
CUT	John Huh	E	71	73	144
CUT	Kelly Kraft	E	71	73	144
CUT	Seung-Yul Noh	E	72	72	144
CUT	Vincent Whaley	E	71	73	144
CUT	Andrew Novak	E	70	74	144
CUT	Hayden Buckley	E	71	73	144
CUT	Jamie Lovemark	E	69	75	144
CUT	Ben Martin	E	70	74	144
CUT	Jonathan Byrd	E	69	75	144
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	E	70	74	144
CUT	Cameron Champ	E	73	71	144
CUT	Doug Ghim	E	70	74	144
CUT	Callum Tarren	E	70	74	144
CUT	Brian Stuard	+1	77	68	145
CUT	Max McGreevy	+1	72	73	145
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	+1	75	70	145
CUT	Joshua Creel	+1	73	72	145
CUT	Brice Garnett	+1	73	72	145
CUT	Seth Reeves	+1	70	75	145
CUT	Jonas Blixt	+2	73	73	146
CUT	Alex Smalley	+2	75	71	146
CUT	Denny McCarthy	+2	72	74	146
CUT	Josh McCarthy	+2	74	72	146
CUT	Brandon Wu	+2	71	75	146
CUT	Brett Drewitt	+2	74	72	146
CUT	David Hearn	+2	72	74	146
CUT	Brandon Hagy	+2	74	72	146
CUT	Pat Perez	+2	70	76	146
CUT	Kevin Na	+2	69	77	146
CUT	Kurt Kitayama	+2	76	70	146
CUT	Tyler McCumber	+3	70	77	147
CUT	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	+3	72	75	147
CUT	Kevin Stadler	+3	74	73	147
CUT	J.T. Poston	+3	76	71	147
CUT	Hudson Swafford	+3	77	70	147
CUT	Chesson Hadley	+3	71	76	147
CUT	Chris Stroud	+3	72	75	147
CUT	Danny Lee	+3	71	76	147
CUT	Taylor Moore	+3	74	73	147
CUT	Lee Hodges	+3	73	74	147
CUT	D.J. Trahan	+4	70	78	148
CUT	Kramer Hickok	+4	74	74	148
CUT	Cameron Young	+4	75	73	148
CUT	Justin Lower	+4	69	79	148
CUT	Trevor Werbylo	+4	73	75	148
CUT	Ben Kohles	+5	74	75	149
CUT	Kevin Yu	+5	71	78	149
CUT	Kevin Chappell	+6	78	72	150
CUT	Jared Wolfe	+6	75	75	150
CUT	Sepp Straka	+7	72	79	151
CUT	Dylan Frittelli	+8	74	78	152
CUT	Michael Duncan	+9	78	75	153
CUT	Andrew Landry	+10	77	77	154
CUT	Sebastián Muñoz	+12	76	80	156
CUT	Ted Potter, Jr.	+12	74	82	156
DQ	Michael Kim	+E	72	76	148