Cameron Young holds closed with a 64 on Friday to take a two-shot lead in the John Deere Classic.
The American hit 15 of 18 greens in regulation for the second consecutive day en route to 65-64—129, one stroke shy of his best opening 36-hole total on Tour (66-62—128 at the 2022 Genesis Invitational/T2).
“I definitely drove it better yesterday. I don’t know what the stats are, but yesterday I think I only really — I might have missed three fairways, but two of them were first cuts, and they were both really good shots right down the middle of 9 and right down the middle of 4.
“So I think I definitely drove it better yesterday. I think I hit a few really good iron shots today, which probably helped the stats quite a bit.
“Then obviously I putted really nicely, especially early today. They felt similar. I felt like I was a little bit more in control of the driver yesterday.
“But all in all, very similar. I was pretty comfortable each day.”
Young holds the 36-hole lead/co-lead for the first time on Tour. He was the 2022 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year and has recorded six runner-up results, including one this season at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play when he lost the final to Sam Burns. At No. 19 in the Official World Golf Ranking, he is the highest-ranked player in the field.
Adam Schenk carded a bogey-free 66 for a share of second place at 11-under alongside fellow American Brendon Todd (65) and South Africa’s Garrick Higgo (66).
Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg closed with a 64 for a share of fifth place at 10-under alongside Americans William Mouw (66), Denny McCarthy (64) and Kevin Roy (bogey-free 63).
Mouw, playing on a sponsor exemption, and Schenk are the only two players bogey-free through 36-holes.
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Starting on the back nine, overnight leader Jonas Blixt posted nine straight pars on the same nine holes he carded the first sub-30 nine-hole score of his PGA Tourcareer on Thursday (29).
Of the players who made the cut, Blixt was the only player to shoot an over-par score in the second round and is currently tied in 18th place at 7-under.
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Young | -13 | 65 | 64 | 129 |
| T2 | Adam Schenk | -11 | 65 | 66 | 131 |
| T2 | Garrick Higgo | -11 | 65 | 66 | 131 |
| T2 | Brendon Todd | -11 | 66 | 65 | 131 |
| T5 | Ludvig Aberg | -10 | 68 | 64 | 132 |
| T5 | William Mouw | -10 | 66 | 66 | 132 |
| T5 | Denny McCarthy | -10 | 68 | 64 | 132 |
| T5 | Kevin Roy | -10 | 69 | 63 | 132 |
| 9 | Mark Hubbard | -9 | 67 | 66 | 133 |
| T10 | Grayson Murray | -8 | 64 | 70 | 134 |
| T10 | Lucas Glover | -8 | 69 | 65 | 134 |
| T10 | Kevin Streelman | -8 | 71 | 63 | 134 |
| T10 | Peter Kuest | -8 | 67 | 67 | 134 |
| T10 | Cody Gribble | -8 | 68 | 66 | 134 |
| T10 | Jim Herman | -8 | 71 | 63 | 134 |
| T10 | Chris Kirk | -8 | 68 | 66 | 134 |
| T10 | Nate Lashley | -8 | 65 | 69 | 134 |
| T18 | J.T. Poston | -7 | 68 | 67 | 135 |
| T18 | Akshay Bhatia | -7 | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T18 | Yuto Katsuragawa | -7 | 72 | 63 | 135 |
| T18 | Greyson Sigg | -7 | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| T18 | Jonas Blixt | -7 | 62 | 73 | 135 |
| T18 | Seamus Power | -7 | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T18 | Adam Svensson | -7 | 69 | 66 | 135 |
| T18 | Keith Mitchell | -7 | 68 | 67 | 135 |
| T18 | Jimmy Walker | -7 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T18 | Doug Ghim | -7 | 70 | 65 | 135 |
| T18 | Tano Goya | -7 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T29 | Alex Smalley | -6 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T29 | Richy Werenski | -6 | 65 | 71 | 136 |
| T29 | Tyler Duncan | -6 | 70 | 66 | 136 |
| T29 | Sepp Straka | -6 | 73 | 63 | 136 |
| T29 | Nick Hardy | -6 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
| T29 | Satoshi Kodaira | -6 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
| T29 | Eric Cole | -6 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T29 | Chris Stroud | -6 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
| T29 | MJ Daffue | -6 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T29 | Ryan Gerard | -6 | 71 | 65 | 136 |
| T29 | Michael Thorbjornsen(a) | -6 | 73 | 63 | 136 |
| T29 | Beau Hossler | -6 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T29 | Troy Merritt | -6 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T29 | Matt NeSmith | -6 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T29 | Brian Stuard | -6 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T29 | Jason Dufner | -6 | 70 | 66 | 136 |
| T45 | Byeong Hun An | -5 | 67 | 70 | 137 |
| T45 | Davis Thompson | -5 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T45 | Chad Ramey | -5 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T45 | Cameron Champ | -5 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T45 | Robert Streb | -5 | 71 | 66 | 137 |
| T45 | S.Y. Noh | -5 | 71 | 66 | 137 |
| T45 | Aaron Baddeley | -5 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T45 | Austin Smotherman | -5 | 71 | 66 | 137 |
| T45 | Kevin Yu | -5 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T45 | Stephan Jaeger | -5 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T45 | Harrison Endycott | -5 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T45 | Russell Henley | -5 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T45 | Russell Knox | -5 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T45 | Chez Reavie | -5 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T45 | Lanto Griffin | -5 | 71 | 66 | 137 |
| T45 | Andrew Novak | -5 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T45 | Gordon Sargent(a) | -5 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T62 | Harry Higgs | -4 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T62 | Geoff Ogilvy | -4 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T62 | Brandon Matthews | -4 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| T62 | Kramer Hickok | -4 | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| T62 | Matt Kuchar | -4 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T62 | Zach Johnson | -4 | 72 | 66 | 138 |
| T62 | Andrew Landry | -4 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T62 | James Hahn | -4 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| CUT | William McGirt | -3 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| CUT | Dylan Wu | -3 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| CUT | Adam Long | -3 | 71 | 68 | 139 |
| CUT | Tyson Alexander | -3 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| CUT | Nico Echavarria | -3 | 68 | 71 | 139 |
| CUT | Martin Laird | -3 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| CUT | Joel Dahmen | -3 | 68 | 71 | 139 |
| CUT | Ben Martin | -3 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| CUT | Robby Shelton | -3 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| CUT | Trevor Cone | -3 | 72 | 67 | 139 |
| CUT | Trevor Werbylo | -3 | 73 | 66 | 139 |
| CUT | Patrick Rodgers | -3 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| CUT | Trey Mullinax | -3 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| CUT | Zac Blair | -3 | 68 | 71 | 139 |
| CUT | Nick Watney | -3 | 72 | 67 | 139 |
| CUT | Ryan Moore | -3 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| CUT | Wesley Bryan | -3 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| CUT | D.A. Points | -2 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| CUT | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -2 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| CUT | S.H. Kim | -2 | 72 | 68 | 140 |
| CUT | Michael Kim | -2 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| CUT | Emiliano Grillo | -2 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| CUT | Sam Ryder | -2 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| CUT | David Lipsky | -2 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| CUT | Sam Stevens | -2 | 73 | 67 | 140 |
| CUT | Carl Yuan | -2 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| CUT | Taylor Moore | -2 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| CUT | Derek Ernst | -2 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| CUT | Kelly Kraft | -1 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| CUT | Sung Kang | -1 | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| CUT | K.H. Lee | -1 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| CUT | Vince Whaley | -1 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| CUT | Tommy Kuhl | -1 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| CUT | Henrik Norlander | -1 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | -1 | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| CUT | Callum Tarren | -1 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| CUT | Brandt Snedeker | -1 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| CUT | Hank Lebioda | -1 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| CUT | Max McGreevy | -1 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| CUT | Scott Harrington | -1 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| CUT | Scott Brown | Par | 71 | 71 | 142 |
| CUT | Derek Lamely | Par | 70 | 72 | 142 |
| CUT | Paul Haley II | Par | 72 | 70 | 142 |
| CUT | Dylan Frittelli | Par | 71 | 71 | 142 |
| CUT | Joseph Bramlett | Par | 74 | 68 | 142 |
| CUT | Patton Kizzire | Par | 71 | 71 | 142 |
| CUT | Erik van Rooyen | Par | 70 | 72 | 142 |
| CUT | Ryan Brehm | Par | 71 | 71 | 142 |
| CUT | Kevin Chappell | Par | 71 | 71 | 142 |
| CUT | Austin Cook | Par | 69 | 73 | 142 |
| CUT | Augusto Núñez | Par | 73 | 69 | 142 |
| CUT | Ross Steelman | Par | 69 | 73 | 142 |
| CUT | Reid Martin | Par | 72 | 70 | 142 |
| CUT | Adam Hadwin | +1 | 70 | 73 | 143 |
| CUT | Cameron Percy | +1 | 74 | 69 | 143 |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | +1 | 71 | 72 | 143 |
| CUT | Martin Trainer | +2 | 72 | 72 | 144 |
| CUT | Jonathan Byrd | +2 | 69 | 75 | 144 |
| CUT | Brice Garnett | +2 | 68 | 76 | 144 |
| CUT | Kevin Tway | +2 | 72 | 72 | 144 |
| CUT | Ryan Armour | +2 | 76 | 68 | 144 |
| CUT | Brent Grant | +2 | 75 | 69 | 144 |
| CUT | Chad Collins | +2 | 71 | 73 | 144 |
| CUT | Doc Redman | +2 | 74 | 70 | 144 |
| CUT | Zecheng Dou | +2 | 71 | 73 | 144 |
| CUT | Kaito Onishi | +2 | 72 | 72 | 144 |
| CUT | Greg Chalmers | +3 | 72 | 73 | 145 |
| CUT | David Lingmerth | +3 | 74 | 71 | 145 |
| CUT | Kyle Westmoreland | +3 | 72 | 73 | 145 |
| CUT | Kyle Stanley | +3 | 70 | 75 | 145 |
| CUT | Nick Taylor | +4 | 72 | 74 | 146 |
| CUT | Carson Young | +4 | 75 | 71 | 146 |
| CUT | Chesson Hadley | +4 | 70 | 76 | 146 |
| CUT | Taylor Montgomery | +5 | 75 | 72 | 147 |
| CUT | Matthias Schwab | +5 | 75 | 72 | 147 |
| CUT | Will Gordon | +6 | 77 | 71 | 148 |
| CUT | Arjun Atwal | +6 | 71 | 77 | 148 |
| CUT | Tommy Gainey | +6 | 74 | 74 | 148 |
| CUT | Marcus Byrd | +6 | 76 | 72 | 148 |
| CUT | Sean O'Hair | +7 | 74 | 75 | 149 |
| CUT | Matti Schmid | +7 | 77 | 72 | 149 |
| CUT | Ricky Barnes | +8 | 76 | 74 | 150 |
| CUT | Jay Giannetto | +8 | 77 | 73 | 150 |
| CUT | Michael Gligic | +9 | 77 | 74 | 151 |
| CUT | Ben Taylor | +11 | 75 | 78 | 153 |
| CUT | Anders Larson(a) | +12 | 72 | 82 | 154 |
| W/D | Scott Piercy | - | 76 | - | 76 |
