October 15-18
Shadow Creek Golf Course, Las Vegas, Nevada
$9,750,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4
Lowest career nine hole score on TOUR
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132' 10" of putts made
1st in SG: Tee to green
2nd in SG: Around the green
2nd in Scrambling
3rd in SG: Putting@XSchauffele is locked in at Shadow Creek. pic.twitter.com/yRyKbOR93k
Xander Schauffele started his second round in The CJ Cup on the wrong foot with a missed 4-foot birdie putt but quickly put that behind him and produced birdie after birdie, making six in a row for a career-best 29 on the back nine, to close with an 8-under 64 and a three-shot lead over Tyrell Hatton.
โSome of those holes, you're not really trying to birdie them, you're just trying to leave yourself an uphill 35-footer. And fortunately, I made a couple of them. It was a nice stretch. Got a little bit stale there on the other side. Pace of play slowed down a lot, kind of hot, easy to let the mind wander. Upset I didn't make more birdies, but pleased I didn't make any bogeys.โ
He enters the weekend at 14-under 130 and now holds the course record.
Birdie
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Bogey
Bogey
Birdie
Birdie@TyrrellHatton rides a roller coaster finish to solo second, three back. pic.twitter.com/66qUXGgHpf
Tyrell Hatton had a tougher second round but closed with two birdies for a 68 to hold on to second place.
The 2019 champion, Justin Thomas, made six birdies for a 66 and is tied in eighth place at 6-under, eight shots behind the leader.
โI guess I played my way somewhat back into it. But Xander kind of went off today, so that makes it a little harder.โ
Rory McIlroy improved on his first round score with a 69 on Friday. He has been working on his swing for the past two weeks, focusing on positions and found the transition to a competition difficult.
Birdie-birdie finish for @JustinThomas34.
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The defending champ is in the mix.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/q21D52nrdO
โWhen you're thinking so much about your golf swing and then someone says, โWell, just forget about it and go play,' it's very hard to do that when for two weeks solid all you've been thinking about is your positions and stuff," said McIlroy. " It just takes time. Sometimes it takes a week to get out of it. But I did a better job of it today.โ
โIt's going to take something very special to catch up to Xander. But if I play well, I can post a good finish and give myself some confidence going into Sherwood.โ
👏 Schauffele shows off the short game
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🧐 Things get bizarre in a bunker
🎟 Fans to return in Houston
All that and more in The Takeaway. pic.twitter.com/R2DM3r4B3R
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
1 |
Xander Schauffele | -14 |
66 |
64 |
130 |
2 |
Tyrrell Hatton | -11 |
65 |
68 |
133 |
3 |
Russell Henley | -10 |
66 |
68 |
134 |
4 |
Talor Gooch | -9 |
70 |
65 |
135 |
T5 |
Jason Kokrak | -8 |
70 |
66 |
136 |
T5 |
Collin Morikawa | -8 |
71 |
65 |
136 |
7 |
Matthew Fitzpatrick | -7 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
T8 |
Tyler Duncan | -6 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
T8 |
Lanto Griffin | -6 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
T8 |
Hideki Matsuyama | -6 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
T8 |
Kevin Streelman | -6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T8 |
Justin Thomas | -6 |
72 |
66 |
138 |
T13 |
Harry Higgs | -5 |
72 |
67 |
139 |
T13 |
Ian Poulter | -5 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T15 |
Jason Day | -4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T15 |
Billy Horschel | -4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T15 |
Andrew Landry | -4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T15 |
Joaquin Niemann | -4 |
72 |
68 |
140 |
T15 |
Jon Rahm | -4 |
67 |
73 |
140 |
T20 |
Daniel Berger | -3 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T20 |
Harris English | -3 |
75 |
66 |
141 |
T20 |
Sergio Garcia | -3 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T20 |
Viktor Hovland | -3 |
75 |
66 |
141 |
T20 |
Mark Hubbard | -3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T20 |
Sebastián Muñoz | -3 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T26 |
Abraham Ancer | -2 |
69 |
73 |
142 |
T26 |
Rickie Fowler | -2 |
74 |
68 |
142 |
T26 |
Brian Harman | -2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T26 |
Brooks Koepka | -2 |
74 |
68 |
142 |
T26 |
Rory McIlroy | -2 |
73 |
69 |
142 |
T26 |
Kevin Na | -2 |
76 |
66 |
142 |
T26 |
Richy Werenski | -2 |
74 |
68 |
142 |
T33 |
Patrick Cantlay | -1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T33 |
Cameron Champ | -1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
T33 |
Joel Dahmen | -1 |
68 |
75 |
143 |
T33 |
Tom Hoge | -1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
T33 |
Si Woo Kim | -1 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
T33 |
Hanbyeol Kim | -1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
T33 |
Danny Lee | -1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T33 |
Louis Oosthuizen | -1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
T33 |
Carlos Ortiz | -1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T33 |
Robby Shelton | -1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
T33 |
Cameron Smith | -1 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
T33 |
Bubba Watson | -1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
T45 |
Adam Hadwin | E |
75 |
69 |
144 |
T45 |
Sung Kang | E |
73 |
71 |
144 |
T45 |
Matt Kuchar | E |
76 |
68 |
144 |
T45 |
Marc Leishman | E |
73 |
71 |
144 |
T45 |
Ryan Palmer | E |
68 |
76 |
144 |
T50 |
Keegan Bradley | 1 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
T50 |
Nick Taylor | 1 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
T52 |
Byeong Hun An | 2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
T52 |
Dylan Frittelli | 2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
T52 |
Joohyung Kim | 2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
T52 |
Shane Lowry | 2 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
T52 |
Justin Rose | 2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
T57 |
Corey Conners | 3 |
77 |
70 |
147 |
T57 |
Jim Herman | 3 |
78 |
69 |
147 |
T57 |
Sungjae Im | 3 |
78 |
69 |
147 |
T57 |
Seonghyeon Kim | 3 |
77 |
70 |
147 |
T61 |
Tommy Fleetwood | 4 |
77 |
71 |
148 |
T61 |
Mackenzie Hughes | 4 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
T61 |
Kevin Kisner | 4 |
77 |
71 |
148 |
T61 |
J.T. Poston | 4 |
78 |
70 |
148 |
T61 |
Scottie Scheffler | 4 |
71 |
77 |
148 |
T61 |
Jordan Spieth | 4 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
T61 |
Gary Woodland | 4 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
T68 |
Jeongwoo Ham | 6 |
79 |
71 |
150 |
T68 |
Tae Hee Lee | 6 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
T68 |
Adam Long | 6 |
78 |
72 |
150 |
T68 |
Alex Noren | 6 |
77 |
73 |
150 |
T68 |
Brendon Todd | 6 |
77 |
73 |
150 |
73 |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee | 7 |
78 |
73 |
151 |
T74 |
Paul Casey | 8 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
T74 |
Brendan Steele | 8 |
73 |
79 |
152 |
T74 |
Michael Thompson | 8 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
T77 |
Jaekyeong Lee | 9 |
77 |
76 |
153 |
T77 |
Matthew Wolff | 9 |
80 |
73 |
153 |