June 25-28
TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut
$7,400,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4
Rory McIlroy kept himself within reach of rampaging leader Phil Mickelson with a steady second round in the coronavirus-marred Travelers Championship in Connecticut.
After American Denny McCarthy became the seventh player to withdraw from the event for coronavirus-related reasons on Friday, McIlroy followed an opening seven-under 63 with a 68 to hold a share of fourth place at the halfway mark.
He was four shots behind Mickelson, who improved on his first round 64 with a 63 to sit at 13-under.
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The left-hander held a one-stroke lead over fellow American Will Gordon, who stormed up the leaderboard with an eight-under 62 in the equal best round of the day, and Canadian Mackenzie Hughes, who faltered with a 68 after his blistering 60 on day one.
McIlroy was three shots further astern in a group of five players including Americans Xander Schauffele, who shot a 68, and Brendan Steel, who birdied three of the last four holes to complete a 62.
The tournament has come under a cloud due to Covid-19.
McCarthy withdrew from the event on Friday after testing positive to coronavirus following his first round 67.
Bud Cauley, who played with McCarthy but tested negative, has also withdrawn as a precautionary measure.
Cameron Champ withdrew after testing positive before the tournament, while Graeme McDowell and Brooks Koepka both pulled out after their respective caddies returned positive tests.
Koepkaโs brother Chase and Webb Simpson withdrew having been in close proximity with a person who had subsequently tested positive.
Englandโs Matt Wallace, who played with McCarthy and Cauley in the first round, tested negative and played his second round, missing the cut on two-over par.
Speaking before the latest withdrawals, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan was adamant the tournament would continue, but warned of consequences for players who do not follow strict safety protocols.
McIlroy began Friday with an up-and-down front nine by mixing three birdies with two bogeys, finding a bunker and two-putting at the par three fifth, then finding water at the short eighth.
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Rory and DJ contending on the weekend.
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The world No 1 sank a six-foot putt for a birdie two at 11, but despite playing consistently thereafter he could not improve his position through a frustrating run of seven straight pars.
By contrast the 50-year-old Mickelson was on fire, a bogey at the par four second proving his dayโs only blemish before seven birdies in his next 11 holes, and one more at the last when he hit his second shot 118 yards to within two feet of the hole.
Englandโs Luke Donald followed a 69 with a 65 to sit seven shots off the pace at six-under, while Irelandโs Shane Lowry dropped three shots on the day to be a further shot away along with Englandโs Paul Casey (69, 66).
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
1 |
Phil Mickelson | USA |
-13 |
64 |
63 |
127 |
T2 |
Will Gordon | USA |
-12 |
66 |
62 |
128 |
T2 |
Mackenzie Hughes | CAN |
-12 |
60 |
68 |
128 |
T4 |
Xander Schauffele | USA |
-9 |
63 |
68 |
131 |
T4 |
Brendan Steele | USA |
-9 |
69 |
62 |
131 |
T4 |
Rory McIlroy | NIR |
-9 |
63 |
68 |
131 |
T4 |
Brendon Todd | USA |
-9 |
66 |
65 |
131 |
T4 |
Marc Leishman | AUS |
-9 |
66 |
65 |
131 |
T9 |
Kevin Streelman | USA |
-8 |
66 |
66 |
132 |
T9 |
Kevin Na | USA |
-8 |
66 |
66 |
132 |
T9 |
Sung-Hoon Kang | KOR |
-8 |
65 |
67 |
132 |
T9 |
Viktor Hovland | NOR |
-8 |
63 |
69 |
132 |
T9 |
Zach Johnson | USA |
-8 |
68 |
64 |
132 |
T9 |
Patton Kizzire | USA |
-8 |
66 |
66 |
132 |
T9 |
Abraham Ancer | USA |
-8 |
67 |
65 |
132 |
T9 |
Troy Merritt | USA |
-8 |
68 |
64 |
132 |
T9 |
Bryson DeChambeau | USA |
-8 |
65 |
67 |
132 |
T9 |
Brian Stuard | USA |
-8 |
65 |
67 |
132 |
T9 |
Seung-Yul Noh | KOR |
-8 |
64 |
68 |
132 |
T20 |
Wesley Bryan | USA |
-7 |
67 |
66 |
133 |
T20 |
Dustin Johnson | USA |
-7 |
69 |
64 |
133 |
T20 |
Patrick Cantlay | USA |
-7 |
66 |
67 |
133 |
T20 |
Ryan Armour | USA |
-7 |
67 |
66 |
133 |
T20 |
Lanto Griffin | USA |
-7 |
66 |
67 |
133 |
T20 |
Emiliano Grillo | ARG |
-7 |
67 |
66 |
133 |
T26 |
Kyle Stanley | USA |
-6 |
69 |
65 |
134 |
T26 |
Mark Hubbard | USA |
-6 |
68 |
66 |
134 |
T26 |
Louis Oosthuizen | RSA |
-6 |
64 |
70 |
134 |
T26 |
Lucas Glover | USA |
-6 |
66 |
68 |
134 |
T26 |
Scott Stallings | USA |
-6 |
66 |
68 |
134 |
T26 |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
-6 |
68 |
66 |
134 |
T26 |
Luke Donald | ENG |
-6 |
69 |
65 |
134 |
T26 |
Sam Burns | USA |
-6 |
68 |
66 |
134 |
T26 |
Russell Henley | USA |
-6 |
65 |
69 |
134 |
T26 |
Jon Rahm | ESP |
-6 |
66 |
68 |
134 |
T26 |
Jim Furyk | USA |
-6 |
69 |
65 |
134 |
T26 |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
-6 |
64 |
70 |
134 |
T26 |
Si-Woo Kim | KOR |
-6 |
68 |
66 |
134 |
T26 |
Sergio Garcia | ESP |
-6 |
64 |
70 |
134 |
T26 |
Charley Hoffman | USA |
-6 |
67 |
67 |
134 |
T26 |
Joseph Bramlett | USA |
-6 |
69 |
65 |
134 |
T42 |
Richy Werenski | USA |
-5 |
67 |
68 |
135 |
T42 |
Doc Redman | USA |
-5 |
68 |
67 |
135 |
T42 |
Joel Dahmen | USA |
-5 |
67 |
68 |
135 |
T42 |
Harold Varner III | USA |
-5 |
66 |
69 |
135 |
T42 |
Scott Brown | USA |
-5 |
69 |
66 |
135 |
T42 |
Michael Thompson | USA |
-5 |
64 |
71 |
135 |
T42 |
Aaron Wise | USA |
-5 |
68 |
67 |
135 |
T42 |
Paul Casey | ENG |
-5 |
69 |
66 |
135 |
T42 |
Shane Lowry | IRL |
-5 |
66 |
69 |
135 |
T42 |
Tom Hoge | USA |
-5 |
67 |
68 |
135 |
T42 |
Rafael Cabrera Bello | ESP |
-5 |
65 |
70 |
135 |
T53 |
Roger Sloan | CAN |
-4 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T53 |
Jason Day | AUS |
-4 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T53 |
Jordan Spieth | USA |
-4 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T53 |
Kevin Chappell | USA |
-4 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T53 |
Ian Poulter | ENG |
-4 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T53 |
Greg Chalmers | AUS |
-4 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T53 |
Byeong-Hun An | KOR |
-4 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T53 |
Henrik Norlander | SWE |
-4 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T53 |
Jhonattan Vegas | VEN |
-4 |
71 |
65 |
136 |
T53 |
Brandt Snedeker | USA |
-4 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T53 |
Chez Reavie | USA |
-4 |
70 |
66 |
136 |
T53 |
Austin Cook | USA |
-4 |
71 |
65 |
136 |
T53 |
Patrick Reed | USA |
-4 |
70 |
66 |
136 |
T53 |
Adam Long | USA |
-4 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T53 |
Sung-Jae Im | KOR |
-4 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T53 |
Hank Lebioda | USA |
-4 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
CUT |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-3 |
72 |
65 |
137 |
CUT |
Branden Grace | RSA |
-3 |
68 |
69 |
137 |
CUT |
Brian Gay | USA |
-3 |
67 |
70 |
137 |
CUT |
Brice Garnett | USA |
-3 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
CUT |
Bubba Watson | USA |
-3 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
CUT |
Cameron Davis | AUS |
-3 |
66 |
71 |
137 |
CUT |
Cameron Smith | AUS |
-3 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
CUT |
Keith Mitchell | USA |
-3 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
CUT |
Matthew Wolff | USA |
-3 |
68 |
69 |
137 |
CUT |
Robert Streb | USA |
-3 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
CUT |
Ryan Moore | USA |
-3 |
67 |
70 |
137 |
CUT |
Scottie Scheffler | USA |
-3 |
70 |
67 |
137 |
CUT |
Tim Wilkinson | NZL |
-3 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
CUT |
Tony Finau | USA |
-3 |
68 |
69 |
137 |
CUT |
Billy Horschel | USA |
-2 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
CUT |
Brian Harman | USA |
-2 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
CUT |
Carlos Ortiz | MEX |
-2 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
CUT |
Cheng Tsung Pan | TPE |
-2 |
72 |
66 |
138 |
CUT |
Chris Stroud | USA |
-2 |
66 |
72 |
138 |
CUT |
Danny Lee | NZL |
-2 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
CUT |
Gary Woodland | USA |
-2 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
CUT |
Hudson Swafford | USA |
-2 |
71 |
67 |
138 |
CUT |
Hunter Mahan | USA |
-2 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
CUT |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR |
-2 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
CUT |
Matthew Fitzpatrick | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
CUT |
Max Homa | USA |
-2 |
71 |
67 |
138 |
CUT |
Ryan Palmer | USA |
-2 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
CUT |
Sam Ryder | USA |
-2 |
66 |
72 |
138 |
CUT |
Tyler McCumber | USA |
-2 |
65 |
73 |
138 |
CUT |
Cameron Percy | AUS |
-1 |
67 |
72 |
139 |
CUT |
Corey Conners | CAN |
-1 |
73 |
66 |
139 |
CUT |
Danny Willett | ENG |
-1 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
CUT |
J. T. Poston | USA |
-1 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
CUT |
James Hahn | USA |
-1 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
CUT |
Jason Kokrak | USA |
-1 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
CUT |
Lucas Bjerregaard | DNK |
-1 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
CUT |
Luke List | USA |
-1 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
CUT |
Patrick Rodgers | USA |
-1 |
67 |
72 |
139 |
CUT |
Vaughn Taylor | USA |
-1 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
CUT |
Xinjun Zhang | CHN |
-1 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
CUT |
Beau Hossler | USA |
Par |
73 |
67 |
140 |
CUT |
David Pastore | USA |
Par |
73 |
67 |
140 |
CUT |
J. J. Henry | USA |
Par |
69 |
71 |
140 |
CUT |
Justin Rose | ENG |
Par |
67 |
73 |
140 |
CUT |
Matthew NeSmith | USA |
Par |
70 |
70 |
140 |
CUT |
Sahith Theegala | USA |
Par |
69 |
71 |
140 |
CUT |
Sebastian Munoz | COL |
Par |
70 |
70 |
140 |
CUT |
Talor Gooch | USA |
Par |
69 |
71 |
140 |
CUT |
Charl Schwartzel | RSA |
1 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
CUT |
Davis Love III | USA |
1 |
74 |
67 |
141 |
CUT |
Dylan Frittelli | RSA |
1 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
CUT |
Grayson Murray | USA |
1 |
68 |
73 |
141 |
CUT |
Jamie Lovemark | USA |
1 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
CUT |
Keegan Bradley | USA |
1 |
67 |
74 |
141 |
CUT |
Matthew Every | USA |
1 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
CUT |
Peter Kuest | USA |
1 |
73 |
68 |
141 |
CUT |
Sepp Straka | AUT |
1 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
CUT |
Justin Thomas | USA |
2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
CUT |
Kevin Kisner | USA |
2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
CUT |
Kevin Tway | USA |
2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
CUT |
Matt Wallace | ENG |
2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
CUT |
Michael Kim | KOR |
2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
CUT |
Rob Oppenheim | USA |
2 |
68 |
74 |
142 |
CUT |
Ted Potter Jr. | USA |
2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
CUT |
Wyndham Clark | USA |
2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
CUT |
Zac Blair | USA |
2 |
69 |
73 |
142 |
CUT |
Aaron Baddeley | AUS |
3 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
CUT |
Bo Hoag | USA |
3 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
CUT |
Bo Van Pelt | USA |
3 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
CUT |
Cameron Tringale | USA |
3 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
CUT |
Collin Morikawa | USA |
3 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
CUT |
D. J. Trahan | USA |
3 |
67 |
76 |
143 |
CUT |
Harry Higgs | USA |
3 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
CUT |
Robby Shelton | USA |
3 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
CUT |
Russell Knox | SCO |
3 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
CUT |
Sebastian Cappelen | DNK |
3 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
CUT |
Vijay Singh | FIJ |
3 |
75 |
68 |
143 |
CUT |
David Hearn | CAN |
4 |
72 |
72 |
144 |
CUT |
Fabian Gomez | ARG |
4 |
71 |
73 |
144 |
CUT |
Matt Jones | AUS |
4 |
74 |
70 |
144 |
CUT |
Scott Harrington | USA |
4 |
68 |
76 |
144 |
CUT |
Stewart Cink | USA |
4 |
68 |
76 |
144 |
CUT |
Bronson Burgoon | USA |
5 |
69 |
76 |
145 |
CUT |
J. J. Spaun | USA |
7 |
78 |
69 |
147 |
CUT |
Peter Malnati | USA |
7 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Martin Trainer | USA |
14 |
77 |
77 |
154 |
RET |
Bud Cauley | USA |
Par |
69 |
- |
69 |
RET |
Denny McCarthy | USA |
Par |
67 |
- |
67 |