Wells Fargo 2021 R2
May 06-09
Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina
$8,100,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes

Gary Woodland shot a 2-under 69 on Friday morning to take a share of the lead alongside Matt Wallace (67) and Patrick Rodgers (68). Early gusts of wind evolved into a brutal challenge in the afternoon and they kept their one shot lead at 6-under 136.

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After missing the cut at last week's Valspar Championship, Woodland decided to return to his previous coaches, Butch Harmon and Pete Cowen.

“I've seen some shots this week that I just haven't seen in a long time. The golf swing feels so much better. Confidence has gone way up, which I did not have really in the last year. It's exciting right now.”

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Phil Mickelson followed up his opening 64 with a 75 after struggling with his continuing lapses in concentration.

“I hit a lot of good shots on the front nine,” he said. “I didn't make any putts and turned in even. Then the back nine I made – I just – I just wasn't sharp. I think kind of an example of what I've been talking about is like on 17 (where he double-bogeyed the par-3) we're standing over the ball and I'm changing my mind and I'm changing the shot, moving the clubhead a little bit and it just – instead of backing away and kind of refocusing."

“I just kind of hit it and I'm not really kind of aware of what I'm doing.”

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“It's just little things like that that I've been struggling with,” he continued. “I love the golf course, I'm playing well, and if I can stay focused this weekend, I'm going to have a good weekend.”

Rory McIlroy shot a 66, including six birdies and one bogey, and made it to the weekend after missing the cut in his last three events.

“It was better. I was really happy about my iron play coming in here, felt like I really found something last week. I didn't get a chance to show it (in the first round) because I wasn't finding the fairway very much, but today, just having some more opportunities to hit good iron shots and give myself birdie chances, I was able to show it a bit and it was nice.”

“I feel like I've birdied a lot of the hard holes this week, which is nice confidence, but knowing that even if you don't birdie a par-5 or you don't take advantage of the easier holes, that you're hitting it good enough that you can still make birdies on the tougher holes, I guess.”

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Bryson DeChambeau found the water twice and triple bogeyed the par-5 7th leading to a 74. He was saved from an early exit by the wind picking up and driving up the scores and made the cut at 2-over 144.

Jon Rahm made back-to-back bogeys to finish his round and closed with a 70, missing his first cut in eleven months.

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